Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] [verb] set [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The beech hedge is trying to set an example by maturing . |
| 2 | They all seek declarations to the following effect : ( a ) that as a matter of law in the case of a prisoner serving a mandatory life sentence the Secretary of State is required to set a period for retribution and deterrence which does not exceed the tariff recommended by the judiciary ; ( b ) that the Secretary of State is required by law to tell the prisoner what period the judiciary have recommended , and the reasons for that recommendation , and also if he has departed from that recommendation to tell the prisoner his reason for doing so ; ( c ) that the prisoner is entitled to be given the opportunity to make representations to the Secretary of State before the tariff is set , and for this purpose to be told of any information upon which the Secretary of State will make his decision which is not in his , the prisoner 's , possession . |
| 3 | The USSR Supreme Soviet was instructed to set the dates . |
| 4 | The input is adjusted to set the output some standard level ( such as the rated output power ) . |
| 5 | The value of T g is raised markedly by inserting groups which stiffen the chain by impeding rotation , so that more thermal energy is required to set the chain in motion . |
| 6 | It would seem , therefore , that Bukharin was attempting to set the drive for industrialisation within the wider socio-political framework of the worker-peasant alliance upon which NEP was founded , rather than within merely narrow ‘ economic ’ guidelines . |