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

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1 It requires member states to set rules on mandatory bids , providing information to shareholders and treating them equally .
2 Despite student impressions to the contrary , exams are not designed to set traps for unwary students .
3 He further argues that with multiple measures there is a danger of losing focus , and that it is difficult to set targets for some indicators because there are no historical data on them .
4 According to Computerworld , it has said that at the next APPN Implementors ' Workshop , set for this week , it will seek input from other vendors on how to set priorities for future enhancements , and it has set the price for reverse engineering the code at $25,000 , a lower figure than many had predicted .
5 It has been easier in the past to give in to the child 's demands , so learning to set limits across all aspects of the child 's behaviour can be critical for coping with the battles about food .
6 Poor neighbourhoods , argues Mr Wilson , have lost great numbers of working people who used to set examples to local children .
7 And in the past , the , the nearest we 've got to that is taking them along to a fire station and telling them what sort of people we are , that has been proved in many cases to be counterproductive , because it 's actually an incentive if you wish to set fires from other districts than this .
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