Example sentences of "[noun sg] set the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Celie remains uncomplicated and straight forward but the childish brevity sets the right tone of gratuitous violence for Celie 's early vision of the world . |
| 2 | A sharp gust of wind set the whole tree in motion and he dung on desperately like a sailor in the rigging , remembering Dalziel 's jocular injunction to ‘ watch himself ’ . |
| 3 | What Kinnock must say : Giles Radice on the Labour leader 's opportunity to set the political agenda |
| 4 | More usually , but no less spectacularly , the view is over the city and a visit to the roof offers a good opportunity to set the internal map and compass ready for walks of exploration . |
| 5 | Zambia 's first development plan set the ambitious goal of providing primary school places for all children by 1970 . |
| 6 | Mother poured hair dye round the hoof ; even that did not act sufficiently as a lubricant to set the poor beast free . |
| 7 | of yellow mustard set the grey skies flying . |
| 8 | The failure of this initiative set the firm back somewhat and it may find it difficult to recover . |
| 9 | Experience of cooperation during the war set the final seal . |
| 10 | If that happened , the CAA would have the authority to set the maximum level of airport charges for each . ’ |
| 11 | The American had used Father to set the financial wheels turning for the takeover ; employed him , you might say ; and he 'd suggested the inside trade and how it might be made . ’ |
| 12 | The contract rate sets the maximum interest rate payable on an exposure . |
| 13 | If the physiotherapist sets the correct goals , they will be achieved , but she has to recognize that each patient reacts differently to rehabilitation , depending on a variety of factors . |
| 14 | Many of the papers in this volume set the human agent within a cosmology , a total moral universe of meaning . |
| 15 | The government sets the local price of petrol absurdly low while imposing taxes of over 80% on the company 's revenues . |
| 16 | This normativist approach sets the principal agenda for , and method of , inquiry . |
| 17 | The novel sets the individual reader 's response above authorial determination of meaning , orthodox critical interpretations , and other ‘ closed ’ forms of response . |
| 18 | It is easiest if the man carrying the stake walks behind the net and the man setting the net walks in front of it . |
| 19 | One of those involved in compiling the report , Terence Lee of the University of Surrey , argued that recent Soviet legislation setting the maximum permitted dose of radiation as 0.5 rem above natural background level , was " absurdly low " , and set a dangerous precedent which , if followed by the UK , would compel the evacuation " of half of Cornwall " . |
| 20 | Everyone in local government would accept that central Government set the broad parameters for overall spending , which is perfectly legitimate . |
| 21 | The government set the new minimum wage at 2,300 lei ( US$65 ) per month , but factory managers were given the power to determine wage policy for their own enterprises and could set pay levels above the minimum . |
| 22 | The Board sets the final examination from a detailed syllabus available from the NEBE . |
| 23 | that talk about the company of which I 'm chairman is that there is a personnel and compensation committee which in the absence of a chief executive sets the chief executive 's remuneration and with the presence of the chief executive , although he 's not , I 'm not a member of that committee we work on the other senior executives of the company , it 's quite similar to the process used here in your company . |
| 24 | If , however , the central bank sets the reserve ratio , then by simply increasing it , it can force banks to reduce their non-reserve assets ( mainly credit ) . |
| 25 | The most obvious test of television 's ability to set the public agenda was provided by its massive shift of emphasis on to defence in the third week of the campaign . |
| 26 | For the first time since he became leader , he is in the position to set the political agenda . |
| 27 | This chapter briefly reviews these trends , both generally and specifically in mathematics , with particular reference to low attainers , in order to set the NFER project in the context of current developments . |
| 28 | This information is used by the switching angle selector to set the correct D1 as the excitation trigger . |
| 29 | Those of you familiar with car radios where you press ‘ vol ’ ‘ treble ’ ‘ bass ’ ‘ bal ’ or ‘ fade ’ and then use a single infinitely rotating knob to set the required levels , will know exactly how to operate the JMP-1 . |
| 30 | In every aspect of his job the Profitboss sets the highest professional standards . |