Example sentences of "[verb] the [noun pl] set [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 1893 Act allowed institutions a Parliamentary grant per pupil , but only if the institution/asylum met the standards set by the periodic visits of Her Majesty 's Inspector , so in order to meet these standards and obtain their grants , schools had to improve on the conditions in which the pupils were taught . |
| 2 | She is then able to cover the same ground , using the objectives set by the ward . |
| 3 | She scanned the displays set round the visor on the inside of the helmet . |
| 4 | Such " regular casuals " can remain " regular casuals " only if they are prepared to accept the schedules set for them and to take their free days when there are no events and their holidays during the off-season . |
| 5 | The absence of alternatives to becoming highly dependent on private companies may leave little choice but to accept the parameters set by the ideology of the firm as a family . |
| 6 | In an effort to meet the terms set by the World Bank in June 1989 for the granting of a US$150,000,000 structural adjustment loan , the government agreed to a number of measures aimed at restructuring the banking , state and agricultural sectors . |
| 7 | The Project Team requires a comprehensive editorial text processing system which will provide the facilities necessary to meet the objectives set for it by OUP . |
| 8 | The European Association for the Conservation of Energy says member states will not now be able to meet the targets set at the UNCED Rio summit [ see ED 59/60 ] . |
| 9 | On July 13 , 1989 , the European Commission sent to the West German government a " reasoned opinion " that West German drinking water failed to meet the standards set under a 1980 EC directive . |
| 10 | Unfortunately , as we found with the 500SL , the steering fails to meet the standards set by the rest of the chassis . |
| 11 | The two bodies ' first annual reports to the Department of Trade and Industry reveal an alarmingly high proportion of registered firms which have failed to meet the standards set by audit regulation . |
| 12 | Among its findings on freshwater quality the report mentioned : ( i ) high levels of phosphates in rivers , lakes and reservoirs in most of central and southern England , which cause excessive growth of surface plants such as algae which in turn damage wildlife ; ( ii ) acidification of rivers and lakes in some parts of Scotland , northern England and Wales to such levels that they are almost devoid of fish ; ( iii ) one in eight sewage plants still not operating within discharge limits ; ( iv ) periodic high levels of pesticide pollution in drinking water ; and ( v ) a high proportion of freshwater sites used for recreational purposes failing to meet the standards set by the European Community directive on bathing water . |
| 13 | Only 88 of the 416 beaches monitored in 1992 ( compared with 102 in 1991 ) failed to meet the standards set by the European Community directive on bathing waters . |
| 14 | Wandering around the cavernous warehouse that contains the Neighbours sets in Nunawading , Melbourne , she fondly points out various props which have all played a part in shaping the history of Ramsay Street . |
| 15 | The weakest test of conformity with the no-arbitrage condition uses the bounds set by the transactions costs of arbitrage . |
| 16 | The full council will confirm the charges set on 4 March . |
| 17 | In the first room he looked into , the window space had already been commandeered by two native pensioners and an indigo planter ; in the next room he was just in time to see the camel guns fired … the sofa recoiled on its protesting castors and the men serving the guns set to work to re-load . |
| 18 | There should be no secrecy about how the service is delivered , how much it costs , who delivers it and whether it is meeting the standards set for it . |
| 19 | It abolished the limits set on secondary educational expenditure in 1902 , and removed the exemptions to the requirement to attend school between the ages of 5 and 14 . |
| 20 | He is delighted when your system of study and preparation checkmates the standards set by the College and allows you to progress . |
| 21 | The report , which in previous years was called British Lifestyles , shows the trends set over the last ten years and predicts changes in the next decade . |
| 22 | The orchards yielded plums , pears and apples ; bees occupying the hives set amongst the trees produced honey with the extra aid of the herbs flowering in beds along the walls ; and above all careful gardening provided a wealth of vegetables unknown to the herb growers of previous centuries . |
| 23 | I 've shown the keynames set to their default values . |
| 24 | He surely recollects the precedents set in the steel and coal industries , in which the Community was involved in Europewide initiatives to limit the impact of the decline in demand for the products of the companies concerned . |
| 25 | In contradiction to Mr Linfield 's opinion as expressed in his letter , I believe the policies set in place resulted in procedures that all librarians now , working in multi-cultural communities , would consider quite reasonable and normal . |
| 26 | But his earliest critics often judged his theorizing not to match the standards set by Newtonian physics ( Hull , 1973 ) . |
| 27 | There was nothing particularly remarkable about these views ; though some brave women in each age may have tried to overstep the limits set for them . |
| 28 | While this will only apply to criminal proceedings , child protection agencies using video recordings in their work with children will be expected to adopt the standards set in the Code of Practice where appropriate . |
| 29 | The research department has followed the lines set by that review . |
| 30 | And when Cardiff looked at the upside-down dead eyes of that head as they reflected in the torchlight , when he saw the teeth set in a clenched and hideous grin … he recognised the face immediately . |