Example sentences of "set a [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To justify that , people have to set a very high price on the environmental costs of landfill . |
| 2 | Here a different Home Secretary , Herbert Morrison of the Labour party , argued that legislation protecting a particular group of persons would set a most dangerous precedent , and that although Ratcliffe 's pamphlet was deplorable , he could not prevent its publication . |
| 3 | If we were to solve our problem by disposing of our enemy , we would set a very disgusting precedent in terms of separatist problem-solving . |
| 4 | Shortly afterwards , she appointed John Bacon [ q.v. ] as supervisor , and his neo-classical models set a very high standard of design . |
| 5 | Parham , begun in 1577 for the Palmers , incorporated part of the monastic grange of Westminster they had bought after the dissolution but set a totally different style . |
| 6 | While accelerating moves towards faster internal integration , the Strasbourg summit also set an equally tight timetable for setting up a common ‘ European economic area ’ by the end of next year with the six countries of the European Free Trade Association . |
| 7 | In this particular case , of course , I had been set a slightly extraordinary task , but I had nevertheless not been neglectful to incorporate ‘ margins ’ wherever possible . |
| 8 | While the pattern of gains and losses was generally broadly uniform especially across England , the Conservatives , and also the Liberal Democrats , were relatively successful in London ; the Conservatives held both Wandsworth and Westminster , the London boroughs in which Conservative-controlled councils had set a notably low poll tax . |
| 9 | IT is a privilege to be able to pay tribute to Sheppard Frere whose published works have set a very high standard for us all . |
| 10 | She had set a very high standard for our display work and had established a tradition which we would do all we could to uphold in the future . |
| 11 | The Ylva case has , however , set an extremely bad precedent for wolf conservation in Sweden . |
| 12 | My expression sets a little grim . |
| 13 | Second , there are situations in which the regulatory rule sets a less onerous standard than the general law but does not prohibit compliance with the higher standard , raising the question of whether the rule offers a " safe harbour " for those who comply with it . |
| 14 | The new decision also sets an almost negligible threshold of collaboration . |
| 15 | Of setting a real live project for a design and technology A level student . |
| 16 | This often results in delay — postponing the choice by finding an excuse or setting an unnecessarily long timescale . |
| 17 | There is clearly no sense in setting an impossibly short timetable in order to impress the client . |
| 18 | The competition set a fairly tight budget so Julia decided to mix second-hand clothes with new ones . |