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

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1 This would range from about 125mA to match the earth 's field to 0.75 mA to set the most sensitive range .
2 In his Sacrae cantiones of 1573 Joachim a Burck ( 1646–1610 ) had employed chromaticism and the other devices of musica reservata to underline the sense of the Biblical texts , but when he began to set the very personal religious verse of Ludwig Helmbold — Latin odes and German Liedlein — the relationship between text and music became much closer , even madrigalian , and he himself claimed he had provided the 40 deutsche christl .
3 To justify that , people have to set a very high price on the environmental costs of landfill .
4 Here a different Home Secretary , Herbert Morrison of the Labour party , argued that legislation protecting a particular group of persons would set a most dangerous precedent , and that although Ratcliffe 's pamphlet was deplorable , he could not prevent its publication .
5 If we were to solve our problem by disposing of our enemy , we would set a very disgusting precedent in terms of separatist problem-solving .
6 Shortly afterwards , she appointed John Bacon [ q.v. ] as supervisor , and his neo-classical models set a very high standard of design .
7 Parham , begun in 1577 for the Palmers , incorporated part of the monastic grange of Westminster they had bought after the dissolution but set a totally different style .
8 While accelerating moves towards faster internal integration , the Strasbourg summit also set an equally tight timetable for setting up a common ‘ European economic area ’ by the end of next year with the six countries of the European Free Trade Association .
9 In this particular case , of course , I had been set a slightly extraordinary task , but I had nevertheless not been neglectful to incorporate ‘ margins ’ wherever possible .
10 While the pattern of gains and losses was generally broadly uniform especially across England , the Conservatives , and also the Liberal Democrats , were relatively successful in London ; the Conservatives held both Wandsworth and Westminster , the London boroughs in which Conservative-controlled councils had set a notably low poll tax .
11 IT is a privilege to be able to pay tribute to Sheppard Frere whose published works have set a very high standard for us all .
12 She had set a very high standard for our display work and had established a tradition which we would do all we could to uphold in the future .
13 The Ylva case has , however , set an extremely bad precedent for wolf conservation in Sweden .
14 Its programmed exposure system then sets the most suitable shutter speed and aperture under the prevailing circumstances .
15 My expression sets a little grim .
16 Second , there are situations in which the regulatory rule sets a less onerous standard than the general law but does not prohibit compliance with the higher standard , raising the question of whether the rule offers a " safe harbour " for those who comply with it .
17 The new decision also sets an almost negligible threshold of collaboration .
18 This problem of setting the most appropriate price to achieve the firm 's objective is compounded in practice because of imperfect information .
19 Of setting a real live project for a design and technology A level student .
20 This often results in delay — postponing the choice by finding an excuse or setting an unnecessarily long timescale .
21 There is clearly no sense in setting an impossibly short timetable in order to impress the client .
22 The competition set a fairly tight budget so Julia decided to mix second-hand clothes with new ones .
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