Example sentences of "set the [noun] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This biologic fact was intricately connected with other climatic and geophysical events that set the mould for future cycles of evolution and extinction . |
| 2 | Other forms of disruption attendant upon rapid social changes also set the conditions for working-class sexual attitudes . |
| 3 | Set the alarm for half past six , gets another half hour in bed and he 's moaning about it . |
| 4 | In a sense that mechanism is the cause of the industrial change : the shift to a new international division of labour occurs because of the international market and the multinational corporations , or because they set the framework for profit-oriented production and investment . |
| 5 | There is much still to discover , but Cable has laid the groundwork and set the agenda for future work in this developing field . |
| 6 | On the other hand , if theorists adopt a particular conception , then they should look at the way that contemporary social representations have developed their particular qualities through argument and how , in turn , these representations set the agenda for further argumentation . |
| 7 | The artistic ferment of the late sixth century led in sculpture directly to the abandonment of the central archaic convention , the formally posed frontal statue in traditional stance ; a change which inaugurated the Greek classical style and set the course for European art . |
| 8 | set the foundation for modern chemistry : published his monumental treatise on electricity and magnetism ; Carnot established the second law of thermodynamics ; demonstrated the wave nature of light . |
| 9 | While Louise Newman 's cataloguing continues set the standard for European auctions , Christie 's Plc should be chastised for not producing a single owner catalogue that will become a standard reference . |
| 10 | Which presents enthusiasts of Rossi 's work with a dreadful dilemma : we want to see more and more of his photographs that set the standard for aerial work , equally we 're convinced that his sub-aqua images would be equally ravishing . |
| 11 | Set the carriage for circular knitting ( Figure 2 ) and knit three rows . |
| 12 | But later the deputies set the stage for possible compromise by agreeing to debate a referendum after all . |
| 13 | Legacies of past hurts , neglected childhood needs , parental over indulgence and over-concern often set the stage for later stress because the individual is not prepared realistically for handling the events of life . |
| 14 | The passing of the Liverpool Corporation Act 1921 set the stage for inter-war policing . |
| 15 | Set the carriages for circular knitting and pass them together ( but without the connecting arm ) across the back , watching how the needles move . |
| 16 | Although a 1988 nuclear industry advert said that oil supplies could ‘ dry up ’ in about sixty years , others set the figure for known reserves ( at current rates of consumption ) at nearer 200 years . |
| 17 | Understanding how the face of urban Britain emerged in the nineteenth century may pin-point how to tackle certain of the present problems , and , conceivably , identify the factors which set the die for urban life in the next century . |
| 18 | You set the weight one sorry the weight , it 's probably it 's it 's hard to explain it like that , but you apply the decoder function F here F bracket to the particular tuple and you get a state J. So you set the weight for that particular state . |
| 19 | Kings Quest VI is far and beyond the best of the series so far the first volumes were original and set the standards for all to follow . |