Example sentences of "set [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | These are ‘ low ’ standards compared to those of many other housewives in the sample , and the routine is there , but it is not anchored nearly so securely to set times of the day as Barbara Lipscombe 's . |
| 2 | As such , care programming can be seen as an attempt to standardize mental health service delivery and to set norms for the administration of care for people with a certain level of dependency . |
| 3 | Character dance like demi-caractère dance had its beginnings in La Fille Mal Gardée when farmers and peasants were first allowed to set foot on the Royal and Imperial stages , which had hitherto been the home of gods and goddesses or noble and well-born heroes and heroines . |
| 4 | THE discovery of a simple lead fishing weight sheds doubt on Captain Cook 's claim to be the first European to set foot on the shores of Terra Australis . |
| 5 | The crew of that canoe were believed to be among the first human beings to set foot on the Islands . |
| 6 | Meanwhile she was not to set foot outside the door , as a plague of field-mice infested the estate . |
| 7 | Jean-Paul thinks the French brought prosperity to a poor country , and he goes on believing it because he takes care never to set foot outside the European quarter . |
| 8 | ‘ That I was n't meant to set foot outside the house and grounds ? ’ |
| 9 | She could n't eat , could n't concentrate on her work , could n't do anything except wander round and round the drawing-room , frightened to set foot outside the door in case she bumped straight into Julius . |
| 10 | Deacon Palmer was a golf professional-cum-greenkeeper at Latrobe , near Pittsburgh , and he would never presume to set foot inside the clubhouse unless specifically invited by a member . |
| 11 | One of them immediately returned home , never to set foot in the tropics again — while the other , Werner Meyer , the only white doctor left on the island , stayed on to become the director of Makassar 's hospital . |
| 12 | " They are good women " , Martha said , " but I 'm not going to set foot in the place while that 's going on . |
| 13 | To set light to the straw the team were using a mixture of petrol and spirits . |
| 14 | Council tenants also receive an indirect subsidy as a result of the central government grants to local authorities for housing which enable them to set rents below the level that would otherwise have been needed . |
| 15 | Work on the 1,300MW power plant was due to begin in March or April , but an international donors ' meeting to set contributions for the $1,300 million project had been postponed in December . |
| 16 | using this understanding to critically examine current activities and go on to set targets for the future . |
| 17 | It is the project manager 's task to define the key results areas , to set priorities for the contributions and to ensure that they are adhered to . |
| 18 | JOHN Major , of course , is known to set store by the ‘ feelgood factor ’ occasioned by English sporting successes . |
| 19 | However , the Department of Agriculture 's proposals for the 1990 farm bill , introduced on Feb. 9 , 1990 , to set policy for the next five years , failed to address the issue of subsidy levels and merely proposed modifications to the current programme . |
| 20 | It is prudent for negotiators to set objectives during the preparation stage . |
| 21 | Once the role of the advertising has been defined , it becomes reasonably straightforward to set objectives for the advertising , which will usually be rather more specific interpretations of the role statement , including where possible specific targets , measurable by specific research . |
| 22 | Describe why it is important to set objectives in the firm and comment on the problems of setting objectives . |
| 23 | The Crown 's practical arguments were that the case was so rare that it could not call for a fundamental reformulation of the law and that it was impossible for their lordships to set limits on the application of the principle which , being a matter of policy , was a question for the legislature . |
| 24 | As we have seen ( Chapter 2 ) , it is not the ideal way to start , but it is a fact of life , and the size of the budget does , to a significant extent , serve to set limits on the opportunities open to the media planner . |
| 25 | The type of argument exemplified by Strawson 's claim undoubtedly has a strong intuitive appeal , and versions of this approach have , ever since Kant , been popular as a means of seeking to set limits to the use of causal explanations in accounting for human affairs . |
| 26 | As a leading article in The Times put it : ‘ Undaunted by the superior timidity of the House of Lords the Court of Appeal persevered in its determination to set limits to the scope of the immunities granted to trade unions by statute . ’ |
| 27 | Yet in its turn climate goes far to set limits to the use that can be made of the physical features of the country in which we live . |
| 28 | Oxford English provides all the materials needed to set children on the right track . |
| 29 | Had Shakespeare demanded reverberating resonance from his tortured prince he might have chosen to set Hamlet in the finest piece of neo-classical architecture in Europe rather than the rotten state of Denmark . |
| 30 | Never before has there been such open abuse of power by those who are supposed to set standards for the people . |