Example sentences of "[adv] set a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a rule-of-thumb pricing method , they decide to add a 10 per cent profit margin or ‘ mark-up ’ to average cost and so set a price of £4.95 . |
| 2 | She decided against it , and so set a pattern which was soon to become questionable . |
| 3 | We know the MiG-2s already set a ceiling record of 120,000 feet . |
| 4 | Moreover , poorer clubs were anxious not to find themselves in a wages-auction with richer ones and the FA finally set a £4 a week maximum in 1900 , which was raised in 1909 to £5 for senior professionals with a club . |
| 5 | ‘ Grimm racing off to protect her … as soon set a mouse to escort a cat ! |
| 6 | The NHS in Scotland , for example , had already set a waiting list target of 18 months compared to the two-year target adopted for England and Wales . |
| 7 | West Germany has already set a limit of 25 ug/litre . |
| 8 | " I just hope you two girls have got more sense than ever to set a foot out there . " |
| 9 | Pedrosa waves his arms about in the air furiously when asked if Mota could ever set a world record . |
| 10 | We once set a case involving a highly seasonal business which ended up with no cash , a big overdraft , lots of creditors and no hope of any more revenue for at least six months : those students who did n't recognize that some pretty drastic immediate action was required ( surprisingly , there were several ) could n't reasonably expect any marks ! |
| 11 | Directives always set a time limit for the adoption of such implementing measures . |
| 12 | No one was sure whether he had deliberately set a trap , or whether it was merely a chance remark that brought about such astounding results . |
| 13 | But , although making claims for Reason less ambitious than those of the seventeenth century , it still sets a problem of how causal powers can be known to exist . |
| 14 | He was only twenty when he made his debut in England in 1963 , promptly setting a West Indian record with 24 dismissals in the series . |
| 15 | I 'm hardly setting a precedent . ’ |
| 16 | To do so will effectively set a precedent for other dischargers who will soon discover that McDonald 's is operating at an advantage . |
| 17 | The European companies were hoping to meet the deadline set by the International Radio Consultative Committee for the presentation of technical proposals for a new system which , once chosen , would effectively set a world standard , Japan and the USA having already submitted their applications to the Committee . |
| 18 | Last year there were some , so the Liberal Democrats took the view that we could only properly set a budget at the capping level and that is a level at which we set our budget and it was a level at which we set our budget back in December and right through to this date . |
| 19 | This eventually set a pattern of official exhibition , from which , as we shall see , there were many crucial later breaks . |
| 20 | Craig Simpson , 21 , set light to the front door of the house in Tower Green , Middlesbrough , and also set a fire in the dustbin at the back door of the house . |
| 21 | The EHCO-KLM Kleding industrial clothing arm also set a record with profits topping £2.5m for the first time . |
| 22 | An Ishiguro School Tsuba from the Edo period ( circa 1850 ) , signed Ishiguro Masaaki with Kao ( lot 187 ) also set a record for a sword guard at $80,000 ( £45,000 ) ( estimate $40–60,000 ) . |
| 23 | It could also set a precedent for other governments — like Thailand and Malaysia — which have both pushed boat people back out to sea . |
| 24 | One of them had also set a maximum on the number of hours that would be offered , so that whilst its regular labour force was largely full-time , its temporary labour force worked no more than three-quarter time . |
| 25 | She has clearly set a lead in a number of areas , pushing radical ideas and reforms ( see Chapter 9 ) . |
| 26 | ‘ It also sets a benchmark for future improvements , which we are working on now . ’ |
| 27 | I often set a problem and allow them to choose their own method of working . |
| 28 | There was still a flower-and-citron fragrance in the air but as Tjerssen fussily set a chair for her , she realized the fragrance was coming from him . |
| 29 | The government should now set a time limit for this saga to be brought to a conclusion . |
| 30 | President Hrawi had originally set a Nov. 19 deadline for the withdrawal of the militias . |