Example sentences of "set [noun pl] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even when you have decided a broad direction , and I should emphasize that it is only possible to set ambitions in a broad sense and only helpful so to do , there will inevitably come times when external events show that one has made a false assessment of one 's starting point or the ability of one 's competitors , known or unsuspected , to seize the initiative . |
| 2 | Oxford English provides all the materials needed to set children on the right track . |
| 3 | To set laws by the few jaws — |
| 4 | Councils will set rents at a reasonable level , reflecting income levels in the different regions and localities . |
| 5 | Thus despite the fact that the Thatcher government in the early 1980s was committed to a tight control of money supply and set targets for the broad monetary base M0 , and despite the fact that the authorities have expressed interest in monetary base control , this has not been the form of policy pursued . |
| 6 | On Nov. 23 the Italian Prime Minister , Giulio Andreotti , then president of the European Communities ( EC ) , and the Canadian Prime Minister , Brian Mulroney , signed a declaration in Rome which set relations between the two parties on a quasi-treaty footing providing for regular summit meetings and top-level ministerial consultations . |
| 7 | He came home from the July meeting at Newmarket in 1904 and set men on the following week . |
| 8 | I am simply glad that in the modest glades of Barnes Common I can enjoy my peacocks , purple hairstreaks and red admirals , and never have to worry about whether or not I have set eyes on a yellow-legged tortoiseshell or a Higgins 's anomalous blue . |
| 9 | Just hours earlier she had set eyes on the pretty two-year-old and sister Anna-Camilla , seven , for the first time . |
| 10 | In Spain , RENFE has been set targets under the various modernization plans and international credit agreements to eliminate its operating deficit , and subsequently cover its depreciation costs and interest charges . |
| 11 | US President George Bush on July 31 , 1989 , vetoed a bill passed by Congress which would have set restrictions on the joint development of the FSX fighter , Japan 's next generation of attack aircraft [ see p. 36619 ; 36651 ] , on the grounds that joint development would have enabled the Japanese to overtake US technological superiority in aerospace and would have provided the means whereby Japan could develop its own commercial aircraft . |
| 12 | It sets developments in a longer context of negotiations and bargaining between levels of government . |
| 13 | The bubble strategy considers the plant , or a series of plants , to be enclosed in a bubble and the EPA sets limits on the total discharges of each type of regulated pollutant , leaving it up to the plant manager to decide how to reach the goals ( figure 7.3 ) . |
| 14 | Class of Year Three children The " Keeper " is a guard who has been blinded to stop him ever setting eyes on the magic jewels . |
| 15 | This was a formal process which focused on staff development by setting goals for the coming year . |
| 16 | For example , we would tax fuel according to emission rates and establish systems of tradable emission licenses for industry , setting ceilings on the permitted emissions , eg sulphur dioxide . |
| 17 | The assertion about the murder of the father setting problems for the unconscious life of all later generations has been left unexamined in anthropology and sociology . |
| 18 | If one follows through the possible implications of this , one comes to the thought that perhaps language should be presented , to learners primarily in lexical terms , setting conditions for the gradual emergence of syntax as a focusing device — the very converse of conventional practice . |
| 19 | Raising standards ; by guaranteeing that all pupils get a balanced curriculum which prepares them for adult life ; and by setting objectives over the full range of abilities — via ‘ attainment targets ’ backed up with appropriate assessment arrangements . |
| 20 | The eco-labelling scheme is voluntary and decentralised with the Commission setting standards through a regulatory committee made up of experts from members states . |
| 21 | Nutty 's eyes gleamed when she set eyes on the professional Sergeant Potter with four pistols in boxes and a load of shot and a thick wad of targets . |