Example sentences of "set the [adj] [noun pl] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The government wants to set the technical standards of Poland 's public network and to retain the power to set ceilings on consumer prices . |
| 2 | Against these dark greens set the brilliant stems of Cornus alba ‘ Sibirica ’ , the red-barked dogwood , or Rubus cockburnianus , the ornamental blackberry with its silver arching stems . |
| 3 | Mozart may have sorted through hundreds of librettos discontentedly and only produced his masterpieces after finding a poet able to construct the librettos he needed , but , in his apprentice years , he had set the standard texts of the professional theatre hacks . |
| 4 | According to this view , against the great strengths of Keynes 's principle of effective demand should be set the evident weaknesses of his supply-side analysis . |
| 5 | A self-proclaimed poineer and the ‘ first man to go the whole hog ’ with his business , the Wild Boar Company , he was all for setting the strictest standards of breeds , offering a product aimed at the ‘ luxury end ’ of the market . |
| 6 | While Ormrod J. 's attempt to identify a single definitive criterion for the notion of marriage may falter , there must still be certain negative definitive criteria setting the proper limits of the concept . |