Example sentences of "set [pn reflx] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The industry is split over whether to set itself a 20% or 35% ceiling on the percentage of assets that junk bonds can account for . |
| 2 | Study takes time and the best way to use it is to set yourself a programme . |
| 3 | So one of the ways to overcome that is to set yourself a target to do more |
| 4 | Whether you choose to set yourself the task of becoming an accomplished windsurfer within seven days or opt to learn the sport at a more leisurely pace , Windsurfing in a week will prove as invaluable a companion as your buoyancy aid . |
| 5 | ‘ We will set ourselves a budget each year and do only as much as we can afford . |
| 6 | I wonder if we could set ourselves a target , that we actually include something like this in next year 's business plan . |
| 7 | We will set ourselves the objective of increasing the degree of consonance still further , and therefore the bass will be kept consonant with all upper parts : Though the effect of this is quite good , indeed smooth and sonorous , the concept of using a bass consonant with all upper parts has produced chords which are either diminished 7ths ( chord 1 ) or contain major or minor chords . |
| 8 | During the three year programme we set ourselves a total of 33 remits , of which only 5 remain to be completed . |
| 9 | In 1 we set ourselves the problem of accounting for intuitions that some stretches of language are coherent and others are not . |
| 10 | We set ourselves the task of uncovering the principles behind our feeling that certain stretches of language are meaningful and unified : that they have the quality of coherence . |
| 11 | Nor can the counsellor set himself the task of dealing exclusively with one area . |
| 12 | As with the early stages of reading , the teaching of literature must set itself the objective of stimulating pupils ’ enjoyment . |
| 13 | If you are capable of directing the ball over the net ten times , then , realistically , you should set yourselves a target of twenty . |
| 14 | The underlying principle of such homework tasks , in the form of self-help therapy , is that everybody can set themselves a task , however small , and achieve it . |
| 15 | Set yourself a time limit if it helps : ‘ I must ask a question in the first five minutes . ’ |
| 16 | Set yourself a target of identifying three good prospects for improving profit levels . |
| 17 | Set yourself a routine for taking particulars of an order . |
| 18 | Set yourself an objective and then use your listening session to achieve it . |
| 19 | From the outset however they set themselves the objectives , not only producing a comprehensive study of land ownership in the region which would be of use to local groups and also capable of influencing regional and National land policy , but equally importantly , of reaching these goals through a very specific manner of research . |
| 20 | ONE OF the doughty pack leaders to emerge in the late 1940's from the Manchester scrum of ‘ palaeomagnetists ’ was S , Keith Runcorn — a former Cambridge engineer with an almost unhealthy liking for the rough and tumble of the rugby field , Keith Runcorn is now professor of physics , and geophysics supremo , at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne — and incidentally the president of the university 's rugby club , To honour Runcorn 's reaching the age of 60 , the university organised earlier this month a three-day conference on ‘ Magnetism , planetary rotation and convection in the Solar System ’ , Since the Second World War , geology has undergone conceptual upheavals as never before , The apparently ludicrous ideas proposed by Alfred Wegener in the 1920s , that the Earth 's continents were drifting around , have found solid ground , The evidence came from physicists inspired by wartime work on radar , by cosmic-ray research and the discovery that some rotating stars have a magnetic field , The physicists set themselves the task of measuring whether rotating bodies on Earth also produce magnetic fields , The eminent Patrick Maynard Blackett devised a highly sensitive magnetometer for this work , but finding that a spinning gold cylinder produced no magnetic field , turned his machine to measuring rock magnetism , A school of expertise concerned with ‘ fossilised magnetism ’ developed around him at Manchester and later at Imperial College , London , The fruits of such work inspired a reappraisal of continental drift and new theories to explain the mechanisms responsible for moving the continents , and later produced the foundations on which were forged the unifying concepts of plate tectonics and seafloor spreading , Runcorn applies an enormous enthusiasm to all that he takes on — as many past students and editors of various science journals can testify , His first notoriety came with his attempts to determine whether the Earth 's general magnetic field was related to the planet 's rotation , or related to some deep-seated phenomenon , To determine this he took his magnetometer down some of the deep Lancashire coal pits . |
| 21 | Among those who set themselves the task of creating a hostel for orthodox children was Sybil Wulwick . |
| 22 | They set themselves the task of creating a full-scale replica of it using the original Roman techniques . |
| 23 | Members also set themselves the task of finding an acceptable formula to bring the " three Chinas " into the grouping , although Chinese Premier Li Peng stated in August that China was not prepared to join the organization as one of " three Chinas " [ see pp. 37613 ; 37656 ] . |
| 24 | Many pressure groups set themselves the task of sedulously winning over influential opinion to their view of the future . |
| 25 | Curran reveals : ‘ We 've set ourselves a target of four clean sheets for the last four matches — if we can achieve that we 're certain of at least four points . ’ |
| 26 | For the future , we have set ourselves a series of targets , spelled out below , which are designed to restore BP 's profitability and build a stronger balance sheet . |
| 27 | York Benedictine monk Cyril Brooks has set himself a 100-mile a day challenge to cycle around Britain to raise money for a church convention . |
| 28 | The 40 staff execute 3,500 trades a day on average , and Vine-Lott has set himself a target of more than doubling that in five years ' time , including a considerable proportion on behalf of other institutions , such as the Halifax Building Society , for whom it is already doing work , as well as other brokers and banks . |
| 29 | In retirement he had set himself the task of making a replica Tomkin long-case clock . |
| 30 | He has set himself the task of trying to discuss the agenda Labour needs to develop over the next two decades on issues such as training , education and poverty . |