Example sentences of "the [adj] [noun pl] set [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the corporate executives could be viewed ( as their name suggests ) as executives implementing the broad objectives set by the directors as the legislature . |
| 2 | Uncertain what her next move should be , she waited and watched in the eerie light cast by the flambeaus , the flaming torches set in brackets at intervals along the walls . |
| 3 | Legend has it that Rhodes , largest of the Dodecanese islands set in the blue Aegean Sea , was home to the sun god Helios … and little wonder given this island 's mild climate and long sun-drenched summer days . |
| 4 | Probably the most well-known body in Britain for establishing voluntary standards of quality and reliability is the British Standards Institution , whose famous Kitemark indicates that goods conform to the high standards set by the Institution . |
| 5 | The high targets set by the government have meant that colonies have often been badly located , and inadequately supported . |
| 6 | Statistics show that all discharges and disposals of radioactive waste there during 1991 were within the authorised limits set by Government departments — as were all facilities and sites operated by the Company . |
| 7 | However , Saragossa could not be taken , despite the vast forces set against it and Charles decided to return to Aquitaine , having gained very little other than the defeat of the Basques after storming Pamplona . |
| 8 | The strength of the individual features set in a long thin face gave him a striking and attractive appearance . |
| 9 | The Gainsborough films that best characterize the desire of filmmakers to close their eyes to the darker currents in society , to make believe that the world really is as cosy as some wartime films made it out to be , are Holiday Camp ( 1947 ) and the three sequels set amongst the jolly Huggett family . |
| 10 | The four opposition parties announced on Nov. 13 that they were withdrawing from the parliamentary elections set for Dec. 8 in protest at the failure of their demand for a new voters ' register . |
| 11 | Now I am able to say that Barton Willmore has done this work , and it has submitted as part of our submission to the E I P , and in summary what I would say is that I believe that that work demonstrates that the new settlement has to be in the order of two thousand to two thousand five hundred dwellings , to begin to achieve the environmental objectives set for the new settlement , and also social objectives which would also be important to the residents of that new settlement . |
| 12 | Habits of good manners , honesty and consideration for others , which a child acquires by imitating the good examples set by his parents , will stand him in good stead all his life . |
| 13 | The complex processes set in train with such a blithe disregard of consequence and so little consideration of effect , will of course work their way out in many dimensions . |
| 14 | Turning right into Havelská Street you will find yourself in the middle of the St Gall area of the Old Town , part of the ancient marketplace founded in 1232 by Wenceslas I. In the 15C the marketplace was split in two by the building of stalls between today 's Rytířská and Havelská , hence the grand houses set on arcades in Rytířská and Havelská and the street of low houses between . |
| 15 | To arrive at a salary that produces no income tax liability above the 25% rate , account has to be taken of the revised reliefs to set against the salary . |
| 16 | In the event , however , rather than witnessing yet another religious volte face , James 's reign saw the continuation and consolidation of the ecclesiastical policies set in train by Elizabeth . |
| 17 | The philosophy of the African Primary Science Programme derives from the experimental American curriculum projects such as the Physical Science Study Committee ( PSSC ) but the initial goals set at the MIT conference in 1961 indicate that considerable thought was given to needs and conditions in Africa . |
| 18 | By voting for Ralph Erskine there is a chance — assuming that executive architects Rock Townsend and Lennart Bergstroms can reach the meticulous standards set by their Swedish master — that Hammersmith will point the way ahead for a new generation of user-friendly , environmentally soft commercial architecture . |
| 19 | A council does not have the ability to help because of the spending limits set by the poll tax and the severe controls set by government . |
| 20 | The tribunal said it appeared that Ms Oruene had brought the complaint in the mistaken but genuine belief that graduates of English or Scottish universities who did not have passes in the compulsory subjects set by the faculty would still have been granted exemptions from the exams . |
| 21 | She climbed the rickety steps set into the hillside and got up to the porch of the Katz house . |
| 22 | The Former West German Chancellor , Mr Willy Brandt , has said that any party in East Germany that decides to run on a reunification plank is virtually assured of a runaway victory at the general elections set for next May . |
| 23 | Adopting initial tariffs of even 100% would still be a bold reform ; the implicit tariffs set by central planners approach infinity . |
| 24 | And the Westminster North constituency of Stormont Law and Order Minister Sir John Wheeler is among those which turned a deaf ear to the fund-raising targets set by party chiefs . |
| 25 | the small characters set below the normal letters or figures . |
| 26 | the small characters set above the normal letters or figures . |
| 27 | Douglas Turner , of the RSSPCC , said key elements of the Orkney affair , such as the truth of the allegations , had never been properly investigated given the strict guidelines set for Lord Clyde 's inquiry . |
| 28 | One night all the other dogs set upon one poor whippet in her bathroom and virtually tore it to pieces . |
| 29 | Fifty of the hundred questions set by Dr. DAVID FORD of the ‘ Aquarian Advisory Service in the 1992 round are shown below , with an explanation of the answers expected . |
| 30 | The taxpayer : The financial targets set for each agency are designed to be demanding , ‘ so that the taxpayer can be certain that the money that is provided for these services is used in the most efficient way ’ . |