Example sentences of "the [noun] set a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the manufacturer charges a unit price somewhat above zero , the retailer sets a higher price for any given price of retailer 2 , leading to the reaction function and equilibrium at B. The same argument can be made for manufacturer 2 . |
| 2 | Space Biospheres Ventures , the private firm that built and runs Biosphere 2 , said the bionauts set a new world record for living in a closed system . |
| 3 | of course , Whitehall feels the carrot of granting the companies title to the plutonium set a dangerous and perhaps foolhardy precedent . |
| 4 | Even as an interim solution , the problems of rewarded gifting are formidable : does the State set a standard price for a donated kidney , tailor the price to compatibility , or the means of the recipient ? |
| 5 | The American set a new record aggregate of 285 and Boomer shared second place , six strokes behind . |
| 6 | None of the items he checked affected the probe — though he gave the chess set a suspicious glance — until he moved to the wall hangings . |
| 7 | The farm sets a good example in other ways too … branches pruned from the trees are shredded so the goodness goes back into the soil . |
| 8 | On May 29 the government announced that the Political Parties Law had been amended to allow the INEC to set a new limit for individual contributions . |
| 9 | In a word the principal people in the land set a particular value on this man . |
| 10 | Both fell to peeler crab on a 1/0 hook to 15 lb line to give Roy a unique double — before Christmas he took a 4 lb 7 oz flounder from the Exe to set a new best for his club 's inner area record . |
| 11 | The Convention set a transitional period of 10 years , with an industrial free trade area coming into being by 1970 . |
| 12 | The relaxation period was too long , the precedent set a bad one . |
| 13 | And , to give the table setting a special festive feel , Kate has attached wide red satin ribbons from the corners , taken them up into a pyramid shape and tied them to the lamp above . |