Example sentences of "set [prep] [adj] [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 | The old rate would still apply to essential imports , but it was planned to set in due course another new rate ( somewhere between the two ) for non-essential imports and possibly some types of export . |
| 5 | As one participant has suggested , the first intellectual task is to set on one side an archaeology of knowledge which has served us well for at least three centuries . |
| 6 | Control is exercised by financial techniques and revision of the objectives set for each unit . |
| 7 | 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 ’ . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | City : C & W set for joint venture with Russians |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Windows 4GL 2.0 supports a range of databases at run-time , prices start at $1,000 with ships set for next month . |
| 12 | After the flawless performances of Apollos 11 and 12 , Apollo 13 looked all set for another success . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Top Irish writers set for literary festival in Derry |
| 15 | One local newspaper even headlined its story ‘ Hinkley C Protesters Set For Big Win ’ . |
| 16 | Riders set for big city welcome |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Ribber to P — set for circular knitting . |
| 19 | Set for circular knitting ; knit two rows . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | ‘ If it rains , ’ he said gloomily , ‘ if it rains that heap will set like mixed concrete and we 'll never be rid of it' ; and though there was no sign of a break in the weather he covered the slowly diminishing heap at night with clear plastic , weighted down with stones . |
| 24 | We 'll set larger , we 'll set in eighteen point , I mean you can say something about — not an abstract , because they did n't want to be academic . |
| 25 | Here some of the assembled company sat watching the sun set in rosy Technicolor behind a jagged peak . |
| 26 | Set within this context , poverty is a daily struggle to meet health needs without jeopardising financial survival . |
| 27 | Elections , for example , are not decided by those electors whose support for particular parties is relatively fixed , but by those relatively uncommitted individuals whose attitudes and voting choices may not set until nearer polling day . |
| 28 | Set in private woodland estate . |
| 29 | Set in complete seclusion in thirteen and a half acres of landscaped gardens and fields and surrounded by woodland , Mizzards is an exceptionally attractive 16th-century farmhouse built of brick and stone . |
| 30 | Set in beautiful landscape , Chepstow castle is magnificently sited high upon a river cliff above the Wye . |