Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb mod] set [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dittmar does agree with Jansher , however , that not paying prize money may set an unfortunate precedent . |
| 2 | The director of health promotion , Dr Phil Hanlon , said it was important that the board should set a good example to other organisations . |
| 3 | A Soviet Foreign Ministry statement of Nov. 30 said that such an action would set a " dangerous international precedent " . |
| 4 | Labour will set the pace in pressing for international action to safeguard the ozone layer , to combat acid rain , to tackle the problem of global warming , to face up to the environmental needs of the poorest people of the world . |
| 5 | It will be the show 's British premiere , but critics have expressed fears that the long run may set a precedent , making the National like any other West End theatre . |
| 6 | The opening hymn and welcome should set the theme . |
| 7 | most were set by several … [ and ] although one compositor might set a whole book , he would not normally be working on that book alone but would intersperse work on other jobs when it was called for … |
| 8 | This decision enabled the Crown to prohibit , as a matter of course , the disclosure of a wide range of information such as correspondence with government departments , medical records and accident reports , on the ground that disclosure might set a precedent and lead to potentially harmful documents being disclosed in the future . |
| 9 | The trimpot used to set the first stage gain , should be set at maximum resistance and the multi-turn zero offset trimpot to the centre of its range before this check . |
| 10 | In the agriculture and forestry sector the committee would set a target only for rice production , leaving export quotas for other major products such as rubber and coffee to be set by government departments . |
| 11 | A Lending and Security Act would set the framework of law regarding security in personal property , whether consumer or commercial transactions were involved ; in particular , it would cover what lenders could do to recover their money if borrowers defaulted , and how their security interest in any goods involved would be recorded and safeguarded . |
| 12 | This work will set the tone for the new structure , and I hope can be completed well within two months . |
| 13 | We can not be one hundred per cent sure that , just because we have observed the sun to set each day on many occasions , the sun will set every day . |
| 14 | The National Railway Museum will set the family purse back by a similar sum . |
| 15 | There are fears that British Steel 's decision could set a precedent and discourage other quarries in the Dales from transferring stone from road to rail . |
| 16 | My father says that a teacher should set a good example for the children , by respecting each one , whether them black or white . |
| 17 | ‘ We hope it will be the highlight of 1993 — a favourable outcome would set the seal on a tremendous amount of very hard work by the technical groups and the rest of the LNS team . ’ |
| 18 | The outcome will set a precedent with far-reaching implications for the whole restitution process . |
| 19 | The instruction could set a condition code to indicate whether the search was terminated by a successful comparison or by L becoming zero ; alternatively , one of these two results could cause a skip . |
| 20 | Sadly the many myths about this stage of development could set the stage for the very events you wish to prevent . |
| 21 | Victory tomorrow night would set the ace jumper up nicely for its main objective next month 's Daily Mirror/Sporting Life Grand National at Hall Green . |
| 22 | The colour of your flooring will set the tone and atmosphere for the rest of the room . |
| 23 | He told the Labour Conference in Blackpool that the Cabinet should set an example by having faith in the public seft sector . |
| 24 | The Maldives took the view , along with several other SAARC states , that bilateral problems among members should not impinge on the SAARC and that Sri Lanka 's decision to refuse to host the 1989 summit could set a bad precedent . |
| 25 | The Department of the Environment could set the total grant for local authorities , and announce it . |
| 26 | That summit will set the future course for NATO to ensure that it remains as it has been — a bedrock of stability in a still uncertain world . |
| 27 | This paper will set the archiving of computer-readable records in the legal and cultural context of record keeping in government . |
| 28 | Such a change would set the final seal on what is perhaps the most radical transformation Japan has gone through in the last few decades : the disappearance of the farming community as a fundamental axis of politics , the economy and society and the emergence of Japan as a fully-fledged urban , industrial society . |
| 29 | So , too , does some guess about where the government may set a capping limit . |
| 30 | It recommends that the government should set a firm date for these authorities to complete surveys of their water supplies . |