Example sentences of "set [adj] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However given the extent of monopoly ( and oligopoly ) in the NHS , the power of professional groups to win concessions , and the political need to guarantee equality of access the government has been forced to set narrow rules within which competition is allowed . |
| 2 | It is important , too , to set clear limits to how long you can continue caring if the health of the elderly person is likely to deteriorate seriously . |
| 3 | Budgets should be sufficiently detailed to set clear targets for the managers responsible for carrying them out , but should not be so complex that they defeat their purpose of providing planning and control aids at the operating levels of the enterprise ; |
| 4 | The governing council of the UN Compensation Commission agreed in Geneva on Jan. 24 to set cumulative ceilings for payments by Iraq to a UN Compensation Fund for victims of its invasion of Kuwait [ see pp. 38211 ; 38406 ; 38548 ] . |
| 5 | to deal with entries entailing exemption from part of the Course on behalf of the Polytechnic Dispensations Committee , to set appropriate conditions for such entries and to report them to the Dispensations Committee ; and |
| 6 | To assist pupils to set appropriate levels of aspiration and to teach them how to cope with failure and success . |
| 7 | The central problem for the government is to determine the value of the subsidy to the ‘ social ’ railway , that is the services that would not exist or would be extremely highly priced without state support , and to set appropriate targets for the ‘ commercial ’ railway . |
| 8 | Indeed , at McDonald 's , every manager is also a teacher — someone who can influence , persuade , guide and support staff to set consistent standards of business performance . |
| 9 | The aims of the work operated in different ways but principally they represented my attempt to set personal responses to premature labour into a cultural context . |
| 10 | Students are asked to assess their current skills , knowledge and behaviours and to set personal goals in relation to these . |
| 11 | They will also be asked to set future targets for health and fitness . |
| 12 | It also resolved by 49 votes to 46 to set stringent limits on the amount of outside income senators could receive , including the proceeds from individual investment portfolios . |
| 13 | It was an attempt to set basic standards for advice services . |
| 14 | As with the other grammatical devices we have been considering , the function of the article is to set contextual co-ordinates in a way which narrows down the range of inference . |
| 15 | Kreepy Krauly USA Inc is alleged to set retail prices for its swimming-pool cleaning devices . |
| 16 | Firms are less likely to set profit-maximising prices for their products when faced with rising raw material prices and labour costs as it is more difficult for them to estimate their expected revenues and costs . |
| 17 | However , there are still problems : cash limits will only be ‘ successful ’ if the government has the political will to set effective limits in the first place , and subsequently to keep to them . |
| 18 | The 13-member cartel again failed to set firm quotas for individual members [ see pp. 37641 ; 37930 ; 38122 ] but agreed to raise the collective output ceiling from 22,300,000 barrels per day ( bpd ) to 23,650,000 bpd for the fourth quarter of 1991 . |
| 19 | Agreement had been delayed by a reluctance on the part of major oil-producing states , led by Saudi Arabia , the Soviet Union and the United States to agree to set firm targets for limiting greenhouse gas emissions . |
| 20 | He called on the government to set legal limits of lead in water in line with WHO guidelines , and to widen the number of households eligible for grants to replace lead piping . |
| 21 | Introduced simultaneously in 65 countries in advance of next year 's UNCED summit in Rio , the Caring for the Earth calls on governments and individuals to set key targets for achieving genuine sustainable development across a range of issues . |
| 22 | One means was actually to take control of the youth 's entry into full-time wage-earning , in order to control the transition from school to work and , by offering vocational guidance and encouraging attendance at continuation schools together with an after-care system , to set initial standards with regard to attitudes and behaviour . |
| 23 | A theory of ducal sovereignty was in effect to be formulated between 1294 and 1300 , which was to set important precedents for other peers and magnates of France to follow . |
| 24 | It allows us to set numerous codes for different types of absence , such as dentist 's appointment , doctor etc . |
| 25 | I have a rare device to set Dutch windmills Upon New-market Heath , and Salisbury Plaine , To draine the Fens . |
| 26 | The next stage is to set small targets like going past or in the local sweet shop , without buying sweets , before the major trial of waiting in a supermarket queue beside the sweet shelves . |
| 27 | Many environmental campaigners stressed its failure to set binding targets for resolving environmental problems , and to address adequately the links between third world poverty and environmental degradation . |
| 28 | Opinion was divided as to the extent to which the conference could be termed a success : many environmental campaigners expressed varying degrees of disappointment and anger at what they saw as its failure to set binding targets for resolving environmental problems , and to address adequately the links between third world poverty and environmental degradation . |
| 29 | By helping teachers to set real-life problems for pupils , employers get a better class of recruit . |
| 30 | Cool and refreshing on its own , green is a matrix in which to set other colours like gems . |