Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] set a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ An' I must set a good table for the funeral . ’ |
| 2 | Oh okay I 'll set a little game . |
| 3 | While a kettle boiled she could set a table , light a fire , and watch over a cooking breakfast . |
| 4 | Thus , for the question about the slow pace of educational change you could set a paragraph to answer the following questions . |
| 5 | ‘ You could set an example , at least . |
| 6 | You can set a clear goal : the ability to retell the main elements of the plot . |
| 7 | Incoming material for stock , movements of stock , they can all be done by people on the admin course providing you can set a form up and say , go and do this . |
| 8 | ‘ With so many of us we ought to set a rota for cooking . |
| 9 | we should , we should set a target , an initial target , that we wish to hi to hit . |
| 10 | As I 've said the Policy Committee guideline was that we should set a budget within the range seventy two million to seventy three point three million , which means at the lower level , if you go for the lower level er to which says for ninety four five about almost exactly a million pounds . |
| 11 | We thought we 'd set an example . |
| 12 | If we were to solve our problem by disposing of our enemy , we would set a very disgusting precedent in terms of separatist problem-solving . |
| 13 | The danger with that we believe could be that we would set a date for the merger and take all the important issues and discussions , how many regions will it have will we have , the those regions and a hundred and one other problems raised by that merger into a tight timescale . |
| 14 | We will set a target as a total of private- and public-sector savings , and adjust fiscal policy to achieve the target over the medium term . |
| 15 | Now , the er , whilst we can not expect them to adopt say our ideals , because we are er , you know , we 're probably more modernised in lots of ways , but we can set a standard which they work towards , and er , he mentioned about the fact that people er , the unemployment 's coming down a lot with the jobs , they 're just part-time jobs , and they 're very cheap paid jobs , and very er bad conditions for a lot of people as far as health and safety goes . |
| 16 | which we do , we can set a letter up on the system and we just |
| 17 | We can set an example . |
| 18 | Then the monstrous green body exploded like a balloon of filth , spattering the walls of the cavern and the cages of the cowering young prisoners — the last time he/she would set a mark upon them . |
| 19 | They should set an example by observing rules and regulations , using protective equipment , etc . |
| 20 | In Fig. 11–11 the median voter is constrained to vote for an output combination along 18 of the budget line 12 because otherwise the local authority would set tax rates that left the poorest citizens with a minimum income level lower than that regarded as acceptable ; i.e. they would set a tax greater than 19 . |
| 21 | And with such a high profile , he should set a better example . |
| 22 | Besides , he 'll set a man to watch you . |
| 23 | Yet they reckon it could set a bad example elsewhere in Eastern Europe ( Czechoslovakia ) as well as in bigger , more important places ( India and , when their worries turn that way , the Soviet Union ) . |
| 24 | It was not only Virgin 's reputation that was being challenged — Branson had no doubt that the contract signed with Sting was fair ; but if a court ruled otherwise it could set a precedent which other acts , and their lawyers , would be looking to exploit . |
| 25 | When Alistair Wright became human resource director at Digital Equipment Co six years ago , he vowed he would set an example to the rest of the organisation by passing authority down the line and totally empowering his staff . |
| 26 | It would set a central rate for sterling against the European Currency Unit . |
| 27 | Meanwhile , an attempt by France on April 2 to persuade the UN Security Council to adopt a resolution to provide protection for the Kurds , ended in failure after opposition from China , the Soviet Union and the USA , which maintained that it would set a precedent for Security Council involvement in internal controversies . |
| 28 | The greater involvement of the Security Council in matters pertaining to disarmament had reportedly been resisted by India , a non-permanent member , on grounds that it would set a precedent for future intrusive inspections and controls by the UN . |
| 29 | It would set a precedent in an area of outstanding natural beauty . |
| 30 | He says it would set a precedent . |