Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] set the [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | They say here that he will do no more of these questionless immobile heads as his designs begin to set the immobile against the mobile . |
| 2 | This study aims to set the current problem in its context by describing developments in the relationship between central and local government between 1945 and 1983 . |
| 3 | At present , a council has to set the same standard charge for all unoccupied second homes . |
| 4 | Delight have set the following survey . |
| 5 | The Government — Mr John Patten — having learnt through the courts that teachers have the right to refuse to set the prescribed tests , now threatens to cut the headteacher 's salary and to take legal action against the governors of schools where the tests are not set . |
| 6 | The woman has to set the enticing fruit , the desire to have knowledge like God himself , against God 's plain command . |
| 7 | Britain has set the European Community on a course that I wholly applaud — an ever closer union of nation states . |
| 8 | Investors were heartened by news that Saudi Arabia has set the second phase of the Al-Yamamah arms deal in train by making a £1½ billion down-payment , ending months of uncertainty over the contract 's future . |
| 9 | The government wants to set the technical standards of Poland 's public network and to retain the power to set ceilings on consumer prices . |
| 10 | The government wants to set the new system to work from January 1 . |
| 11 | And Senegal , one of the 30 poorest nations in the world has set the best example of all . |
| 12 | Co-ordinator Andrew Smart has set the following schedule to the end of April : |
| 13 | The Society in consultation with the Regional Representatives has set the national priorities as being : — |
| 14 | There was no proof that an initial spark from Christian extremists had set the whole affair in motion ; there was suspicion , and it is one aspect of the Orkney affair that attracted the attention of the feature writers . |