Example sentences of "the [noun sg] set [art] [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 The Board sets the final examination from a detailed syllabus available from the NEBE .
3 Under the scheme , known as the Regional Clean Air Incentives Market ( Reclaim ) , the AQMD sets an annual target for reducing emissions of hydrocarbons , nitrogen oxides and sulphur dioxide .
4 Experience of cooperation during the war set the final seal .
5 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 .
6 If that happened , the CAA would have the authority to set the maximum level of airport charges for each . ’
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 of course , Whitehall feels the carrot of granting the companies title to the plutonium set a dangerous and perhaps foolhardy precedent .
10 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 ?
11 The American set a new record aggregate of 285 and Boomer shared second place , six strokes behind .
12 Although practice budgets are being offered only to larger practices with 11,000 patients or more , the bill sets no such lower limit .
13 The novel sets the individual reader 's response above authorial determination of meaning , orthodox critical interpretations , and other ‘ closed ’ forms of response .
14 It is easiest if the man carrying the stake walks behind the net and the man setting the net walks in front of it .
15 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 .
16 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 .
17 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 .
18 In every aspect of his job the Profitboss sets the highest professional standards .
19 In a word the principal people in the land set a particular value on this man .
20 For the first time since he became leader , he is in the position to set the political agenda .
21 The Convention set a transitional period of 10 years , with an industrial free trade area coming into being by 1970 .
22 The relaxation period was too long , the precedent set a bad one .
23 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 .
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