Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] set [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dittmar does agree with Jansher , however , that not paying prize money may set an unfortunate precedent . |
| 2 | The director of health promotion , Dr Phil Hanlon , said it was important that the board should set a good example to other organisations . |
| 3 | 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 … |
| 4 | Undaunted , Dick began to research paint and his finds will set a new course for warbirds with the latest in flat paint technique . |
| 5 | When a new issue of bonds is made , the Bank of England will set a minimum price somewhat below the £100 face value and then invite tenders for these bonds above or at the minimum price . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The Department of the Environment could set the total grant for local authorities , and announce it . |
| 10 | That summit will set the future course for NATO to ensure that it remains as it has been — a bedrock of stability in a still uncertain world . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | It recommends that the government should set a firm date for these authorities to complete surveys of their water supplies . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Moves to lift the clause would set a national precedent . |
| 17 | Hence the Government will set a national business rate . |
| 18 | The organisers are confident that this rigour will set a new standard for fairs in Italy , and hope , despite the world-wide economic gloom , to stimulate the Italian buying public , which has , even this year , remained active in the price-range up to £50,000 ( $100,000 ) . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | A round table might set an early date for new parliamentary elections . |
| 21 | Under this procedure the designer can set a simple design limit ( which is alarmed ) , and also define a complete design envelope for any chosen kinematic function to cover the complete operating cycle . |
| 22 | The largest-selling newspapers in Britain are owned by swashbuckling businessmen who do not hesitate to interfere with the editorial content of their papers and whose personal politics are so well known to all their staff that the proprietors can set the political tone of their employees ' work without crude , direct , and explicit interference . |