Example sentences of "has set a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alongside this , one has to set a high degree of tolerance , dependency , held by unskilled workers [ whom we interviewed ] . |
| 2 | The outlook for sterling is clouded by confusion about whether the Chancellor has set a new floor for the pound . |
| 3 | ALAN CORK , fast becoming as big a folk hero at Bramall Lane as he was down Wimbledon way , has set a new record . |
| 4 | But Kim Basinger has set a new standard by buying her own town . |
| 5 | FOR the second time this week a Chinese woman has set a new world record . |
| 6 | It has set a total quota for all pelagic species of just 60,000 tonnes for 1991 . |
| 7 | Beside this deliberate , purposive teaching the author has set a second kind of education which is just as moving and as important to the story . |
| 8 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that the Queen has set a shining example of steadfast service over four decades of momentous political and social change , and will he wish her many more years of a great and glorious reign ? |
| 9 | Monie will be sadly missed , not only at Wigan but throughout the domestic game where he has set a shining example with his model behaviour off the field and his professionally-sound methods on it . |
| 10 | Renshaw has set a tentative date of mid-1993 for her return , when her youngest child will be at playgroup . |
| 11 | The UN has set a tough target for developing countries to reach . |
| 12 | On Clifton Hill 's dining room ceiling , presently the student ‘ drawing room ’ , Ware has managed to keep Joseph Thomas confined to solid geometrical compartments but within these Thomas has set a stiff breeze blowing to animate the acanthus leaves and there is a saucy tilt to the fruit baskets that perch on the heads of his goddesses . |
| 13 | AN antiques dealer , who banks with Knutsford Branch , has set a British auction record by paying £26,800 for an English long case clock with a painted dial . |
| 14 | AMERICA 'S Securities and Exchange Commission ( SEC ) has set a sturdy hare running , one that has been lurking in the undergrowth for 15 years . |
| 15 | The Third World , particularly Thailand and Malaya , has set a notable example in the restoration and preservation of stations . |
| 16 | The Government has set a 20 p.c. limit on foreign stakes . |
| 17 | And it has set an ex-unknown player , an ex-unknown soldier on the march towards Grand Slam singles glory . |
| 18 | There has been no unity ; in fact , the Welsh Rugby Union has set an atrocious example of disunity , and the national side caught the mood . |
| 19 | Britain , meanwhile , has set an important precedent by including a number of representatives from the food industry and consumer groups in its delegation to the conference . |
| 20 | Pacific Telesis Group Inc , which wants to separate its regulated and unregulated businesses , has set an initial stock offering for the wireless operations of its PacTel Corp subsidiary , which is to become a separate company by year-end ; the amount to be raised in the offering has yet to be determined , but it has already said it plans to up the capitalisation of the wireless operations by raising at least $750m through public or private sources . |