Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] set a " in BNC.
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| 1 | but at the same time I would want to afford er , you as heads of departments er er everybody 's heads of department a little bit of leeway what i what if , what wa wa we have to be careful about this that we set a standard but allow a little leeway because all departments are slightly different and want to approach things |
| 2 | Make sure managers and supervisors are familiar with the policy and procedures , and make sure too that they set a good example to the staff they supervise . |
| 3 | Although it set a standard , model housing of any description could only touch the fringes of the problem ; the vast majority of the poor continued to live in houses far from model . |
| 4 | What emerges from an examination of the FFYP is that it set a pattern for the Soviet economy that persists up to the present day . |
| 5 | The Liberal Democrat leader , Mr Paddy Ashdown , called last week 's repatriation operation a ‘ three o ’ clock knock ’ , and warned that it set an ‘ appalling example ’ to China , which would be responsible for the safekeeping of British subjects in the colony from 1997 . |
| 6 | Keener feels that his lack of technical background is a distinct advantage ; it also means that he sets a large amount of trust in the engineers he is working with . |
| 7 | Even if she sets a track record she would already have been upstaged by the people 's champion . |
| 8 | But if you set a personal best indoors , on the heavy training that you have been undertaking , it is a tremendous incentive . |
| 9 | You expect that if you set a 10:10 standard on a [ large well-known company ] for a , say a pickle liquor , or something , if you did that they would comply because they 're big enough and they 've got the expertise , and so on . |
| 10 | And I mean , if you set a list to do something for a day Yeah . |
| 11 | If you set an area outside which you can not sail then tag one another by doing a tack or a gybe around them , it can turn into a very good game where you can build up your own tactics . |
| 12 | If we set a man to paint , he uses an instinctive faculty of ‘ forming ’ , so that out of chaos something communicative emerges . |
| 13 | Bell Labs notes that fault tolerance is common in hardware and in operating systems , but generally too costly for many software systems , and says that as far as it knows , these are the first general-purpose software modules , and they set a trend toward low-cost fault-tolerance in user-level software . |
| 14 | Would the objections of those on my left this end of the table , if the panel were minded to have an E two policy , be overcome by , Development will only be permitted provided that , and they set a criteria ? |
| 15 | As the winner of both his races this season , Cruising Altitude was fully entitled to start favourite at the weights and he set a course record beating the time of Run For Free in the opener who had himself just broken the previous record . |
| 16 | If the constant marginal costs differ , then only the firm with the lowest marginal cost is left in the market and it sets a price just below the marginal cost of the next-to-lowest cost firm . |
| 17 | As I understand the way need has been calculated , and the County will correct me if I 'm wrong on this , er the method does actually take account of unemployment , and it sets an eventual employment level of three percent as a goal . |
| 18 | It was not the sort of gag one would have expected from Lord King , and it set a certain tone … |
| 19 | It was one of those occasions that had everybody looking , both staff and the queue and it set a mood for the day — and , indeed , the week . |
| 20 | In my judgment the Secretary of State , if he sets a tariff period which exceeds that recommended by the judiciary , is not under an absolute obligation to give reasons for departing from the judicial view . |
| 21 | Unless you set a time or something . |
| 22 | But she sets a trap and sets off a series of events that entangle household , family and friends . |
| 23 | But he set a date , put an Assistant Manager in charge and after a small conflab set the number at 50 . |
| 24 | The scheme is being widely debated within television because it sets a precedent for other companies . |
| 25 | Nudes news : Women are upset by female nudity in films because it sets an impossible standard but think there should be more male nudes on screen , according to a Glamour magazine survey . |
| 26 | I keep rehearsing that low brace that I have been thinking about ever since we set a date for our attempt . |
| 27 | Their arrest came only days after they set a new world record for cycling at altitude across the Himalayas . |
| 28 | BUSINESSMAN David Clark made a bunch of builders buzz off yesterday — after he set a swarm of angry bees on them . |
| 29 | Right , so , when you set a standard , is that to one person or for everybody ? |
| 30 | So long as you set a limit to the essay you will have confidence and control . |