Example sentences of "set [pn reflx] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , the local historian will find it useful to think of his chosen parish or neighbourhood in terms of broad categories such as ‘ open-field arable ’ or ‘ wood-pasture ’ or ‘ fenland edge ’ and to set himself the fundamental task of understanding how people adapted themselves to their physical environment . |
| 2 | The prospect of1993 and the abolition of customs controls between EC countries has spurred the Italian State to set itself the awe-inspiring task of cataloguing a further two million items of its national heritage within two years in execution of its duty to ‘ care for Italy 's landscape , history and cultural heritage ’ ( to quote the Constitution ) . |
| 3 | The UK was prepared to set itself the " very demanding target " of stabilizing total UK emissions of CO2 at 1990 levels by 2005 as part of " a wide international effort , with a fair distribution of the burden " , and " provided others are ready to take their full share " . |
| 4 | Whether you choose to set yourself the task of becoming an accomplished windsurfer within seven days or opt to learn the sport at a more leisurely pace , Windsurfing in a week will prove as invaluable a companion as your buoyancy aid . |
| 5 | A good way of familiarising yourself with the principle of intervallic interchange is to set yourself the following task , both on and away from your guitar . |
| 6 | We will set ourselves the objective of increasing the degree of consonance still further , and therefore the bass will be kept consonant with all upper parts : Though the effect of this is quite good , indeed smooth and sonorous , the concept of using a bass consonant with all upper parts has produced chords which are either diminished 7ths ( chord 1 ) or contain major or minor chords . |
| 7 | ‘ We set ourselves the 30,000 target for our 21st birthday — March 1992 , ’ John said . |
| 8 | In 1 we set ourselves the problem of accounting for intuitions that some stretches of language are coherent and others are not . |
| 9 | We set ourselves the task of uncovering the principles behind our feeling that certain stretches of language are meaningful and unified : that they have the quality of coherence . |
| 10 | But in those general objectives , we then set ourselves the top ten , top ten objectives and how we are going to actually action those objectives er to er move forward and if they were achieved , we thought if we achieved those ten objectives and that 's going to take time and as I say it 's a dynamic plan , it 's going to take two , three years to achieve and if we achieve those objectives then we will have achieved our own rule er our overall mission . |
| 11 | Nor can the counsellor set himself the task of dealing exclusively with one area . |
| 12 | As with the early stages of reading , the teaching of literature must set itself the objective of stimulating pupils ’ enjoyment . |
| 13 | Meanwhile , they argued , pacifists should set themselves the more modest task of sustaining the voice of reason amidst the dementia of war . |
| 14 | They set themselves the difficult task of disentangling this cosmic dust from the earthly sort . |
| 15 | From the outset however they set themselves the objectives , not only producing a comprehensive study of land ownership in the region which would be of use to local groups and also capable of influencing regional and National land policy , but equally importantly , of reaching these goals through a very specific manner of research . |
| 16 | The researchers then set themselves the unenviable task of positioning 48 aphids about 1 cm away from the leaves of both the wild and cultivated plants , making sure that the insects were pointing towards the leaves . |
| 17 | ONE OF the doughty pack leaders to emerge in the late 1940's from the Manchester scrum of ‘ palaeomagnetists ’ was S , Keith Runcorn — a former Cambridge engineer with an almost unhealthy liking for the rough and tumble of the rugby field , Keith Runcorn is now professor of physics , and geophysics supremo , at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne — and incidentally the president of the university 's rugby club , To honour Runcorn 's reaching the age of 60 , the university organised earlier this month a three-day conference on ‘ Magnetism , planetary rotation and convection in the Solar System ’ , Since the Second World War , geology has undergone conceptual upheavals as never before , The apparently ludicrous ideas proposed by Alfred Wegener in the 1920s , that the Earth 's continents were drifting around , have found solid ground , The evidence came from physicists inspired by wartime work on radar , by cosmic-ray research and the discovery that some rotating stars have a magnetic field , The physicists set themselves the task of measuring whether rotating bodies on Earth also produce magnetic fields , The eminent Patrick Maynard Blackett devised a highly sensitive magnetometer for this work , but finding that a spinning gold cylinder produced no magnetic field , turned his machine to measuring rock magnetism , A school of expertise concerned with ‘ fossilised magnetism ’ developed around him at Manchester and later at Imperial College , London , The fruits of such work inspired a reappraisal of continental drift and new theories to explain the mechanisms responsible for moving the continents , and later produced the foundations on which were forged the unifying concepts of plate tectonics and seafloor spreading , Runcorn applies an enormous enthusiasm to all that he takes on — as many past students and editors of various science journals can testify , His first notoriety came with his attempts to determine whether the Earth 's general magnetic field was related to the planet 's rotation , or related to some deep-seated phenomenon , To determine this he took his magnetometer down some of the deep Lancashire coal pits . |
| 18 | Among those who set themselves the task of creating a hostel for orthodox children was Sybil Wulwick . |
| 19 | They set themselves the task of creating a full-scale replica of it using the original Roman techniques . |
| 20 | Members also set themselves the task of finding an acceptable formula to bring the " three Chinas " into the grouping , although Chinese Premier Li Peng stated in August that China was not prepared to join the organization as one of " three Chinas " [ see pp. 37613 ; 37656 ] . |
| 21 | Many pressure groups set themselves the task of sedulously winning over influential opinion to their view of the future . |
| 22 | To achieve this vision for the ES , we have set ourselves the following key aims for our organisation : |
| 23 | To achieve this vision for the ES , we have set ourselves the following key aims for our organisation : |
| 24 | Rather than elevating the rights of the fetus to the exclusion of all the other factors , we have set ourselves the primary task of helping other women who face the dilemma of unwanted childbearing . |
| 25 | In retirement he had set himself the task of making a replica Tomkin long-case clock . |
| 26 | He has set himself the task of trying to discuss the agenda Labour needs to develop over the next two decades on issues such as training , education and poverty . |
| 27 | Thanks to whoever it was , Baldwin by the spring of 1924 was making surprisingly good progress toward the political objectives which he had set himself the previous autumn . |
| 28 | Peirce had set himself the task of methodically classifying , and looking for applications of , the n-dimensional systems for all |
| 29 | For example , the West Midlands Regional Health Service has set itself the target of achieving a minimum of 33% of women non-executive directors who will advise on and develop the Regional Health Authority 's policy . |
| 30 | Yesterday the Labour coordinating committee met for its annual get together , now this is the body that has set itself the task of modernizing the Labour Party , a difficult task at the best of times , made more difficult now because there is a growing shortage of volunteers for the cause , they ca n't even raise enough members to fill their own executive . |