Example sentences of "set [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whereas the standards and styles set by the peer group can set highly influential markers around acceptable and unacceptable behaviours for young people it is in individual friendships that young people find support and security , negotiate their emotional independence , exchange information , put beliefs and feelings into words and develop a new and different perspective of themselves . |
| 2 | The Word I can not set supremely high : |
| 3 | Authorities were also asked to produce local charters which could set more ambitious and specific targets . |
| 4 | If , for example , you have two lectures a week in a particular subject — say , on Tuesday and Thursday mornings — and a weekly tutorial — say , on Tuesday afternoons — then you should set aside regular time(s) — say , an hour or two on a Monday and another hour on , say , a Thursday — to study to and prepare for that class . |
| 5 | If they permit smoking , they should set aside special rooms for those who wish to smoke and for those who do not . |
| 6 | If you do set too high , you may find that the first syllable spoken after a pause is distorted , especially on p's and b's , after which the overall level of the recording drops to a lower value as the speaker continues ; during the next pause in speech , the background slowly returns to its original value until the speech resumes , whereupon it falls again . |