Example sentences of "to set [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The American had used Father to set the financial wheels turning for the takeover ; employed him , you might say ; and he 'd suggested the inside trade and how it might be made . ’ |
| 32 | Those of you familiar with car radios where you press ‘ vol ’ ‘ treble ’ ‘ bass ’ ‘ bal ’ or ‘ fade ’ and then use a single infinitely rotating knob to set the required levels , will know exactly how to operate the JMP-1 . |
| 33 | Second , however , he asserted that , if your Lordships ' House were to accept Woolwich 's argument , it would be impossible for us to set the appropriate limits to the application of the principle . |
| 34 | Since local councils borrowed to finance virtually all their capital expenditure , permission to borrow was used by central departments to set the total capital spending limits for local authorities , determine national service priorities for capital spending , and set common design standards and cost yardsticks which ensured a tight degree of economy in capital projects . |
| 35 | Nevertheless , she argues the case for continuing to set the micro-political perspective in the context of a macro-political explanation of social relations . |
| 36 | It is vital to set the estimated present value of the benefits within a carefully structured model of the likely changing scenarios of order-winning criteria as identified through a strategic analysis . |
| 37 | Against this undoubted benefit one has to set the likely bad consequences of recognizing the general and unqualified validity of consent to political authority . |
| 38 | On 14 October Louis XV himself signed orders instructing Admiral Conflans to set the whole invasion scheme in motion by clearing the way across the Channel . |
| 39 | Defining the value for the leading of your body copy , that 's the stuff you 've got the most of — the text in a report or a newsletter , allows you to set the vertical grid . |
| 40 | The most obvious test of television 's ability to set the public agenda was provided by its massive shift of emphasis on to defence in the third week of the campaign . |
| 41 | The arrangement of the moots is usually the responsibility of the students ' law society , though a law teacher or practising lawyer can usually be persuaded to set the moot and preside on the ‘ bench . ’ |
| 42 | 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 . |
| 43 | At present , a council has to set the same standard charge for all unoccupied second homes . |
| 44 | Editor , — Is it not time for the BMJ to set the same standards for the drug advertisements it carries as it does for scientific papers ? |
| 45 | However , if you are going to do this , then you need to set the same ACLs on all the relevant files . |
| 46 | Acknowledging the concepts of Dansereau ( 1957 ) that man creates new genotypes and new ecosystems , he considers nature without man as natural biogeography in Part I of his book and then uses this as a datum against which to set the larger Part II in which cultural biogeography is concerned with the effects of man in changing the genetic make-up of plants and animals , in redistributing them over the earth 's surface , and in altering the structure of many ecosystems . |
| 47 | I am sorry that the hon. Member for Blackburn is not here to set the hon. Member for Leeds , Central right . |
| 48 | I think there was a feeling yesterday , certainly it 's it 's our view that what that paragraph in P P G three does is to set the basic ground rules . |
| 49 | Politicians ca n't force people to adopt Green lifestyles , and people remain dependent on politicians to set the legislative pace . |
| 50 | If that happened , the CAA would have the authority to set the maximum level of airport charges for each . ’ |
| 51 | He had rung through to the Swan Hotel in Stratford to set a revised time of arrival at 6.15 p.m. ; but by the look of things it was going to be , in Wellington 's words , ‘ a damn close-run thing ’ . |
| 52 | It sent her backing nervously towards the casement window as if to set a safer distance between the two of them . |
| 53 | He wanted to set a standard that says a system is easy to use ‘ if at least 90 per cent of a representative example of users can be trained to the level specified in 15 minutes or less . ’ |
| 54 | Your next action today is to set a standard that everyone in your team attends a conference at least once every six months . |
| 55 | The return to Warrington where a gasometer was destroyed three weeks ago may appear to set a curious pattern to the IRA 's logistics , but it may be that recent arrests and seizures of weapons and explosives in London in early March has inflicted a major blow to their intentions in the capital . |
| 56 | But it will deal a blow to the agreement , which allows publishers to set a minimum price for most books . |
| 57 | The statistical confirmation of the reality of so many gentlemen ‘ made good cheape ’ may have been what prompted Garter King of Arms ' decision in 1530 to set a minimum qualification of £10 per annum for sporting a coat of arms . |
| 58 | Motion three three four also deals with the abolition of the Wages Council and the C E C would like you to ask you to support it , but with qualification , that a national minimum wage rather than a national Wages Council is likely to be the best way to set a minimum rate of pay . |
| 59 | As a matter of practice most claims come to light within the first two audits of the business by the purchaser ; ( c ) to set a minimum value which the purchaser 's claim must exceed in order for the claim to be brought ( see clause 14.2 of the standard sale agreement ) — Appendix III . |
| 60 | Price mechanism can be structured from cost-effective analysis to enable us to set a reasonable charge that will ensure profitability . |