Example sentences of "of set [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | it sort of er er gave them lee a , ladies leeway who wanted to work after they were married , some married and then could they come back well they could n't keep me on and not let them work you see , so oh yes it was mostly married women , there were a lot of married women there when I left , but erm it sort of set a precedent I suppose for , for them but it did , it did them some good really . |
2 | The latter is a is a direct result of setting a poll tax which was clearly and blatantly an under provision to provide decent services in this city . |
3 | In these days of response-testing and truth drugs it was the perfect way of setting a man up . |
4 | And in so doing , we must , of course , be aware of the risk of setting a standard which goes so far that it would mean that others — for example , the senile or the mentally handicapped , whom we would wish to treat if they were ill — were also included by it . |
5 | It was during that holiday that the notion had first come to Melissa of setting a novel in the region . |
6 | It could be observed in darkness as a flickering bluish-grey light ; and there was a force in orgone energy capable of setting a motor in motion . |
7 | ‘ I was always in a position of setting a precedent , which gave me a definite advantage . |
8 | But I ca n't see how any of them was physically capable of setting a trap like that or even knowing how to do it . ’ |
9 | If the PB is identified as being that the child does not go to bed until very late , the most suitable way of setting a baseline is to note over a week or two the actual time the child does go to bed . |
10 | For example , while it is the professional who advises on methods of setting a baseline , it is the parents who actually observe , count and note the occurrence of the defined problem . |
11 | The only jobs left ( besides that of setting the equipment ) are loading and unloading . |
12 | Other than the camera technique , which is a subject quite apart from this book on kites , we are now left with that vital question of setting the field of view . |
13 | The task of setting the budget had been passed on Dec. 27 by the USSR Congress of People 's Deputies to the Federation Council , after the Russian Federation Supreme Soviet on Dec. 26 had thrown the budget-setting exercise into crisis by voting to cut its contribution to the union budget by almost 85 per cent , to 23,400 million roubles ( US$1.00=Rbs0.5556 as at Dec. 31 , 1990 ) . |
14 | I have tried to describe the process of setting the direction for our constituent businesses and the company as a whole , which I and my colleagues have been evolving over the past few years . |
15 | In the Spring of 1966 , six of the Commissioners , led by Radzinowicz and Wootton resigned , having become persuaded that , with substantial legislation pending , and in the absence of conclusive research to support recommendations likely to last for a lengthy period , the opportunity no longer existed for the Commission to make a comprehensive report capable of setting the direction for a generation . |
16 | A topic has to be definite because of its function of setting the framework for interpreting the sentence as a whole . |
17 | France had immense influence in Brussels and a long and happy record of setting the EEC 's agenda according to French needs . |
18 | It is once again a matter of setting the patient an achievable and sustainable objective . |
19 | FACILITY_AVAIL is a way of setting the default ( power-up ) condition of the LIFESPAN process . |
20 | That straightness of Time , that confining straightness , was one with the Western picture of setting the world to rights . |
21 | If regular flow has been selected the user has the option of setting the amount of stand-off between the graphic and the text . |
22 | ( This is part of the process of setting the objectives . ) |
23 | Mr Miroslav Stepan , the politburo member who has been accused of setting the riot police on the demonstrators , has been charged . |
24 | I took the precaution of setting the comms to automatic response . |
25 | But it may be important in terms of setting an agenda for change , for challenging stereotypes , and for highlighting particular areas of injustice faced by older workers . |
26 | His own officers , he complained , instead of setting an example ‘ of dutiful subordination … introduce the mistaken and baneful idea of licentiousness and free agency under the specious name of ‘ ’ liberty ’ '' . |
27 | Washington the role model is modest about his achievements , preferring perhaps to identify his role in the context of the greater need of setting an example for others to follow . |