Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] set a " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I feel very strongly that someone should set an example .
2 ‘ An' I must set a good table for the funeral . ’
3 Oh okay I 'll set a little game .
4 If they do not , it will be for their auditors to discuss the matter with the Task Force , on a no-names basis , if they have misgivings about the acceptability of a treatment proposed by a client which hovers in the often grey border area between good and bad practice , and which might set a precedent for other companies .
5 I can not withdraw the amendment , which would set a date for the introduction of a further education funding council .
6 It 'd also allow Miss 's lawyers to seek an injunction preventing the deportation which would set a legal precedent .
7 It 'd also allow Miss 's lawyers to seek an injunction preventing the deportation which would set a legal precedent .
8 This has recently been approved and the first meeting which will set a research agenda will be held in July 1989 .
9 Strange said : " Athletes who are in the public eye have a responsibility to conduct themselves in a manner which can set a positive example .
10 It is the parents who must set an example of consideration and true courtesy to the teenagers , whether they seem to deserve it or not .
11 While a kettle boiled she could set a table , light a fire , and watch over a cooking breakfast .
12 Thus , for the question about the slow pace of educational change you could set a paragraph to answer the following questions .
13 You could set an example , at least .
14 What is needed is a leader who will set an example in worship and give some brief teaching from the scriptures .
15 It is only through the influence of individuals who can set an example , and whom the masses recognize as their leaders , that they can be induced to perform the work and undergo the renunciations on which the existence of civilization depends .
16 You can set a clear goal : the ability to retell the main elements of the plot .
17 Incoming material for stock , movements of stock , they can all be done by people on the admin course providing you can set a form up and say , go and do this .
18 ‘ With so many of us we ought to set a rota for cooking .
19 we should , we should set a target , an initial target , that we wish to hi to hit .
20 As I 've said the Policy Committee guideline was that we should set a budget within the range seventy two million to seventy three point three million , which means at the lower level , if you go for the lower level er to which says for ninety four five about almost exactly a million pounds .
21 We thought we 'd set an example .
22 If we were to solve our problem by disposing of our enemy , we would set a very disgusting precedent in terms of separatist problem-solving .
23 The danger with that we believe could be that we would set a date for the merger and take all the important issues and discussions , how many regions will it have will we have , the those regions and a hundred and one other problems raised by that merger into a tight timescale .
24 We will set a target as a total of private- and public-sector savings , and adjust fiscal policy to achieve the target over the medium term .
25 Now , the er , whilst we can not expect them to adopt say our ideals , because we are er , you know , we 're probably more modernised in lots of ways , but we can set a standard which they work towards , and er , he mentioned about the fact that people er , the unemployment 's coming down a lot with the jobs , they 're just part-time jobs , and they 're very cheap paid jobs , and very er bad conditions for a lot of people as far as health and safety goes .
26 which we do , we can set a letter up on the system and we just
27 We can set an example .
28 Then the monstrous green body exploded like a balloon of filth , spattering the walls of the cavern and the cages of the cowering young prisoners — the last time he/she would set a mark upon them .
29 They should set an example by observing rules and regulations , using protective equipment , etc .
30 In Fig. 11–11 the median voter is constrained to vote for an output combination along 18 of the budget line 12 because otherwise the local authority would set tax rates that left the poorest citizens with a minimum income level lower than that regarded as acceptable ; i.e. they would set a tax greater than 19 .
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