Example sentences of "[coord] set a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a series of preparatory meetings held on Sept 23-24 , the IMF 's policy-making Interim Committee agreed to assist developing countries to cope with the economic burdens of the Gulf crisis without , however , committing any new resources or setting a minimum level on the amount of total assistance . |
| 2 | In its place the aim was to build up communities on the periphery equipped with all the necessary facilities , including local employment and to set a firm limit to the size of these communities . |
| 3 | The parliament met in Luxembourg to establish a European pressure group for the rights of pensioners and to set a common standard pensioners could use to lobby their own governments . |
| 4 | Erm we 'll have to consider our own lifestyles , and erm try and set a good example . |
| 5 | The increase was a carbon copy of Halifax Building Society 's increase on Monday and sets a firm benchmark which most other societies will now follow . |
| 6 | The compare instruction on the IBM 1401 computer Compare A B sets an equality indicator if the character string in the field at address A is exactly the same as the character string in the field at address B , and sets a high or low indicator appropriately if they are unequal ( using the collating sequence shown in Figure 2.19 ) . |
| 7 | It places high worth on loyalties — employee , customer , social — and sets a compassionate state at the centre of these values , providing both decent social provision and a regulated environment for fair competition . |
| 8 | The WHO report says we do n't need sugar and sets an upper limit of 10 per cent of total calorie intake from added sugar . |
| 9 | Philip Stamford-Bewlay and Mrs Sheila Brown claimed the council was ‘ lowering its standards ’ and setting a dangerous precedent for future developments . |
| 10 | The 1989 Children Act is a major piece of legislation , tidying up a tangle of previous law ( including the Wills Act , 1837 and the Mines and Quarries Act , 1954 ) , and setting a new agenda for British public child care practice . |
| 11 | On Feb. 20 an agreement with Germany first planned in April 1991 was officially finalized , forgiving half of Poland 's DM9,100 million ( about US$5,520 million ) debt to Germany and setting an 18-year repayment schedule for the rest . |
| 12 | Konrad showed his young helpers how to make a simple thermometer , illustrate the Davy lamp principle with a kitchen sieve ; and set a warm , upturned wine glass gliding across a smooth surface like a miniature hovercraft . |
| 13 | The recent Indian Supreme Court judgement that the US Multlnational , Union Carbide , pay $470 million by way of compensation to the victims of the world 's largest industrial accident , elicited sharply polarized reactions and set a dangerous international precedent . |
| 14 | 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 " . |
| 15 | And set a great precedent . ’ |
| 16 | He went back later and set a second fire . |
| 17 | In view of this , and to settle the negotiations as soon as possible , I suggest we ignore the principle of a rising royalty and set a flat rate of 7% of our receipts on all three titles involved . |
| 18 | The following six points form the essentials of funboard sailing and set a good funboard sailor apart from a bad one . |
| 19 | Forston Asylum was one of the most advanced in the country and set a new example . |
| 20 | FIFTEEN steps to be implemented within a month of taking office in order to reverse the Conservative health reforms and set a new direction for the NHS were outlined by Labour yesterday . |
| 21 | In the end it was a bitter-sweet victory , as although he broke several British records at intermediate distances , and set a new British all-comers record , he missed breaking the British 6-day record of 623 miles , set by George Littlewood at Madison Square Garden in 1888 ! |
| 22 | TYPE in the text of Task 19 and set a new page width of 12.5″ to increase the typing line to 10″ |
| 23 | Under the new Dangerous Dogs Act , Cleo could have been put down , but the court accepted her owner 's plea that she had been deliberately and maliciously let out of a shed , and set a new precedent by allowing the dog to go back to her family . |
| 24 | As a student he broke the Scottish records for the 100 and 200 yards , and set a new record for the inter-universities 440 yards ( 50.2 seconds ) . |
| 25 | Fogarty won both Superbike races , and set a new absolute course record round the Portrush triangle circuit in the shortened North West 200 race . |
| 26 | An important measure to encourage this trend was taken in October , when Iran 's central bank ( Bank Markazi Jomhouri Islam Iran ) doubled the foreign exchange quota available to all private-sector enterprises dealing with the public sector and set a new special exchange rate of $1.00=1,000 rials ( a fall from $1.00=1,250 rials ) . |
| 27 | Richard Mainwaring from Gloucestershire is the british barefoot water ski-ing champion for the ninth time … that 's a world record … he took the title in the Cotswold Water Park yesterday and set a new British record at the same time … |
| 28 | Richard Mainwaring from Gloucestershire is the british barefoot water ski-ing champion for the ninth time … that 's a world record … he took the title in the Cotswold Water Park yesterday and set a new British record at the same time … |
| 29 | Anglers Choice starlet Graham Metcalfe topped the proceedings for the second successive week and set a new five-hour best of 16–8–0 . |
| 30 | Baptists began raising a Sustentation Fund in 1908 and set a minimum salary of £160 in 1912 . |