Example sentences of "set [noun pl] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These are ‘ low ’ standards compared to those of many other housewives in the sample , and the routine is there , but it is not anchored nearly so securely to set times of the day as Barbara Lipscombe 's . |
| 2 | As such , care programming can be seen as an attempt to standardize mental health service delivery and to set norms for the administration of care for people with a certain level of dependency . |
| 3 | Council tenants also receive an indirect subsidy as a result of the central government grants to local authorities for housing which enable them to set rents below the level that would otherwise have been needed . |
| 4 | Work on the 1,300MW power plant was due to begin in March or April , but an international donors ' meeting to set contributions for the $1,300 million project had been postponed in December . |
| 5 | using this understanding to critically examine current activities and go on to set targets for the future . |
| 6 | It is the project manager 's task to define the key results areas , to set priorities for the contributions and to ensure that they are adhered to . |
| 7 | It is prudent for negotiators to set objectives during the preparation stage . |
| 8 | Once the role of the advertising has been defined , it becomes reasonably straightforward to set objectives for the advertising , which will usually be rather more specific interpretations of the role statement , including where possible specific targets , measurable by specific research . |
| 9 | Describe why it is important to set objectives in the firm and comment on the problems of setting objectives . |
| 10 | The Crown 's practical arguments were that the case was so rare that it could not call for a fundamental reformulation of the law and that it was impossible for their lordships to set limits on the application of the principle which , being a matter of policy , was a question for the legislature . |
| 11 | As we have seen ( Chapter 2 ) , it is not the ideal way to start , but it is a fact of life , and the size of the budget does , to a significant extent , serve to set limits on the opportunities open to the media planner . |
| 12 | As a leading article in The Times put it : ‘ Undaunted by the superior timidity of the House of Lords the Court of Appeal persevered in its determination to set limits to the scope of the immunities granted to trade unions by statute . ’ |
| 13 | The type of argument exemplified by Strawson 's claim undoubtedly has a strong intuitive appeal , and versions of this approach have , ever since Kant , been popular as a means of seeking to set limits to the use of causal explanations in accounting for human affairs . |
| 14 | Yet in its turn climate goes far to set limits to the use that can be made of the physical features of the country in which we live . |
| 15 | Never before has there been such open abuse of power by those who are supposed to set standards for the people . |
| 16 | You may also need to set jumpers on the motherboard according to the type of RAM devices you are using and the video card . |
| 17 | There is an urgent need for more socioeconomic information in this field to help set guidelines for the future . |
| 18 | No sooner did she set eyes on the gentleman than she recognised his pecuniary position to be merely temporary . |
| 19 | He 'd wish that he 'd never set eyes on the Ashdown girl . |
| 20 | The women are also warned by the men that if they , the women , should set eyes on the masks of the ceremony , the men would manhandle , rape , and disfigure them . |
| 21 | Most of them would never set eyes on the place and few felt any loyalty towards it . |
| 22 | Eventually all is set for Culkin , now holed up in his uncle 's deserted townhouse , to wire the rooms , set traps on the stairs , gather inflammable materials and treat Pesci and Stern to a far more violent onslaught than was executed in Home Alone 1 . |
| 23 | ‘ Never set eyes on the bugger , ’ he said . |
| 24 | ‘ THIS is the place , ’ said Brigham Young as his wandering , persecuted tribe of Mormons finally set eyes on the Great Salt Lake and the Wasatch mountains rising in fairyland fantasy before the rising sun . |
| 25 | John Samuel at Park City , Utah , on the opening races of the new season Cannons put smile on Willi 's Face ‘ T HIS is the place , ’ said Brigham Young as his wandering , persecuted tribe of Mormons set eyes on the Great Salt Lake and the Wasatch mountains . |
| 26 | Whenever the courts set bounds to the damages recoverable — saying that they are , or are not , too remote they do it as a matter of policy so as to limit the liability of the defendant . |
| 27 | In an agricultural society poor soil conditions , often the consequence of centuries of abusive cultivation , together with the amount and nature of the rainfall , set bounds to the possibilities of progress . |
| 28 | We will set goals for the employment of women in professional and managerial posts in the NHS . |
| 29 | The seas in this area have since the mid 1970s supported many commercial fishermen who set nets around the coast to supply the local fish and chip trade . |
| 30 | A combination of sleek styling and set curls by the Jazz Hair Co |