Example sentences of "the [noun] set the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The Board sets the final examination from a detailed syllabus available from the NEBE .
2 Experience of cooperation during the war set the final seal .
3 They rose 10 per cent on 2 August , and also moved up when the UN imposed sanctions , when Iraq refused the UN 's call for withdrawal and when the UN set the 15 january deadline .
4 If the physiotherapist sets the correct goals , they will be achieved , but she has to recognize that each patient reacts differently to rehabilitation , depending on a variety of factors .
5 If that happened , the CAA would have the authority to set the maximum level of airport charges for each . ’
6 Masters champion Couples coasted to a 66 while Love , the US No 2 , chipped in with a 68 for the Americans to set the first round pace with a combined 10 under par total of 134 .
7 The government set the new minimum wage at 2,300 lei ( US$65 ) per month , but factory managers were given the power to determine wage policy for their own enterprises and could set pay levels above the minimum .
8 The government sets the local price of petrol absurdly low while imposing taxes of over 80% on the company 's revenues .
9 The novel sets the individual reader 's response above authorial determination of meaning , orthodox critical interpretations , and other ‘ closed ’ forms of response .
10 It is easiest if the man carrying the stake walks behind the net and the man setting the net walks in front of it .
11 In every aspect of his job the Profitboss sets the highest professional standards .
12 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 ?
13 For the first time since he became leader , he is in the position to set the political agenda .
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