Example sentences of "[prep] set a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 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 ) .
5 At the insistence of the USA , the Convention stopped short of setting a binding target date for emission reductions .
6 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 .
7 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 .
8 For second home owners , it will be up to local authorities to use their discretion in setting a lower rate of charge for certain properties .
9 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 .
10 Not finding suitable feeding they use the islands only to rest briefly and re-orientate , before setting a new course for their chosen destination .
11 The fireball destroyed a prefabricated office building before setting a four-storey office block ablaze .
12 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 .
13 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 .
14 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 .
15 We were getting interestingly close to setting a new record .
16 If breakfast is a cut-and-run meal then a bar counter is a good idea and a nice compromise between setting a proper table and snatching a cup of coffee on the wing .
17 To ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will make a statement on the discussions taking place in the European Community about setting an EC-wide reference price for the cost of coal .
18 This is a handy tip for setting a home-built kite bridle .
19 But we have both a general reason for setting a classical agenda , and two particular ones .
20 With a corporation that is in trouble a lot of actions might make things worse so the natural tendency is to try to escape from the present troubles by setting a specific objective and moving towards that .
21 Perhaps in an attempt to redress the balance around the time of the recent franchise re-application , Scottish Television determined to duplicate its international success with Taggart by setting a similar-format drama series in Edinburgh .
22 then , by setting a fifth of the usual time , a ball park figure was laid down for trail and error , up and down the variables until a best method was agreed by all .
23 The government , the report adds , ‘ should take a lead by setting a good example in the context of its own employees and disseminate the information which enables firms to see the full costs of the permanent loss of their older workers . ’
24 As a consequence , whereas before the government used to control the amount of loan redemption by setting a maximum redemption period for each category of asset , now it has a global control .
25 The optional BillLimit feature enables customers to budget by setting a monthly limit .
26 Nevertheless , the Secretary of State for the Environment is empowered to ‘ charge cap ’ local authorities , either by setting a universal limit or by singling out those authorities whose levels of Community Charge he or she considers excessive .
27 Worried about renewed unrest , the government diluted plans to remove all subsidies in the second stage by setting an average maximum limit of 125 per cent for price increases on a basket of 11 essential foodstuffs including bread , sugar and cooking oil .
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