Example sentences of "[vb mod] set [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under current US law , the government must set a legal limit , called a tolerance , for the amount of pesticide residue that can be in or on a food . |
| 2 | ‘ An' I must set a good table for the funeral . ’ |
| 3 | However , against the obvious conclusion that small groups are more effective one must set the increased managerial challenges of having a larger number of groups . |
| 4 | Decisive battles , the death of kings in battle or the life imprisonment of great men were rare events ; and against the very exceptional , decisive outcome of the battles of 1066 and 1106 we must set the endless , indecisive campaigns of William I and Henry I on the borders of their French domains ; the indecisive warfare of Stephen 's reign which led to anarchy in England . |
| 5 | Since the detrimental effects of many chemicals used within the environment are now only too well known , it seems natural that the National Trust , as a high-profile conservation body , should set a good example . |
| 6 | My father says that a teacher should set a good example for the children , by respecting each one , whether them black or white . |
| 7 | The director of health promotion , Dr Phil Hanlon , said it was important that the board should set a good example to other organisations . |
| 8 | It recommends that the government should set a firm date for these authorities to complete surveys of their water supplies . |
| 9 | Before we allow him to intrude on to my turf too far , I should set the whole business in its correct credit context . |
| 10 | most were set by several … [ and ] although one compositor might set a whole book , he would not normally be working on that book alone but would intersperse work on other jobs when it was called for … |
| 11 | He was also aware that similar arrangements were being explored between Nottingham and the East Midlands District and that the Cambridge Board/Eastern District solution might set a national precedent . |
| 12 | A round table might set an early date for new parliamentary elections . |
| 13 | Oh okay I 'll set a little game . |
| 14 | 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 ) . |
| 15 | The Maldives took the view , along with several other SAARC states , that bilateral problems among members should not impinge on the SAARC and that Sri Lanka 's decision to refuse to host the 1989 summit could set a bad precedent . |
| 16 | The Department of the Environment could set the total grant for local authorities , and announce it . |
| 17 | ‘ Why , the sparks alone could set the whole ship alight . |
| 18 | It dwarfed , for instance , the monument on the river bank to the Renaissance explorers and circumnavigators who 'd set the tiny country on the path to greatness . |
| 19 | Dittmar does agree with Jansher , however , that not paying prize money may set an unfortunate precedent . |
| 20 | It would set a central rate for sterling against the European Currency Unit . |
| 21 | It 'd also allow Miss 's lawyers to seek an injunction preventing the deportation which would set a legal precedent . |
| 22 | It 'd also allow Miss 's lawyers to seek an injunction preventing the deportation which would set a legal precedent . |
| 23 | Then.the command to obey his parents ‘ in the Lord ’ would set a different limit on that obedience . |
| 24 | The childless were also more concerned about items which they thought would set a bad example to children while nearly all parents were aware of the 9pm watershed for more adult programming . |
| 25 | The majority in the State Council feared that these proposals would set a damaging precedent and , with the consent of the Tsar , rejected the bill . |
| 26 | Moves to lift the clause would set a national precedent . |
| 27 | Moves to lift the clause inserted in the company 's contract to prevent asset stripping after de-regulation of the buses would set a national precedent . |
| 28 | A proposal to allow professors to retire on full pension at 63 instead of 65 has met with little support from state finance ministers because of its cost , and also because it would set an expensive precedent for all other civil servants . |
| 29 | Such a change would set the final seal on what is perhaps the most radical transformation Japan has gone through in the last few decades : the disappearance of the farming community as a fundamental axis of politics , the economy and society and the emergence of Japan as a fully-fledged urban , industrial society . |
| 30 | Victory tomorrow night would set the ace jumper up nicely for its main objective next month 's Daily Mirror/Sporting Life Grand National at Hall Green . |