Example sentences of "[adj] a set [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 To achieve this a set of regulations has been introduced which is having a profound effect on the electrical and electronics sectors .
2 the arrangement was placed low down so that the angle of view presented me this as interesting a set of shapes as possible .
3 Mr Sands stressed that he would have taken the same view of any party who laid down such a set of pre-conditions .
4 It is , therefore , essential that competition policy provides such a set of rules or guidelines .
5 If such a set of permutations exists we will call them a matching of the two ALT patterns .
6 What she does not like , of course , is a stiff cross-wind on a hard runway — vintage aeroplanes were n't designed to fly in such a restricted manner — so she will need to be treated with respect , both by her pilots and the relevant ATC facilities , should such a set of circumstances be encountered .
7 Plainly such a set of guidelines as those drawn up by AIAS is entirely necessary , and to many readers the examples discussed here may seem rather extreme .
8 I like to think that I am laughing at the idea , which has as real a set of consequences as bombs in a Tom and Jerry cartoon .
9 Our response to these opposing arguments is to suggest that arguments that new technology is creating very large scale unemployment in the near future are alarmist , based on too simple a set of assumptions .
10 So , for accountants and those that can receive plenty of training and can get to grips with the program , it is very powerful and as complete a set of tools as you 'll see .
11 Many old people are as good a set of consumers as anyone else , but the very old and frail are at risk .
12 In March 1989 a set of directives on economic relations between the USSR and its constituent republics was published , which called for the transfer of up to 36 per cent of industrial production to local control ( the existing figure was only 5 per cent ) , with much higher levels — up to 72 per cent — in Georgia and the Baltic republics .
13 A man of lesser integrity and lesser … care for the welfare of this paper might have been stubborn and even resigned because of so divergent a set of opinions between himself and his proprietor .
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