Example sentences of "have set [pn reflx] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has set himself the task of trying to discuss the agenda Labour needs to develop over the next two decades on issues such as training , education and poverty . |
| 2 | For example , the West Midlands Regional Health Service has set itself the target of achieving a minimum of 33% of women non-executive directors who will advise on and develop the Regional Health Authority 's policy . |
| 3 | Yesterday the Labour coordinating committee met for its annual get together , now this is the body that has set itself the task of modernizing the Labour Party , a difficult task at the best of times , made more difficult now because there is a growing shortage of volunteers for the cause , they ca n't even raise enough members to fill their own executive . |
| 4 | Sweden has set itself the target of freezing carbon dioxide emissions at 1986 levels by the year 2010 . |
| 5 | Britain has just 8 megawatts of wind power capacity installed to date , compared with 35 MW in India , 250 MW in Denmark and 1,400 MW in California — which has set itself the target of meeting 10 per cent of energy needs through wind power by the year 2000 . |
| 6 | The RSPB campaign launched this week has set itself the ambitious target of trying to reverse the Common Agricultural Policy , or CAP , which encourages intensive farming . |
| 7 | But given that the RSPB has set itself the task of changing European farming policy to save the Barn Owl , it 's going to be a monumental task . |
| 8 | Cleveland Aid for Romanian Children has set itself the task of completely renovating a 55-bed long stay hospital in Iasi for children suffering from hepatitis and diabetes . |
| 9 | The university has set itself the objective of becoming an outstanding research and teaching university . |
| 10 | And next year she has set herself the personal goal of raising £500,000 . |
| 11 | Among the 800 hardened athletes in St Clements yesterday were four students from Buckingham University … they 've set themselves the goal of running the New York Marathon to raise money for charity … this was to be their first serious test . |
| 12 | In retirement he had set himself the task of making a replica Tomkin long-case clock . |
| 13 | Thanks to whoever it was , Baldwin by the spring of 1924 was making surprisingly good progress toward the political objectives which he had set himself the previous autumn . |
| 14 | Peirce had set himself the task of methodically classifying , and looking for applications of , the n-dimensional systems for all |
| 15 | The mere fact that I have set myself the end X , with Y as a necessary means to it , and without conflict with other prudential or moral considerations , does not guarantee me from being mistaken in doing Y ( Anyone who supposed that it did would indeed be guilty of the Naturalistic Fallacy without appeal . ) |
| 16 | Sixty years ago C. J. Herrick , the American comparative anatomist , dubbed it the ‘ organ of civilisation ’ , and I have set myself the task of seeing how far our scientific knowledge of nerve cells might earn the neocortex this grandiose title : Would these nerve cells , as actors , be able to perform the play , ‘ Civilisation ’ ? |
| 17 | These multi-agency teams have set themselves the task of identifying new cases , providing assessment by a member of the team and recommending suitable services . |
| 18 | To achieve this vision for the ES , we have set ourselves the following key aims for our organisation : |
| 19 | To achieve this vision for the ES , we have set ourselves the following key aims for our organisation : |
| 20 | Rather than elevating the rights of the fetus to the exclusion of all the other factors , we have set ourselves the primary task of helping other women who face the dilemma of unwanted childbearing . |