Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] set [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is perhaps necessary to set the scene for this remarkable decade in the history of the District to show the ways in which the firm foundation for subsequent growth and consolidation was secured following a period of more than twenty years of uncertainty and improvision . |
| 2 | Procedural directions should include provision for the publication of the expert 's decision , and whether it should give reasons ; and it is obviously desirable to set a timetable for submissions and a decision . |
| 3 | We accept in principle the United Nations target of 0.7 per cent. , but we are not prepared to set a timetable , because a real-terms growth in aid quality is much more important . |
| 4 | All four applicants in that case sought a declaration that the Secretary of State was not entitled to set a date for the first review of his case on the basis of the requirements of retribution and deterrence . |
| 5 | It may be more appropriate to set a period of three to four years for the achievement of the longer term aim . |
| 6 | It was more important to set the processors ' internal patch levels so that when switching between processors the levels still matched . |
| 7 | It is always difficult to set the bounds to an industry — to determine where one industry 's activities end and another industry 's activities begin . |
| 8 | To ensure prompt attention it is also advisable to set a time limit for the return of details after which submissions will not be considered . |
| 9 | President Richard von Weizsäcker , often able to set the tone , has been unusually reticent since the storm he created last year by urging that the government should move from Bonn to Berlin ( an issue that remains undecided ) . |
| 10 | But , because an album released in CD-I format is n't likely to set the charts alight right now , a standard CD version of the album will also be made available — when Rundgren eventually gets to signing on the dotted , that is . |
| 11 | A member of Mr Dinsdale 's syndicate was particularly keen to set the record straight . |
| 12 | For a moment Flavour Flav abandons his comical veneer , seemingly anxious to set the record straight . |
| 13 | For a moment Flavour Flav abandons his comical veneer , seemingly anxious to set the record straight . |
| 14 | In many cases the local review committee at the seven year review considered it too early to set a release date , which no doubt dashed the hopes of the prisoners whose sentences were under review . |
| 15 | This still gives the gyro an oversensitive control and it will be very difficult to set the gyro gain control to give an acceptable response . |