Example sentences of "[vb mod] set [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They " must set the standards of what is acceptable , of what is for the public good in the age in which we live " . |
| 2 | In fact , he had forced Bett to admit as much , but she had countered by claiming that nevertheless they should set the children a good example . |
| 3 | In deciding what we are going to settle for — or in choosing from alternatives — then we might set the priorities and satisfy as many of the most important ones as we can . |
| 4 | If I refuse he 'll set the police on to Garry , and think what that would do to Dana . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Just stop what you 're doing or I 'll set the police on you . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Now be off , or I 'll set the Romans on ye . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ She 'll set the dogs on you , or call the polis . |
| 8 | This could and did result in nasty crash landings which could set the bombs off . |
| 9 | I suggested some simple exercises , to be done without knitting on the machine , that showed what effect the tuck and slip controls had on the needles and how we could set the carriages to slip or tuck in one direction and knit in the other . |
| 10 | Having established the point that it is the patient who ultimately may set the limits to the doctor 's intervention , it is now necessary to consider the duties which arise in the usual circumstances in which treatment is consented to . |
| 11 | If proceedings are commenced by the wrong originating process , eg by summons rather than by originating application , such a breach of the rules is not necessarily fatal — thecourt may set the proceedings aside or it may allow them to be amended and give such directions as it thinks fit ( Ord 37 , r 5 ) . |
| 12 | He used to set the questions for University Challenge . |
| 13 | He used to set the questions for University Challenge . |
| 14 | Then you strode in , as the new maths teacher , and you would set the problems on the board and stride around the class getting us all to co-operate in sharing the problems . |
| 15 | ‘ In the false name of justice and equality , the Labour faction would set the classes against each other and overturn the immemorial dispensation of ‘ a place for every man and every man in his place ’ . |
| 16 | ‘ It would set the standards . ’ |
| 17 | well I , I wanted therefore to put take project into the national press and to promote the product , given that that was the larger product in the market place and therefore if you want that would set the standards for the rest of the market place , that 's what I , I felt we needed to do that with the increasing number of competitors moving into market place |
| 18 | One of these is a fear of wires and hose-pipes , the sight of which will set the springs in his legs going . |
| 19 | This will set the stitches and make handling easier . |
| 20 | And we will set the questions . |
| 21 | Masses of willow warblers , chiff-chaffs , blackcaps , whitethroats and sometimes yellow-browed or Pallas 's warblers will set the pulses racing , and the flocks of chaffinch and brambling will be painstakingly examined in the hope of finding perhaps a little bunting , rustic bunting or Arctic redpoll . |
| 22 | After the consultation period has ended the NRA will submit its proposals to the secretary of state for the environment , who will set the standards and decide on necessary improvements . |
| 23 | An inspectorate will set the standards that have to be reached before bonuses can be paid . |
| 24 | The idea of ‘ revolution ’ can set the pulses racing , for a time at least , and in 1980 it was invoked by Catherine Belsey : ‘ Only by closing the doors of the English department against theoretical challenges from outside can we continue to ignore the ‘ Copernican' ’ revolution which is currently taking place , and which is radically undermining traditional ways of perceiving both the world and the text . ’ |