Example sentences of "set [prep] [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes , Elizabeth Howell of Exploring Parenthood , certainly that is the case , both with parents and with people like teachers or child care workers , who are in locus parentis for many hours of the day , and our sense is very much that if the adults around children can feel supported and confident that they can acknowledge their own fears and anxieties that they will then be better be able to transmit that measured response to the children in their care and it was very interesting last week , I heard from an educational psychologist in the north of England who said that a group of teachers had asked from several schools to come together to think about the resources that they needed to set in place in order to deal with the children 's behaviour , and after the meeting , at which they were able to express their anxieties , they then returned to their various areas and when the psychologist contacted them a couple of days later they said we felt sufficiently supported by knowing that others are struggling with the same issues and that we could acknowledge our concerns about it , that we now feel able to get on with the job of helping the children , and I think that was a very good example of adults finding a way to acknowledge their own anxieties and thereby to increase their effectiveness in dealing with the children that in whose care they have . |
| 2 | Connect the music tape source to another channel of the mixer ; set on start-cue to play-pause . |
| 3 | Chastened , they donned their protective aprons , and set to work in silence . |
| 4 | Ask Computer Systems Inc has formed a new software development unit to open up its ManMan/X manufacturing development environment and Ingres database and tool set for use in conjunction with alien systems . |
| 5 | From 1954 to 1960 the net expansion of industrial employment was the result of rapid growth in sectors such as chemicals , mechanical and electrical engineering , vehicles , paper , printing and publishing , and metal manufacture , set against decline in shipbuilding , textiles , clothing and footwear , and mining and quarrying . |
| 6 | It continues as an usual inland resort set in woodland of silver birches , rhododendrons and conifers . |
| 7 | A third proposal from Yevgeny Saburov , RSFSR Economics Minister and now with special responsibility for general economic issues on the interim Committee , envisaged gradual price liberalization , with resources traded between republics at " contract prices " set in accordance with world markets . |
| 8 | Ex.7 shows that each episode of Didon is set in relief by virtue of its themes , and that Campra thought of the D minor movements as a pair . |
| 9 | ‘ We have to maintain the high standards which we have set in order for growth to continue . ’ |
| 10 | James moved swiftly into the disorder being wreaked in his carefully arranged plates , set in order of service . |
| 11 | Since cash limits are set in advance of wage agreements and since wages and salaries are the largest element in social service costs , it is not easy to achieve ‘ realism ’ in the cash limits without some long-term understanding with the fairly cowed public sector unions about the scale of pay awards . |
| 12 | In this case targets , based on sales forecasts , will be set in collaboration with marketing or sales staff , as representatives of the customer , and will take into account considerations such as planned maintenance , product quality control and machine breakdowns , for example . |
| 13 | That doubt , however , was set at rest at lunch time when she got a message from Mrs. Mott . |
| 14 | It is hoped to issue further sets from time to time . |
| 15 | Toftingall is at the centre of Caithness and in times past was the meeting place for local clans , who gathered there prior to setting off south in search of revenge , plunder or just a jolly good fight . |
| 16 | In a way Channel 4 's Club X was more self-consciously innovative , in that it attempted to get away from the conventions of the ‘ arts programme ’ by having a mixture of live performance art , music and interviews in an informal club setting with space for audience participation . |
| 17 | Functions include apparent wind angle , apparent wind speed , adjustable damping , programmable wind alarm , course setting in relation to wind direction and record of peak wind speed . |
| 18 | She sighed to herself and smiled to herself at Auntie 's mistake ; and then she set to work with Auntie 's sewing-machine . |