Example sentences of "[verb] to set [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE European Commission yesterday promised to set minimum prices for some fish in an attempt to placate French trawlermen who went on the rampage at Paris 's wholesale food market in a second day of anger at low prices and British imports . |
| 2 | I propose to set total standard spending for nineteen ninety four , ninety five at two thousand seven hundred and four point eight million pounds . |
| 3 | The 13-member cartel again failed to set firm quotas for individual members [ see pp. 37641 ; 37930 ; 38122 ] but agreed to raise the collective output ceiling from 22,300,000 barrels per day ( bpd ) to 23,650,000 bpd for the fourth quarter of 1991 . |
| 4 | Agreement had been delayed by a reluctance on the part of major oil-producing states , led by Saudi Arabia , the Soviet Union and the United States to agree to set firm targets for limiting greenhouse gas emissions . |
| 5 | On March 18 , 1991 , EC Environment Ministers agreed to set new , stricter , anti-pollution standards for emissions from diesel-driven lorries and buses , aiming to halve emissions of carbon monoxide , nitrogen oxides , gaseous hydrocarbons and particulates . |
| 6 | Efforts will continue to be made to set free Brightness as well as all the other whales and dolphins condemned to a life in which they can not experience the mental stimulation that only the challenges and joys of life in the open ocean can provide . |
| 7 | ‘ At Boston , for example ( an A to B course rather than an out-and-back course ) in a year when there is a strong following wind , they 're going to set phenomenal times . |
| 8 | Kreepy Krauly USA Inc is alleged to set retail prices for its swimming-pool cleaning devices . |
| 9 | the requirement for a riskless asset which may be used to set equal lending and borrowing rates . |
| 10 | ATEST case aiming to set new standards of compensation for journalists suffering from repetitive strain injury may be launched against the Financial Times . |
| 11 | It all started to set alight around the 10th and 11th . |
| 12 | With feedback and achievement targets there is a trade-off between the nearness of the target and the irritation of continually having to set new targets … |
| 13 | If he remembers to set realistic targets and play within himself , he can perform with credit . |
| 14 | They will also be asked to set future targets for health and fitness . |
| 15 | COUNCILS will be asked to set annual housing targets and explain any failure to meet them to their tenants under government proposals announced yesterday . |
| 16 | Like her , he tries to set local government within ‘ the context of the encompassing political economy ’ , but he also argues that Cockburn 's approach , by presenting local government as an instrument of capital makes it ‘ unproblematic and so renders any detailed study of it almost superfluous ’ ( Dearlove , 1979 , p. 217 ) . |
| 17 | However given the extent of monopoly ( and oligopoly ) in the NHS , the power of professional groups to win concessions , and the political need to guarantee equality of access the government has been forced to set narrow rules within which competition is allowed . |
| 18 | The economist , on the other hand , likes to set definite goals . |
| 19 | ‘ We 're not trying to set unrealistic expectations . |
| 20 | ‘ We 're not trying to set unrealistic expectations . |
| 21 | But erm , in a sense both of those are subsidiary to the general erm , point of the recommendation of the motion of the debate , which is that , erm , since we 're entreatingly trying to set corporate priorities and a corporate policy for this council , certain voluntary sector organisations such as C A B and C R , C R E's , clearly work in that sort of field , and clearly have the sort of objectives which fit , which may fit into our own corporate objectives . |
| 22 | Mr Large also proposes to set clear standards and performance measures for all the regulators — numbers of visits to regulated firms , speed of response to complaints and so on — that can be easily monitored by the SIB and by the investing public . |
| 23 | We also need to set challenging , but realistically attainable targets . |
| 24 | In particular , we need to set occupational development into a societal context , against evolving class and gender relations , the prevailing political culture and the economic basis of practice . |
| 25 | They will , of course , have to set new technical justifications for this task , and the obvious one that lies to hand is the ‘ intent to create legal relations . ’ |
| 26 | Companies taking part will be required to set environmental policies , goals and management systems , carry out systematic environmental assessments every three years , and have their performance verified by an EC-approved auditor . |