Example sentences of "set the [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This study aims to set the current problem in its context by describing developments in the relationship between central and local government between 1945 and 1983 . |
| 2 | This chapter briefly reviews these trends , both generally and specifically in mathematics , with particular reference to low attainers , in order to set the NFER project in the context of current developments . |
| 3 | He realised , with a thrill of annoyance at himself , that in his haste — his weary haste — to get to the hearing that morning , he had omitted to set the second lock with its automatic alarm connection . |
| 4 | Under pressure from the American government , the three rival consortia developing four systems to set the technical standard for high-definition television provisionally agreed to combine those systems . |
| 5 | The government wants to set the technical standards of Poland 's public network and to retain the power to set ceilings on consumer prices . |
| 6 | Second , however , he asserted that , if your Lordships ' House were to accept Woolwich 's argument , it would be impossible for us to set the appropriate limits to the application of the principle . |
| 7 | Nevertheless , she argues the case for continuing to set the micro-political perspective in the context of a macro-political explanation of social relations . |
| 8 | However , if you are going to do this , then you need to set the same ACLs on all the relevant files . |
| 9 | Editor , — Is it not time for the BMJ to set the same standards for the drug advertisements it carries as it does for scientific papers ? |
| 10 | I am sorry that the hon. Member for Blackburn is not here to set the hon. Member for Leeds , Central right . |
| 11 | If that happened , the CAA would have the authority to set the maximum level of airport charges for each . ’ |
| 12 | That summit will set the future course for NATO to ensure that it remains as it has been — a bedrock of stability in a still uncertain world . |
| 13 | The largest-selling newspapers in Britain are owned by swashbuckling businessmen who do not hesitate to interfere with the editorial content of their papers and whose personal politics are so well known to all their staff that the proprietors can set the political tone of their employees ' work without crude , direct , and explicit interference . |
| 14 | It can set the real mood of a piece , giving an intimate and unique atmosphere which is a vital part of the essence of the music . |
| 15 | Rulers do not set the moral climate of their nations except , perhaps , at the extremes . |
| 16 | It dwarfed , for instance , the monument on the river bank to the Renaissance explorers and circumnavigators who 'd set the tiny country on the path to greatness . |
| 17 | Such a change would set the final seal on what is perhaps the most radical transformation Japan has gone through in the last few decades : the disappearance of the farming community as a fundamental axis of politics , the economy and society and the emergence of Japan as a fully-fledged urban , industrial society . |
| 18 | Only then can they set the appropriate level of interest rates . |
| 19 | The Department of the Environment could set the total grant for local authorities , and announce it . |
| 20 | You can set the contemporary pieces in motion yourselves . |
| 21 | This will set the multiplier-accelerator interaction into operation again . |
| 22 | This will SET the current maximum for the running system , and DEFINE the maximum to be used after a system reboot . |
| 23 | Before we allow him to intrude on to my turf too far , I should set the whole business in its correct credit context . |
| 24 | MONIE : Set the highest standard in Britain |
| 25 | Banks financing oil and gas pipeline projects are given similar guarantees by means of through-put agreements which set the minimum usage of the facility by the various contracting parties . |
| 26 | These set the minimum amount of capital ( free assets , or the amount by which an insurers ' assets exceed the actuarial calculation of its liabilities ) that an insurer must have to reassure customers and regulators that it can meet its liabilities . |
| 27 | Then go upstairs , while I set the necessary wheels in motion , and wait for me . " |
| 28 | But unlike most schools which set the 2nd MB at the end of the second year of the course , before the students start their clinical studies , Southampton has moved the exam to the end of the third ( first clinical ) year . |
| 29 | Brindley died in Staffordshire in 1772 , and although he did not live to see the realization of his dream , his was the unlettered genius that set the great age of canal-building in motion . |
| 30 | I set the lower limit to 50bpm and willed my resting pulse to go down till the bleeper sounded , by which time I was breathing deeply and totally relaxed . |