Example sentences of "[noun pl] [be] [adv] set [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where it is not supported , the reason is often , as suggested by Rundquist ( 1980 , 1983 ) , because the spending patterns are already set by the geography of demands ( one would not expect large spending on subsidies for cotton farmers in New Hampshire , for example ) and the goal of the pork barrellers is rather to get plenty of money for the programme than to direct it to certain areas rather than others . |
| 2 | With both Maazel and Karajan the point is readily made , but their eyes are clearly set on the internal music argument . |
| 3 | The film flatly denied that there was any problem with dolphin entanglements in drift-nets , saying that the nets were always set in the direction of the prevailing currents , and as marine mammals generally swam with the currents , entanglement was unlikely . |
| 4 | Dates were also set for the enforcement of measures related to maritime transport , industrial , technical , agricultural and energy policy , and for the co-ordination of macro-economic policies , labour relations and institutional matters . |
| 5 | These sloping tables were often set into the ground and were then known as buddles , but there were circular convex and concave huddles which were mechanical . |
| 6 | The rates are ultimately set by the individual authority , but usually within the bands laid down by the National Joint Council for Local Authorities ' Administrative , Professional , Technical and Clerical Services ( LAAPTAC ) . |