Example sentences of "set the [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Masters champion Couples coasted to a 66 while Love , the US No 2 , chipped in with a 68 for the Americans to set the first round pace with a combined 10 under par total of 134 . |
| 2 | It is vital to set the estimated present value of the benefits within a carefully structured model of the likely changing scenarios of order-winning criteria as identified through a strategic analysis . |
| 3 | Against this undoubted benefit one has to set the likely bad consequences of recognizing the general and unqualified validity of consent to political authority . |
| 4 | At present , a council has to set the same standard charge for all unoccupied second homes . |
| 5 | However , against the obvious conclusion that small groups are more effective one must set the increased managerial challenges of having a larger number of groups . |
| 6 | The British Museum Press will be publishing a new series on Eastern art beginning with Sheila Canby 's Persian Painting , Rachael Ward 's Islamic Metalwork and J.M. Rogers 's Mughal Miniatures which set the major stylistic and technical developments against the historical events which influenced them . |
| 7 | When we built J7 HPC , we set the rear anti-roll bar to give mild oversteer — an attitude it adopts readily . |
| 8 | Both set the same frivolous text by Gennaro Federico , which , by the time Paisiello came to write his opera nearly fifty years after Pergolesi 's — must have seemed a little out of date . |
| 9 | In every aspect of his job the Profitboss sets the highest professional standards . |
| 10 | The secret of a successful outcome depends partly on setting the right reserve price , a task the auctioneer undertakes in conjunction with the seller . |
| 11 | When the chronicle describes " Osman Ghazi as having no gold and silver in his possession at his death and as rejecting new taxation on dealings in the bazaar as a violation of the our source appears to intend to criticize his own period by setting the first Ottoman ruler as an ideal example . |
| 12 | One of those involved in compiling the report , Terence Lee of the University of Surrey , argued that recent Soviet legislation setting the maximum permitted dose of radiation as 0.5 rem above natural background level , was " absurdly low " , and set a dangerous precedent which , if followed by the UK , would compel the evacuation " of half of Cornwall " . |
| 13 | Returning , he set the two large pieces of the broken bowl to one side then began to sweep the tiny slivers of porcelain into a pile . |
| 14 | Andy Roberts set the Caribbean fast bowling conveyor belt in motion . |
| 15 | The government set the new minimum wage at 2,300 lei ( US$65 ) per month , but factory managers were given the power to determine wage policy for their own enterprises and could set pay levels above the minimum . |
| 16 | He set the little green alien on his shoulder and leaned on the console , looking out at the Perks . |