Example sentences of "set [prep] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He adds , ‘ it is difficult to escape the conclusion that the government has taken power : ( a ) to set for each authority what is to be regarded as the ‘ needed ’ level of spending , ( b ) to enforce that level of spending by manipulation of grant' . |
| 2 | Where we have the , the erm , responsibility for a formal consultation , er , then we need to set about that process as soon as possible to try and meet our deadline , Mr Chairman . |
| 3 | To set against this trend , however , there was much evidence to support the view that the public continued to look to government for assistance . |
| 4 | Control is exercised by financial techniques and revision of the objectives set for each unit . |
| 5 | The taxpayer : The financial targets set for each agency are designed to be demanding , ‘ so that the taxpayer can be certain that the money that is provided for these services is used in the most efficient way ’ . |
| 6 | A machine-readable data set for each diet of elections , and for elections in each tier of local government over time , will be deposited with the ESRC Data Archive . |
| 7 | You can do this each year on a percentage basis which you set for that year on the basis of your knowledge of the church-going habits of the congregation . |
| 8 | After the flawless performances of Apollos 11 and 12 , Apollo 13 looked all set for another success . |
| 9 | Perkins , 17 , schoolboy son of Burscough boss Russ , impressed Stoke manager Lou Macari and is all set for another week in the Potteries over Christmas . |
| 10 | The prices of certain goods too — notably manufactured goods — appear to be ‘ administered ’ , or set for some time so that they do not respond immediately to changes in supply and demand . |
| 11 | The series of papers which form the basic data set for this research ( the Rolfe papers , and Will 1985 ) , contained lists of theses arranged in a classified order . |
| 12 | According to Computerworld , it has said that at the next APPN Implementors ' Workshop , set for this week , it will seek input from other vendors on how to set priorities for future enhancements , and it has set the price for reverse engineering the code at $25,000 , a lower figure than many had predicted . |
| 13 | Set against this picture and parallel to the theory that accompanies and supports it is the idea of the possibility of order as a creation of social instruments ordained for that very task , namely teachers , police , social workers , and perhaps , in the last resort , parents . |
| 14 | Set within this context , poverty is a daily struggle to meet health needs without jeopardising financial survival . |
| 15 | At each time frame the program will indicate all those functions which have failed to pass through the " design window " set for that part of the cycle . |
| 16 | The parity grid arrangement is similar in its operation to the snake in that absolute intervention points are set for each member currency against every other at which central banks are obliged to buy or sell their own currencies . |
| 17 | This takes the module programme of each student in turn , finds the best set for each module , and assigns the student to those sets . |
| 18 | The fees charged to overseas students are set for each degree at a level which reflects the full cost of tuition for that degree , and are not directly comparable with the reduced and standardised fees charged to students from the United Kingdom and European Community countries . |
| 19 | The former assessed need to spend by an authority as a basis for calculating entitlement to block grant ; the latter was a system of expenditure controls based around the progressive removal of grant above the ‘ target ’ expenditure level set for each authority . |
| 20 | After personal educational objectives have been set for each doctor the educational process should be completed by assessment of whether these objectives have been fulfilled . |
| 21 | Fostering Society awareness at a local level can be a great help — stamping membership cards in areas was suggested — From the objectives stated in our Development Plan in the first year , it is calculated that the minimum Membership needed for 1987 will be 3,300 — and the responsibility for recruiting the majority of this must rest with our Q.T. 's — the burden can be eased by working together on local projects and targets have been set for each area to reach by the end of this academic year . |
| 22 | This premise is in direct opposition to the view , currently fashionable , that defined and prescribed academic targets should be set for each stage of a child 's progress through school . |
| 23 | God 's plan is held to be comprehensive , and has been set for all time . |
| 24 | At 2pm that day , in the Vauxhall district of Birmingham , the scene was set for this drama . |
| 25 | The racial mixture was soon to be sharpened , as the mid-century railway boom got under way , by new waves of immigrants from Ireland , the Forest of Dean , Herefordshire , and Somerset , but already the social , political , and religious pattern of the new South Wales and the eastern valleys of Monmouthshire had been firmly set for another century . |
| 26 | BRITAIN is set for another clash with Brussels after the European Commission unveiled yesterday a £600 million plan to increase sales of a new generation of wide-screen televisions , mainly made in France and Holland . |
| 27 | No date has been set for any development to start at St Wulstans . |
| 28 | Targets may be set for any parameter that can be measured as the project proceeds , such as cost , time and performance . |
| 29 | The stage was set for some alignment between the individual , a single political authority , and a single territory , culture and language ; a passive patriotism that was defined by the existence of clear enemies abroad . |
| 30 | What happens in many of the significant films that emerge after the war is that the claims of the community and the individual are set against each other , bringing together Ealing realism and Gainsborough melodrama in a tremendously fruitful , if brief and explosive , relationship . |