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

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1 This study aims to set the current problem in its context by describing developments in the relationship between central and local government between 1945 and 1983 .
2 The Government — Mr John Patten — having learnt through the courts that teachers have the right to refuse to set the prescribed tests , now threatens to cut the headteacher 's salary and to take legal action against the governors of schools where the tests are not set .
3 The woman has to set the enticing fruit , the desire to have knowledge like God himself , against God 's plain command .
4 The government wants to set the technical standards of Poland 's public network and to retain the power to set ceilings on consumer prices .
5 The government wants to set the new system to work from January 1 .
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