Example sentences of "set [noun pl] [prep] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The water industry , privatised in 1989 , faces a price review by watchdog Ofwat which will set charges from 1995 until the year 2000 . |
| 2 | The main carriage is set to slip and the ribber to knit ( both set levers on 1 ) . |
| 3 | The ribbers on the SRP50 , the double knit and Chunky gauge are set to knit in both directions ( set levers on 1 , pick knob on — ) . |
| 4 | As such , it was able to produce ‘ a more wonderful miracle than the greatest achievement of science ’ , for ‘ it enables millions who have never set eyes on one another to act together in peaceful and mutual co-operation and makes them glad and proud to do so ’ ( p. 8 ) . |
| 5 | The Department of Trade and Industry ( DTI ) Education and Enterprise Initiative has set targets for ten per cent of teachers each year to be seconded to industry and for all school leavers to spend at least two weeks on Work Experience . |
| 6 | The latest draft of the European Commission 's plan for telecommunications seeks deregulation of cross-border services within the Community from January 1996 and of all services , domestic and international , by the start of 1998 , Reuter reports from Brussels , and phone companies expect it to press for deregulation of phone service despite the industry 's reservations — ‘ It 's far too ambitious — we 're not opposed to deregulation but this is too fast , ’ Charlotte Pins , a director of corporate communications at Belgium 's Belgacom said ; France Telecom said it backed ‘ setting sights on 1998 or 2000 ’ as a deadline for freeing the phone service , but Community-wide rules on access to national networks , costs , tariffs and public service duties would have to be agreed shortly . |