Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [noun] set [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Values for memory set 1 and memory set 2 refer to the number of items in that set . |
| 2 | An insipid winter light dribbled in a thin gruel from a small pane of glass set low in the wall just above the camp bed on which he sprawled . |
| 3 | A second type of development sets whole school policies within a wider framework which encompasses the needs and rights of parents and local community groups . |
| 4 | There were no windows in the walls , the only light being provided by the banks of fluorescents set high in the ceiling . |
| 5 | Competitive equilibrium is Pareto-efficient because the independent actions of producers setting marginal cost equal to price , and consumers setting marginal benefits equal to price , ensure that the marginal cost of producing a good just equals its marginal benefit to consumers . |
| 6 | The arguments contained in The Case for the Oppressed Africans ( 1783 ) issued by the Friends in advocacy of abolition set useful signposts to the general lines of persuasion adopted for the following twenty years . |
| 7 | Representatives of 30 European countries , meeting in Geneva , have given near-unanimous support to proposals to set stiffer targets for reductions in emissions of sulphur dioxide . |
| 8 | With Rex and Woodchip out of the picture and the forces of darkness set loose upon the land , how can we fail ? |
| 9 | The Church of Scotland sets great store by metrical psalms , whilst the Free Church of Scotland sings its psalms unaccompanied by instruments . |
| 10 | Petrol bombs were thrown and a number of vehicles set alight , but no one was injured . |
| 11 | There is a clear need for a population-orientated strategy to complement and reinforce policies aimed at local and national economic restructuring , but , as is argued further in the next chapter , if such an approach is to stand a good chance of success much more attention must be given to the improvement of data sets suitable for monitoring population change at regional and urban scales and to the study of the causes and consequences of internal migration . |
| 12 | The project will also acquire an archive of data sets suitable for teaching and demonstration . |