Example sentences of "set of [noun pl] for [adj] " in BNC.

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1 There are also separate sets of figures for three age-groups and both sexes .
2 In each of the examples given in the following sections there is ( i ) an analysis of the main procedural and conceptual aspects of the category , ( ii ) detailed sets of criteria for selected subtopics , and ( iii ) examples of test items based on the criterion statements .
3 Heads need to consider the value of asking governors to establish detailed sets of procedures for various major items of business and in anticipation of possible future difficulties .
4 Every year , the Home Office , as the government department responsible for prisons , publishes two sets of projections for long-term trends in the prison population .
5 This gradual variation of the gradient is effected without disturbing the horizontality of the lift dock by providing at least at the upper part of the incline two or more sets of rails for each carriage supporting the dock , the said duplicate sets of rails being in different alignment and gradually assuming different levels , the wheels of each carriage being adapted to travel thereon so that on the diminished gradient the leading wheels will travel on rails at a different level from those on which the trailing wheels travel , the duplication of the rails and their difference of level being variously arranged according to circumstances .
6 There are currently two sets of standards for intelligent network : Bell Communications Research 's Advanced Intelligent Networks Releases and the CCITT 's Q.1200 series of draft recommendations .
7 We are aiming to provide these two sets of things for the child in care , not as ends in themselves , but in order that children may develop a sense of their own self-worth , and research tells us that we have to get the balance right between these two important sets of needs for this end to be achieved .
8 Wolverton in another joint effort with Derby C & W manufactured 75 sets of jigs for this equipment , for use of contractors producing components .
9 The final set of conditions for successful skill learning are derived from the learning hierarchy .
10 And , to the extent that it comprises a certain body of knowledge and a certain set of principles for systematic enquiry , any theory of literature is likely to establish the study of literature as a science .
11 All the problems that we have been wrestling with over recent years in attempting to formulate a set of principles for communicative language teaching suddenly vanish as if at the waving of a wand .
12 Rather there should be only one set of notes for each subject regardless of source .
13 SAILABILITY , the organisation which co-ordinates and promotes sailing for disabled people , has just published a set of Keynotes for handicapped sailors , sailing clubs and other groups offering sailing opportunities for disabled people or those interested in developing facilities .
14 Because Windows applications share common operational techniques , you can move easily between applications without having to learn a different set of commands for each .
15 Linda Hopcraft 's words strike a chord with most of us — and in her case the missing item was a spare set of clothes for seven-week-old Jessica .
16 On this basis the Sub-Committee selected the set of submissions for further development to Phase 2 , and in some cases gave guidance on the approach to be adopted .
17 By then it was expected a set of scripts for that show would be available in rehearsal form for the Director to peruse , assess and add his contribution .
18 The old problem : a different set of rules for each sex .
19 The need for an ‘ official name ’ for indexes and dictionaries contrasts with the desire of others for a set of rules for different names leaving the choice between them to the user .
20 Six theses in this category were from Imperial College , and it would be reasonable to suggest that the copies consulted , and subsequently cited by authors other than the thesis authors , were from London University 's main library , where the set of theses for inter-library loan is kept .
21 We need a different set of priorities for British foreign policy .
22 A state is a set of values for all its switches ; so if the BM has N nodes , then it has 2 possible states .
23 But sure here 's me and all , right we 'll get a new set of pots for this hob and we 'll not destroy them
24 We are now confronted with the phenomenon of the post-industrial city , with a quite different set of problems for public regulation ( Young and Mills , 1983 ) .
25 She knew that she would inevitably be just exchanging one set of problems for another when she moved in with her daughter and son-in-law and the grandchildren , but she had taken her time and come to the decision in her own way , and finally managed to make a very good adjustment to an entirely different life in a busy household .
26 What we are trying to argue for is to try to prevent the cost , the pain , the hurt that is experienced after a divorce by alerting people to the fact that a divorce wo n't solve all their problems , it will transfer one set of problems for another and our great concern in this report is to go back one step , not just to speak to people who are experiencing hurt , but in the hope that we can say something before it reaches the stage that it had reached when they came to you .
27 From this starting point a series of criteria for whole numbers and a parallel set of criteria for decimal numbers have been developed .
28 Earlier discussion of the statistical behaviour of extreme values in the tails of distributions has shown that they are unreliable predictors of the behaviour of large samples , and if the core set of journals for Scottish geology is in the tail , then extreme caution must be used in interpreting SCI data , particularly from the early theses in the present study .
29 Mint Stamps — A full set of stamps for each issue , packaged to arrive in mint condition in a protective folder .
30 What at first would appear to be an ideal set of models for those concerned with supporting children 's reading is soon seen as being too ‘ pat ’ — too set in a particular culture and in a particular moment of time .
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