Example sentences of "[prep] set [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By 1970 the official limit , not for the first time , was set at no less than 12,000 kilograms , a fair bit up on the I935 maximum of 7,500 kilograms , while the average yield topped I3,800 kilograms per hectare and , after setting the official limit at I3,000 kilograms in 1973 , a law was passed the following year placing an absolute ceiling of 13,000 kilograms per hectare on all AOC Champagne vineyards , beyond which the so-called maximum could not be stretched . |
| 2 | Arie Luyendyk starts from pole position after setting the top speed of 223.967 mph last weekend in a Lola-Ford Cosworth . |
| 3 | After setting an Open championship tournament record 283 , Sarazen said it was because he had had the sense to listen to his caddie at every tricky point through the tournament , calling Daniels ' club selection ‘ brilliant ’ , and his understanding of Sarazen 's sometimes less-than-cautious temperament uncanny . |
| 4 | Difficulties in the use of the ALARA principle ( as low as reasonably achievable ) and of risk cost-benefit analysis for decision-making are discussed , including the problem of setting a monetary value for health detriment and for loss of human life . |
| 5 | Molotov was opposed to the evacuation of any Soviet military bases for fear of setting a dangerous precedent which could apply to other similar and more important issues . |
| 6 | At the insistence of the USA , the Convention stopped short of setting a binding target date for emission reductions , but recommended that industrialized states should aim to stabilize CO 2 emissions at 1990 levels by the year 2000 ( a target already agreed by the European Community " see p. 37784 " and Japan ) . |
| 7 | At the insistence of the USA , the Convention stopped short of setting a binding target date for emission reductions . |
| 8 | Instead of setting the main carriage to Fair Isle , it is set to slip , so while the pattern stitches are knitted the background stitches are slipped and vice versa . |
| 9 | Over and above setting a brief for the risk management team to identify , analyse and evaluate all risks that could impact on the balance sheet to a greater extent than , say , five per cent of gross profit , Ure recommends it could also be given the task of tackling risk areas where the organisation suffers continual losses . |
| 10 | In her insistence on the range of masculinities in practice , and her argument that masculinity is structured through contradiction , Segal reminds us of the very real shifts achieved by feminists in setting a new agenda for women and men . |
| 11 | As a guide in setting a monthly repayment level that suits you , the enclosed table gives examples of how long different levels of borrowing will take to repay . |
| 12 | As noted in Chapter 1 extreme care must be taken in setting the monetary figure in order to pass the reasonableness test imposed by s 3 of the UCTA . |
| 13 | The test of difficulty in setting the appropriate standard of care poses problems . |
| 14 | The courts will clearly require expert evidence in setting the appropriate standard . |
| 15 | A Quaker ironmaster , Darby was one of the key figures — perhaps the key figure — in the rise of modern British industry , having played a vital role in setting the Industrial Revolution in motion . |
| 16 | The importance of Tel Quel in setting the new agenda should not be underestimated : from the point of view of periodization , the writers and critics associated with this journal ( the most influential since Sartre 's Les Temps Modernes ) , in addition to espousing the ‘ classic modernists ’ , also resurrected from literary history non-canonical writing which they considered to have been neglected . |
| 17 | Even though the Germans were demoralised by the end of the war and by the Versailles arrangements for peace , the Poles did not have things all their own way in setting the new borders . |
| 18 | My hon. Friend is absolutely right to refer to the Government 's role in setting the right climate and environment and providing the right services for industry . |
| 19 | Nothing so riled a sixteenth-century conquistadore as the knowledge that some men indulged in sodomy , and Balboa felt no compunction in setting the dreadful war-dogs on the culprits and having them tom to pieces in full public view . |
| 20 | With a General Election in the offing the Ballot provided a perfect framework for opposition parties to co-operate in setting the foreign policy agenda , without in any way compromising their own independence . |
| 21 | A woman of character and finesse and blessed with a total devotion to her new husband , she played a large part in setting the artistic tone at Tribschen , which Nietzsche was to remember with admiration all his life . |
| 22 | Not finding suitable feeding they use the islands only to rest briefly and re-orientate , before setting a new course for their chosen destination . |
| 23 | The fireball destroyed a prefabricated office building before setting a four-storey office block ablaze . |
| 24 | The chief inspector had just come , case or no case , from setting a close watch on those spots , in expectation — in foreboding , rather — that the flood would bring some unusual freight aground very shortly . |
| 25 | The conference agreed to adopt a set of compromise proposals which would involve a commitment by each donor country to increase its ODA to LDCs , but it refrained from setting an overall target in excess of the 0.15 per cent agreed upon in 1981 . |
| 26 | As outlined in Chapter 1 , LEAs will still be the employers of school staff ; governors of schools with delegated budgets , however , will now have control over setting the total number of staff at the school ; appointing and dismissing staff ; setting certain elements of pay and working conditions ; and controlling disciplinary and grievance procedures . |
| 27 | Anna prided herself on setting a good table ; now , in wartime London , she put her mind to it : great lasagne pies , Virginia ham , as well as all the best fish , game and vegetables her friends in the country sent her . |
| 28 | The secret of a successful outcome depends partly on setting the right reserve price , a task the auctioneer undertakes in conjunction with the seller . |
| 29 | THE Securities and Investments Board should relinquish its ‘ command and control ’ approach and concentrate on setting the regulatory framework and objectives , an influential report on the costs and effectiveness of UK financial regulation said yesterday , writes Ian Harper . |
| 30 | We were getting interestingly close to setting a new record . |