Example sentences of "to set the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | TEESDALE District Council agreed to set the poll tax at £242.23 compared to £169.66 last year a 42pc increase of £72.57 . |
2 | If you are serious about this , it is time to set the tables for breakfast . ’ |
3 | Zak and Emil arrived together at that point , Emil ready to set the tables for lunch , Zak in theatrical exasperation demanding to know if the actors were to put on the next scene before the meal as originally planned , and if not , when ? |
4 | Finally the wool is removed , rinsed in water with salt added to set the dye , and dried in the sun . |
5 | His arrival seemed to set the conveyor belt in motion , and she lost all track of time as she dealt with one actor after another , flinching every time the door opened , yet aware of a peculiar emptiness when Dane failed to show up . |
6 | Failing to set the handbrake is sometimes detected when it is too late i.e. when a vehicle has been parked unattended and has then begun to move and run away downhill , perhaps resulting in an accident . |
7 | A person failing to set the handbrake can also be reported for leaving a vehicle in a dangerous position contrary to section 22 Road Traffic Act 1988 . |
8 | She says she does n't really want to earn money from the revelations but simply wants to set the story of the Yorks ' marriage straight . |
9 | Game theory demonstrates that it is usually most adaptive to be variable or unpredictable , so long as evolution or personal experience takes care to set the odds appropriately . |
10 | And to try to set the blame on Hector ! ’ |
11 | Callinicos is able to set the claims of such postmodern advocates as Charles Jencks and Linda Hutcheon against an analysis of Modernism ( predicated largely on that of Eugene Lunn ) in order to demonstrate that the latter is a good deal more complex in respect of its characteristic conceptions of the subject , expression , reflexion etc , than the former are wont to have it . |
12 | Victoria 's genius in the Tenbrae Responses is to set the text to music of simple strength , built on memorable melodic lines in which the text often receives one note per syllable . |
13 | You can work out the column width by multiplying the point size you want to use by two or the lowercase alphabet length by 1.5 to give the number of picas to set the text across . |
14 | Could I draw this one to a close by suggesting that the procedure owners , who own the procedures identified in the take on board the need to make a minor adjustment to set the principle in place and the . |
15 | The kettle boiled and I made the drinks and followed him through to set the mugs down on the low table near the fireplace . |
16 | I 'd like to set the hairdresser on fire who did my mum 's hair , it looks hideous . |
17 | GMAG ( pronounced ‘ Geemag ’ ) and the HSE between them help to set the level of containment necessary , and give advice on how to design a safe process . |
18 | In both Britain and Spain the minister has statutory powers to approve budgets , plans and investment programmes , annual reports and accounts , overall price increases , and rail closures ; to set the level of state support for the railways ; and to make or confirm appointments to the board , including the chairman . |
19 | Under the terms of the 1988 Education Reform Act , the LEAs will continue ( subject to such constraints as charge capping ) to set the overall , authority-wide budget for schools under their control ( known as the ‘ general schools budget ’ ) . |
20 | There would be no singularities at which the laws of science broke down and no edge of space-time at which one would have to appeal to God or some new law to set the boundary conditions for space-time . |
21 | Commissioning the Royal Philharmonic is likely to set the cat among the pigeons . |
22 | Around the same time , he acted to set the procedure of constitutional reform in motion . |
23 | The input is adjusted to set the output some standard level ( such as the rated output power ) . |
24 | Bluntly , the Shadow Cabinet and unions need to get their fingers out — with some expedition — to set the limits of the proposed legal framework . |
25 | While blithely ignoring this fact , all Mr Clement will say is that ‘ bluntly , the Shadow Cabinet and unions need to get their fingers out — with some expedition — to set the limits of the proposed legal framework ’ . |
26 | I have suggested that a meaningful way to set the limits as to what may rightly be called a Christian position , is that Christians are those who proclaim Jesus to have been unique . |
27 | Matteo Fargion 's specially composed music for piano , strings and brass does much to set the tone of the piece , with its clouded dissonances and flurries of bright jazzy melody . |
28 | President Richard von Weizsäcker , often able to set the tone , has been unusually reticent since the storm he created last year by urging that the government should move from Bonn to Berlin ( an issue that remains undecided ) . |
29 | A hundred chairs ‘ disappeared ’ , the rows became a little more spacious , aisles were one seat wider , space was left for photographers — and the press conference was packed , creating the vital ‘ success ’ atmosphere to set the tone to launch an important strategic project . |
30 | Four days earlier the Sun had also helped to set the tone with a centre-spread report , ‘ HUMAN TIDE LABOUR WOULD LET IN — Bogus refugees will grab state handouts ’ , complete with coloured maps representing the locations of intending immigrants to Britain from Africa , Asia , eastern Europe and the Middle East . |