Example sentences of "set a [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ Until he was called to set a bone in the back of the Queen of Denmark , ’ she said . |
| 2 | Mr Sherwood reacted by saying that the new terms from Temple had once again delayed SeaCo 's intention to set a date for the shareholder meeting . |
| 3 | All four applicants in that case sought a declaration that the Secretary of State was not entitled to set a date for the first review of his case on the basis of the requirements of retribution and deterrence . |
| 4 | Given the stark position on the streets of Northern Ireland , is it not the right hon. Gentleman 's responsibility to set a date for the reconvening of talks , so that they can begin where they ended ? |
| 5 | At its November meeting the Council failed to set a date for the next SAARC summit , originally scheduled for 1989 , after Sri Lanka formally declared its refusal , while Indian troops remained on its soil , to host the meeting as decided at the fourth summit in December 1989 in Islamabad , Pakistan [ for which see p. 36485 ] . |
| 6 | There was also criticism of the authorities ' reluctance to set a date for the elections ( scheduled for early 1992 — see pp. 38135 ; 38325 ) . |
| 7 | Talks with the Estonians , however , failed to set a date for the start of the troops ' departure . |
| 8 | The case was to set a stamp on the decade , and one question from prosecuting counsel Mervyn Griffiths-Jones was to mark the period as precisely as Neville Chamberlain 's ‘ Peace in our time ’ had done in 1938 . |
| 9 | Yes we know that from the first of April ninety-five it will probably no longer be the responsibility of the county council to set a budget for the Wiltshire police authority . |
| 10 | If it is your intention to set a cat among the pigeons or let loose an eagle in the dovecote , you do n't send a postcard in advance announcing your intentions . ’ |
| 11 | To set a time-cycle for the automatic printing of retained mail messages . |
| 12 | On conviction , the court has to set a value on the drug assets earned during the previous six years , and a confiscation order . |
| 13 | The first things Dipesh Shah did when he became managing director of BP Solar in March 1991 were to set a target for the next two years and to articulate it to everyone in the company . |
| 14 | If you wanted somebody to set a bomb on the Swazi rail line , then Dirk would do the job . |
| 15 | The basic idea ( see Figure 9.2 ) was that members agreed to maintain no more than a 2¼ per cent band around all their respective currencies so as to set a limit to the degree to which exchange values could fluctuate ( the ‘ snake ’ ) . |
| 16 | Their purpose would be to set a timetable for the conversion of British cars to low-octane fuel . |
| 17 | In terms of the process erm we are the first er major service committee to consider its budget for next year and I think everyone will be looking at us to set a pattern for the rest of this week . |
| 18 | But then there was a calm hand on his shoulder , and Madra was leaning past him to set a tray on the table , her hair swinging over his arm . |
| 19 | Bicker said in a warning voice , and he reached across Riven to set a hand on the big man 's arm . |
| 20 | Because of this , she would not set a date for the wedding . |
| 21 | The danger with that we believe could be that we would set a date for the merger and take all the important issues and discussions , how many regions will it have will we have , the those regions and a hundred and one other problems raised by that merger into a tight timescale . |
| 22 | I can not withdraw the amendment , which would set a date for the introduction of a further education funding council . |
| 23 | Last year there were some , so the Liberal Democrats took the view that we could only properly set a budget at the capping level and that is a level at which we set our budget and it was a level at which we set our budget back in December and right through to this date . |
| 24 | As I 've said the Policy Committee guideline was that we should set a budget within the range seventy two million to seventy three point three million , which means at the lower level , if you go for the lower level er to which says for ninety four five about almost exactly a million pounds . |
| 25 | Some crafts had strong traditions of literacy ; a weaver , for example , could set a book on the loom and read while working . |
| 26 | The 1984 Rates Act introduced a constitutional change of the utmost importance — the principle that central government could set a limit to the amount of taxation a local authority could levy . |
| 27 | Harry Greenway , Conservative MP for Ealing North , said the Home Secretary should set a limit on the expenditure of the inquiry and reassure people the money was being spent wisely . |
| 28 | LEBANON 'S Christian leader , General Michel Aoun , last night denounced a draft peace agreement produced by the country 's parliamentarians in the Saudi resort of Taif on the grounds that it did not set a timetable for the withdrawal of Syrian troops occupying the country since 1976 . |
| 29 | County councillors look set to take on the Government tomorrow , when they set a budget for the next year way above Whitehall limits . |
| 30 | SIX YEARS AGO , at a conference in Argentina the United Nations set a target for the 1980s : clean water and sanitation for all . |