Example sentences of "to set the [noun] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Callinicos is able to set the claims of such postmodern advocates as Charles Jencks and Linda Hutcheon against an analysis of Modernism ( predicated largely on that of Eugene Lunn ) in order to demonstrate that the latter is a good deal more complex in respect of its characteristic conceptions of the subject , expression , reflexion etc , than the former are wont to have it . |
| 2 | Around the same time , he acted to set the procedure of constitutional reform in motion . |
| 3 | Now , Mr Major wants his Bonn speech to set the tone of future relations with Europe . |
| 4 | I think it 's necessary to set the scene for that to say that in fact as between the County Council and Barton Willmore there 's very little difference in what we see are the requirements for the ring around the city , we both have a figure of of six thousand and something quite small . |
| 5 | It is perhaps necessary to set the scene for this remarkable decade in the history of the District to show the ways in which the firm foundation for subsequent growth and consolidation was secured following a period of more than twenty years of uncertainty and improvision . |
| 6 | To set the scene for this latter article , and as a coda to the two special issues on hypertext that have just gone by , the writer of this editorial offers the following thoughts ( though these are definitely under the guise of Editorial Privilege , and from a non-expert viewpoint as far as hypertext is concerned ) . |
| 7 | Officials see little need for early ‘ crisis ’ talks on the situation in Japan but believe that the G7 meeting on April 26 is almost certain to focus on the Japanese situation , with the International Monetary Fund expected to set the scene with new forecasts for the global economy . |
| 8 | It was made clear thoughout that Women for Socialism are not attempting to set the agenda for other women 's groups . |
| 9 | The first of these press reports , in the Johannesburg Sunday Times , said that the Dec. 17 meeting had discussed plans for an all-party conference early in 1991 , to set the agenda for constitutional negotiations . |
| 10 | If region R undertakes programmes that create spillovers for region S , then , following Boadway and Wildasin ( 1984 ) , the optimal decision is to set the provision of that good at the quantity where where |
| 11 | It is important to set the boundaries of this study . |
| 12 | Central government is there to set the boundaries to local government activity , to give advice , to set minimum standards and give financial assistance , especially to poorer areas , but local authorities have a distinct responsibility to develop services in their own way , setting their own priorities . |
| 13 | More subtly he is also restricted by attempting to set the knowledge in another artificial situation , the educational process of sitting in classrooms learning by rote leavened by some understanding and being examined and tested in standardised situations . |
| 14 | But one further development is the British Standard , the B S seven seven five O , and seeks out to set the systems of environmental management . |
| 15 | The BNFL contract has continued to set the pace for all other sections of business , finishing the year well above budget . |
| 16 | HAMMY McMillan 's Stranraer , the holders , trounced Douglas Drybrough 's Aviemore 10-2 to set the pace in convincing manner in the Bell 's Scottish Championship at Kirkcaldy yesterday . |
| 17 | To set the record for 1981 straight , the weighted average capacity factors for the year 1981 were 75.1 per cent for CANDU ; 74.3 per cent for all pressurised heavy water reactors ( PHWRs , CANDUs plus two other reactor units ) : 58.0 per cent for Magnox reactors ; 53.7 per cent for pressurised water reactors ( PWRs ) ; and 53.3 per cent for boiling water reactors ( BWRs ) . |
| 18 | The instructions needed to set the printer into bit-image mode are called escape codes because each instruction is preceded by the ASCII code 27 which is generated by the ESC or ESCAPE key on a terminal keyboard . |
| 19 | And now , to set the seal on this disastrous year , the member of parliament for Frizingley , old Charlie Bowen , who had been John-William 's man and Ben Braithwaite 's man and knew exactly what he had to do to earn the money they paid him , had fallen off his horse — the damned fool — and broken his neck . |
| 20 | The Presidents of Burkina , Côte d'Ivoire , The Gambia , Nigeria , and Togo participated in the meeting , which appeared to set the seal on 19 months of civil war estimated to have cost 15,000 lives including that of former President Samuel Doe . |
| 21 | This created the conditions which were to set the pattern of religious justification for strife for centuries to come , and there is little doubt that nearly all , if not all wars in historic time have had some kind of religion or ‘ god ’ put forward as requiring the human race , or parts of it to engage in bloodshed and misery . |
| 22 | The figure was well below City estimates and one analyst went as far as to say that the detailed announcement ‘ deserves to set the standards for all ’ . |
| 23 | And when we went to bed early we used to we One used to have to fill the kettle , and then the other one used to have to set the table for next morning for next morning . |