Example sentences of "and set [adv] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The many and varied attempts by governments both to take over foreign assets and to set up new state-owned businesses , have seldom been successful .
2 Talking in small groups about anything without the supervising presence of a teacher is educational because it is heuristic : it helps children to set up possibilities , and to knock them down , and to set up new ones .
3 The form of work organisation adopted by management in the Durham coalfield , at first , was to formally separate the three major production processes of preparation , coal-getting , and advancing ( the props , conveyors , etc. ) and to set up distinct groups , each working a whole shift , to perform each process .
4 Consequently , it is prohibited to announce separate recruitment and to set up separate lists of successful candidates according to sex as well as to hire from the list of successful candidates of one sex without taking into consideration the higher marks of successful candidates of the other sex .
5 It is the responsibility of the offline manager to log on to LIFESPAN and to set up various parameters for the offline run .
6 We have helped to bring about the formation of the International Tropical Timber Organisation — to regulate the industry and to set up sustainable management .
7 If combination is atomic , then it should be possible to symbolize chemical compounds , and to set out chemical reactions in a kind of algebra .
8 To establish how the advisors shall report on their activities to the investors , and to set out any other conditions which the investors may wish to establish .
9 There were still people who resisted the idea of a sovereign law-maker with the right to invade any vested interest and set aside any restraining principle , but , by and large , the supremacy of the State was acknowledged after centuries of dispute .
10 Let's concentrate on the wedding and set aside minor matters like setting up home together , buying furniture and the honeymoon .
11 Some miners used these payments to try and set up small businesses or farms .
12 Q S P Six er gives generic job descriptions and sets down broad responsibility statements relating to quality and safety .
13 When a therapist becomes aware that such a situation is developing it is most important that he discusses this with the patient and sets very clear limits on the relationship .
14 The OR Staff , as they are called , specify what is needed in two documents : the ‘ Staff Target ’ , which is couched in broad enough terms to allow several solutions ; and the ‘ Operational Requirement ’ , which subsequently narrows down the possibilities , and sets out more detailed specifications for the research and development phases of the project .
15 In general there was concern to protect the security of their own providers in the first year , to try to sort out the information base for contracting and setting up appropriate systems .
16 In practice , the best combination of instruments for a particular procedure is largely a matter of trial and error but once a simple technique , such as the two-instrument injection method , has been mastered the principles of making and setting up extra instruments will be self-evident .
17 Initially £140 million should be spent on improving GP practice premises and setting up four new community units , the team says .
18 On March 6 , 1990 , both Presidents signed the " San Pedro Alejandrino " agreement promising to implement future proposals of existing bilateral border commissions and setting up five more bilateral commissions , one of which was to deal with the controversial issue of territorial demarcation in the Gulf of Venezuela .
19 The problem of making managers accountable , monitoring performance and setting up effective control systems .
20 On April 12 two leaders of the Islamic Salvation Front ( FIS ) , Abassi Madani and Ali Belhadj , were formally charged by a military court in the town of Blida with inciting armed rebellion and sabotage , and setting up illegal armed militias .
21 At the conclusion of the meeting , little progress had been made beyond agreeing procedural rules and setting up two working parties .
22 The Liberal Democrats intend to concentrate on the prevention of crime by putting more policemen on the beat and setting up special committees to discuss law and order .
23 And and that eventually led on to them contacting other interested groups in the area erm like some lawyers from a legal action group , and er other other groups who meet together for whatever purpose in the area , and and setting up Free Legal and Welfare Rights , which was a a formal advice session run on a Thursday night .
24 I think that is the most important quality — gaining the respect of your fellow players and setting alongside that your performance on the field .
25 The first week-end , and I were frantically busy preparing for our first meetings with the students , and also unpacking and setting out all the books , tapes , etc. which we had got via the Embassy and the British Council .
26 A brochure introducing Afterwards to newcomers and setting out some do 's and don'ts .
27 The money will be used to step up technological know-how , to purchase restoration equipment and set up entire restoration studios in some countries including Colombia and Cuba .
28 True to a tradition dating back to World War II underwater demolition and beach reconnaissance teams , they had not only a high standard of swimming and small boat skills , but also patrolled ashore , and set up small but deadly ambushes .
29 The aim is to mobilise academic communities in the Third World to help create and set up small-scale chemical industries .
30 Yvonne Simpson , honorary secretary of the BDA 's Darlington branch , said many hospitals had now gone beyond special staff and set up diabetic units staffed by consultants .
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