Example sentences of "set [adj] [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Budgets should be sufficiently detailed to set clear targets for the managers responsible for carrying them out , but should not be so complex that they defeat their purpose of providing planning and control aids at the operating levels of the enterprise ; |
| 2 | Yet while monopoly capital and government subsidy played a large part in this rise , it is important to set this development against the total picture of German industrial effort . |
| 3 | The central problem for the government is to determine the value of the subsidy to the ‘ social ’ railway , that is the services that would not exist or would be extremely highly priced without state support , and to set appropriate targets for the ‘ commercial ’ railway . |
| 4 | It also resolved by 49 votes to 46 to set stringent limits on the amount of outside income senators could receive , including the proceeds from individual investment portfolios . |
| 5 | The ‘ restructuring school ’ argued that it was not possible to provide an explanation in terms of location factors alone ; what was needed was to set these factors within the wider context of the restructuring of industry ( Massey , 1979 ; Sayer , 1982 ) . |
| 6 | However , there are still problems : cash limits will only be ‘ successful ’ if the government has the political will to set effective limits in the first place , and subsequently to keep to them . |
| 7 | To set the earth revolving around the sun was to set all hell on the move . |
| 8 | If we are to do better in 1996 , we must avoid the trap of appearing to set one group against the other . |
| 9 | To set any analysis of the styles of artefacts within the social context of contemporary Britain would appear to require consideration of a wide range or agents and relevant factors . |
| 10 | Drake ( left ) defeated Clark to set Royal Berkshire on the road to victory against David Lloyd 's Heston |
| 11 | This had obvious advantages for the government , but set political limits to the sums that might be raised . |
| 12 | The EEC 's Sheepmeat Regime guarantees producers ' income to the level of the Basic Price ( set each year by the EEC ) through payment of an annual premium . |
| 13 | Joe handed the foaming mugs over the bar , and they both collapsed into the little wooden dining chairs set each side of the dying open fire . |
| 14 | It is set on a platform reached by seventy-four basalt steps , and its tall twin white towers , set each side of the main doorway , make it a landmark from Funchal way below . |
| 15 | Fand and Liban came behind , but their spears did n't light the way , only set confusing reflections in the walls . |
| 16 | The meeting should only set broad parameters for the worker , then there would be scope for genuine negotiation , with the parent 's real agreement . |
| 17 | The instructions with this recipe which came from an old horseman 's notebook were : Set this mixture by the wind ; that is , the horseman was advised to stand in the wind so that as soon as the colt or horse scented him he would advance towards him . |
| 18 | It has made unequivocal statements and set clear guidelines on the issue of censorship . |
| 19 | ‘ So you do n't set much store by the ill feeling around , that evening ? ’ |
| 20 | Now , if you set these changes against the objectives of the concurrent advertising campaigns for these brands , expressed in terms of changes of attitude , you find — if you are lucky — that the attitudes have , indeed , changed in the intended direction . |
| 21 | The pass gets its name from two groups of deep limestone potholes set either side of the road . |
| 22 | From the brown hide couch in the sitting room , and the two matching armchairs set either side of the old range , the pretty cottage paintings and floral drapes throughout the house , the many ornaments that decorated every room , Beth was able to glimpse the nature of the woman who had lived and died here — David 's mother . |
| 23 | Many Creole and Cajun cooks set great store on the mixing of a good roux — blending flour and fat ( often lard ) and cooking them until the correct golden brown degree is achieved . |
| 24 | The guests having been selected , there then came the problem of allocating rooms , since those who were jealous of their rank or susceptible to imaginary slights set great store by the nature of their accommodation within the Palace . |
| 25 | Bourbon producers set great store by the soft local water which passes through limestone on its way to the distilleries . |
| 26 | Almost all the selected authorities ( despite loud protests ) set legal rates within the limits set by ministers ; and councillors in Lambeth — who delayed setting a rate to try and avoid compliance-were subsequently surcharged by the district auditor and disqualified as councillors . |
| 27 | Set neat prints into the snow and the same with stanza four , are the body that is bold to come across clearings . |
| 28 | The health boards in Scotland are very close to the hospitals , which is why I set considerable store by the approval that had been granted to the applications by the Grampian health board in the case of Foresterhill and by the Ayrshire and Arran health board in the case of South Ayrshire . |
| 29 | He was co-author of the declaration of Philadelphia of 1945 which set postwar goals for the ILO , and affirmed that economic and financial policies were to be judged by their contribution to social justice . |
| 30 | I mean if you 'd set precise standards in the first place , you would n't have caused all that confusion . |