Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun pl] set by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | American firms issue paper privately mainly to skirt the burdensome disclosure rules set by the Securities and Exchange Commission . |
| 2 | Starting at page A two , paragraph five and nine indicate that there is presently a gap of so of some eleven point four million pounds , between the overall spending limits of three hundred and eighty-one point four million pounds , agreed by the Policy Committee last November , and the provisional cutting limits set by the Government of three hundred and seventy million pounds . |
| 3 | A survey by the environmental group Friends of the Earth has revealed that air quality in four British towns is breaching safety levels set by the EC . |
| 4 | Although difficult to meet , the consent limits set by the National Rivers Authority are consistent with ICI ; s plans to cut discharges by half by 1995 but call into question the viability of some Teesside plants . |
| 5 | Hughes argues that part of the reason why the former communist bloc is portrayed as highly polluted is the unrealistic safety standards set by the governments of the states themselves , which are far more stringent than those of the EC and USA . |
| 6 | The mills are also breaking pollution levels set by the local NRAs which WEN claims are inadequate in the first place . |
| 7 | His responsibility is to ensure that a particular package has achieved the quality standards set by the project which is using it . |
| 8 | His responsibility is to ensure that a particular package has achieved the quality standards set by the project which is using it . |
| 9 | Small hospitals incinerators do not have to comply with the latest emission standards set by the Department of Environment until 1996 . |
| 10 | Franco was expected to seek congressional approval for a two-step reform to simplify the tax system and to counter tax evasion , in order to meet performance targets set by the IMF in the January 1992 agreement [ see pp. 38719-20 ] for the disbursement of credits . |
| 11 | A council does not have the ability to help because of the spending limits set by the poll tax and the severe controls set by government . |
| 12 | Today North West industry meets all the Mercury quality standard and load discharge limits set by the regulatory authorities and the UK fulfils all the requirements of the EC mercury directive . |
| 13 | The ‘ cost pass-through ’ mechanism is designed to override the five yearly profit limits set by the director general , called the K-factor . |
| 14 | The 1834 breed standards set by the Royal Jersey Agricultural Society and drawn up by distinguished island breeders showed parti-coloured engravings of the breed but made no reference to the colour of the coat as no importance was attached to such a superficial factor ; however , the light-coloured muzzle ring was specified , and a deep orange colour within the ears , while the skin was of a ‘ good ’ colour . |
| 15 | It was later estimated that , because of the rising price of oil and increasing production quotas set by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries ( OPEC ) , this figure was an underestimate . |
| 16 | Nitrogen dioxide levels were found to be above the guideline limits set by the EC at 13 out of 14 sites . |