Example sentences of "set [noun pl] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Are you hinting you have no wish to set eyes on this place again ? ’ |
| 2 | He further argues that with multiple measures there is a danger of losing focus , and that it is difficult to set targets for some indicators because there are no historical data on them . |
| 3 | The examiner is quite entitled to set questions on any topic in the syllabus regardless of whether a lecture on it has been given or not and you should look out for the " old foxes " . |
| 4 | Lately however Alison , and sometimes Irina , had decided to walk in and join her , no doubt , as Franca felt , to cheer up the ‘ lonely old creature ’ ; and , in the case of Alison , perhaps to set scenes for some ‘ statement ’ which she felt that Franca might wish to , or indeed ought to , make . |
| 5 | It has been easier in the past to give in to the child 's demands , so learning to set limits across all aspects of the child 's behaviour can be critical for coping with the battles about food . |
| 6 | Senior officials have a duty to protect junior officials and to set standards for those lower down . |
| 7 | And to set criteria for this strategic site exception policy which we feel should be added to the plan , to set this criteria in such a way that it would so point to the local authorities in the making of their local plans but it was clear that the policy did not provide a speculative opportunity for everybody any landowner throughout the county . |
| 8 | This allows you to Clear and Set fonts to any range . |
| 9 | Was it only Friday when she 'd first set eyes on those features that appealed to her so strongly ? |
| 10 | The moment we set eyes on each other … six years ago . ’ |
| 11 | What I suppose I imagined was that it would all be plain sailing from the moment we set eyes on each other . ’ |
| 12 | It was near twenty years since he had been here , and he had never , to his knowledge , so much as set eyes on any member of the surviving household . |
| 13 | The bill would have limited textile imports to a 1 per cent annual increase , and set quotas for most shoe imports at 1989 levels . |
| 14 | National legislation defines the powers of local authorities , and may set limits to those powers . |
| 15 | Athelstan stared at the closed , set faces of both knights . |
| 16 | " But for me I do n't reckon you 'd ever have set eyes on each other . " |
| 17 | Something had sparked into life when they had first set eyes on each other , though , and even Julius 's self-control had melted away as the spark had ignited a flame , and then a fire . |
| 18 | ‘ It was Sheena Hawthorne , and it was the first time we had set eyes on each other for 50 years , ’ Betty says . |
| 19 | The couple fell in love before they had even set eyes on each other during a six-month long distance courtship . |
| 20 | have set countries on any sort of breakthrough path . |
| 21 | Badger baiting is illegal ; yet despite tougher laws to protect badger sets scenes like this are not uncommon . |
| 22 | Or determining standards and then setting targets for all of your staff . |
| 23 | Just loading the committee with responsibility for everything inevitably means setting priorities with some subjects receiving less attention than others . |
| 24 | Instead , it looks like a recipe for setting ministers at each other 's throats . |