Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb mod] set [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Stack-oriented computers may set a condition code in the top element of the stack as a result of a test or comparison instruction ; a jump instruction is then provided to jump conditional on the state of this top element ( removing the element after testing ) .
2 In all these cases , it is vitally important that parents should set an example .
3 Against the obvious cost savings , companies must set the expense of re-implementing their system in a new environment .
4 Concern about a baby 's bowel movements can set the scene for concern and anxiety .
5 Masses of willow warblers , chiff-chaffs , blackcaps , whitethroats and sometimes yellow-browed or Pallas 's warblers will set the pulses racing , and the flocks of chaffinch and brambling will be painstakingly examined in the hope of finding perhaps a little bunting , rustic bunting or Arctic redpoll .
6 The theory behind such schemes is that ambitious large farmers will set an example , which will encourage their small backward neighbours .
7 In a trice , office machines can set the type and print it out in fine detail .
8 This infrastructural integration would , he hoped , stimulate a comparable integration of curriculum areas utilising the combined facilities , for which the developing IS and PSD courses would set the scene .
9 Most exporters would like to avoid exchange risk by invoicing in Sterling but they are now finding that markets will set the price and the method of pricing .
10 A series of positive reports regarding homework tasks can set the tone of the group to follow .
11 Within the next few months , for instance , the party and unions should set the level of fines that recalcitrant unions would incur .
12 That ‘ the party and unions should set the level of fines that recalcitrant unions would incur ’ .
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