Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] set the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we assume that the monetary authorities set the size of the nominal money supply and that for the moment the price level is fixed at , then the supply of real cash balances can also be illustrated in the figure . |
| 2 | But the old London was being destroyed around him , and on 29 December 1940 , incendiary bombs set the City ablaze : life was peculiar now , he told Mary Hutchinson five days later , and in the preface to an anthology published in the following year , he discussed the problems of a " changing and bewildered world " . |
| 3 | The April 1991 Madrid agreement on a 50-year Antarctic mining ban [ see p. 38171 ] , tentatively scheduled for formal agreement in June , was jeopardized when the US government , although supportive of the moratorium , proved unwilling to sign the agreement ( a protocol to the Antarctic Treaty ) without acceptable procedures to set the rules applicable after the end of the 50-year period . |
| 4 | While Ormrod J. 's attempt to identify a single definitive criterion for the notion of marriage may falter , there must still be certain negative definitive criteria setting the proper limits of the concept . |
| 5 | As a growing child , three simple experiences set the pattern of joy for the rest of Lewis 's life . |
| 6 | Since local councils borrowed to finance virtually all their capital expenditure , permission to borrow was used by central departments to set the total capital spending limits for local authorities , determine national service priorities for capital spending , and set common design standards and cost yardsticks which ensured a tight degree of economy in capital projects . |
| 7 | Against these dark greens set the brilliant stems of Cornus alba ‘ Sibirica ’ , the red-barked dogwood , or Rubus cockburnianus , the ornamental blackberry with its silver arching stems . |
| 8 | Yet at the same time local officers and shop stewards of the same unions were finding themselves party to local , enterprise-level agreements setting the terms under which temporary workers could for the first time be used , or under which their use could be expanded . |
| 9 | If you want to warm rooms in very cold temperatures set the heating to come on earlier rather than turning it up higher . |
| 10 | The trends outlined above are , of course , only broad averages to set the scene and so attention is now turned to more detailed and more specifically geographical studies . |
| 11 | ‘ Home ’ in Victorian fiction , corresponding to the actual shift in population , is mainly in the city or its suburbs , where there are no great houses to set the standard ; and even when characters do live in the country , great houses no longer dominate rural communities in the same way . |
| 12 | You mention your father 's tax case and you go to great lengths to set the record straight . |
| 13 | Above left : Striped pastel fabrics and textured wallpapers set the scene |
| 14 | The US Federal Communications Commission is urging the four rival teams bidding digital systems to set the US high definition television standard to merge their rival systems into a grand alliance : the remaining contenders are AT&T Co with Zenith Electronics Corp , General Electric Co Inc 's National Broadcasting Corp unit with Philips Electronics NV , Thomson SA and the David Sarnoff Research Center , and two alternate bids led by General Instrument Corp and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ; if the rival contenders fail to strike an alliance , final testing on the four improved systems will begin in April and conclude in late summer . |
| 15 | Chintz armchairs and well-worn rugs set the tone . |
| 16 | British dealers bite the Big Apple : American collectors set the pace and the prices . |
| 17 | Some of them sat on the grass , smoked cigarettes and watched the organizers ' bumbling attempts to set the rally in progress . |
| 18 | Significantly , Melrose and Jed-Forest , border rivals who began developing local youth talent years ago , are today among four unbeaten teams setting the title pace . |
| 19 | Their rumbling vibrations set the whole valley quaking . |
| 20 | But the bursting grenades set the heather on fire , forcing the Highland right to withdraw , and after a brisk fire-fight lasting some three hours the whole Jacobite line took to its heels . |
| 21 | Local councils set the rents and nominate the tenants in this case and the Association has been willing to build relatively small-scale developments ( sometimes fewer than ten houses ) suitable for village settings . |