Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] set [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The outlook for sterling is clouded by confusion about whether the Chancellor has set a new floor for the pound . |
| 3 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that the Queen has set a shining example of steadfast service over four decades of momentous political and social change , and will he wish her many more years of a great and glorious reign ? |
| 4 | At present , a council has to set the same standard charge for all unoccupied second homes . |
| 5 | Delight have set the following survey . |
| 6 | The vote , when it came , broke five days of deadlock for a post that will give Yeltsin no executive powers , but huge authority and the opportunity to help set a new political agenda for the Russian parliament . |
| 7 | Beside this deliberate , purposive teaching the author has set a second kind of education which is just as moving and as important to the story . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The woman has to set the enticing fruit , the desire to have knowledge like God himself , against God 's plain command . |
| 10 | FOR the second time this week a Chinese woman has set a new world record . |
| 11 | Note that if this keyword is used without the module 's manager having set a PREFERRED version , an error message will be displayed the next time an attempt is made to read the module out of LIFESPAN . |
| 12 | However , although an EFL appeared to set a clear target for a nationalised industry , it was not unambiguous . |
| 13 | The Government has set a 20 p.c. limit on foreign stakes . |
| 14 | There has been no unity ; in fact , the Welsh Rugby Union has set an atrocious example of disunity , and the national side caught the mood . |
| 15 | The government wants to set the technical standards of Poland 's public network and to retain the power to set ceilings on consumer prices . |
| 16 | The government wants to set the new system to work from January 1 . |
| 17 | And Senegal , one of the 30 poorest nations in the world has set the best example of all . |
| 18 | Advocates of press freedom asserted that the Noriega tapes case had set a disturbing precedent in that it undermined the First Amendment by giving legal endorsement to the concept of " prior restraint " in the form of a pre-publication review of a pending news story . |
| 19 | Renshaw has set a tentative date of mid-1993 for her return , when her youngest child will be at playgroup . |
| 20 | The majority felt Christianity had set a poor moral example . |