Example sentences of "set a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had rung through to the Swan Hotel in Stratford to set a revised time of arrival at 6.15 p.m. ; but by the look of things it was going to be , in Wellington 's words , ‘ a damn close-run thing ’ . |
| 2 | It sent her backing nervously towards the casement window as if to set a safer distance between the two of them . |
| 3 | The return to Warrington where a gasometer was destroyed three weeks ago may appear to set a curious pattern to the IRA 's logistics , but it may be that recent arrests and seizures of weapons and explosives in London in early March has inflicted a major blow to their intentions in the capital . |
| 4 | The statistical confirmation of the reality of so many gentlemen ‘ made good cheape ’ may have been what prompted Garter King of Arms ' decision in 1530 to set a minimum qualification of £10 per annum for sporting a coat of arms . |
| 5 | But it will deal a blow to the agreement , which allows publishers to set a minimum price for most books . |
| 6 | Motion three three four also deals with the abolition of the Wages Council and the C E C would like you to ask you to support it , but with qualification , that a national minimum wage rather than a national Wages Council is likely to be the best way to set a minimum rate of pay . |
| 7 | As a matter of practice most claims come to light within the first two audits of the business by the purchaser ; ( c ) to set a minimum value which the purchaser 's claim must exceed in order for the claim to be brought ( see clause 14.2 of the standard sale agreement ) — Appendix III . |
| 8 | Price mechanism can be structured from cost-effective analysis to enable us to set a reasonable charge that will ensure profitability . |
| 9 | Rushmere spent 71 balls over his 29 , and at times it seemed as if Wessels and Kirsten were more interested in spending much-needed time in the middle than trying to set a challenging target . |
| 10 | Though I should say that what councillor said that my group were prepared to set a higher tax level if that were necessary . |
| 11 | If ULEAC decided to set a higher fee than the other boards , the discount might be worthless , he said . |
| 12 | It is the angel Gabriel who comes to Charlemagne at the end of the poem , just as Gabriel and Michael — the fighting archangel , whose cult was flourishing anew in the tenth and eleventh centuries — come to Roland to carry his soul to heaven ; the poem is definitely Christian , and an attempt to set a religious seal on knightly glory ; but the knightly glory has in its turn captured the Church , and harnessed it , in the person of the archbishop of Rheims , to the holy war against the infidel . |
| 13 | IT 'S QUICKER by tube , ran the advert for the London Underground — and Courtaulds Packaging Betts Tubes ' site in Stevenage is certainly beginning to set a cracking pace . |
| 14 | Christians had managed to set a moral example to their neighbours . |
| 15 | For example , you have to account for money spent on holidays , and it 's wise to set a certain amount aside for emergencies , like the boiler breaking down . |
| 16 | In their recent joint report on the Soviet economy , the IMF and other multilateral agencies urged the Soviet Union not to move to free trade overnight , but to set a temporary tariff of 30% . |
| 17 | Together , both companies are trying to set a new standard for the more complex computing world of the 1990s : a jointly developed operating system called OS/2 . |
| 18 | Scottish Nuclear 's ‘ Follow That Dog ’ sweatshirt are about to set a new trend in Scottish fashion — and we 're giving five away in our special Bulletin competition . |
| 19 | Last year McCallen crashed out , leaving Robert to win , and Ian Newton to set a new lap record at 115.86 mph — but this time it should be a different story . |
| 20 | Foresters spokesman Raymond Bell of Newton Aycliffe , said members from around County Durham and Cleveland were hoping to set a new fundraising record . |
| 21 | At the same time , to set a New Testament canon beside the Old carried implications for the concept of ‘ inspiration ’ . |
| 22 | Disabled sportsman , Ian Hayden , to a rest from the golf course , to set a new world record in the shot putt . |
| 23 | On May 29 the government announced that the Political Parties Law had been amended to allow the INEC to set a new limit for individual contributions . |
| 24 | The legislation for the new agency was expected to have been introduced into Parliament at the earliest possible opportunity by Secretary of State for the Environment , Michael Heseltine , who is expected to set a firm date for publication of the consultation paper on the new environment agency sometime in October . |
| 25 | In its place the aim was to build up communities on the periphery equipped with all the necessary facilities , including local employment and to set a firm limit to the size of these communities . |
| 26 | This being the case it was seen as essential to set a financial qualification for the franchise that would give the vote to " decent " farmers and shopkeepers whilst excluding the lower social orders who might use their votes to plunder the public purse for their own advantage . |
| 27 | Once this has been done , it is hoped to set a second study in motion to consider the possibility of using expert systems to guide the personnel who do the actual licensing through the maze of rules and regulations that they have to consider . |
| 28 | Here the solution is to set a long net around the thicket so that it is totally surrounded and enclosed , in the hope that the rabbits can be bolted out and entangled in the net . |
| 29 | There has also been criticism of members of my family for behaviour which was judged to be unseemly for people whose responsibility is to set a good example . |
| 30 | Have to set a good example . |