Example sentences of "a set of " in BNC.
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| 1 | In her mind there was a set of events which includes reading about a work of art and looking at it . |
| 2 | A set of assumptions may be challenged by an outsider , and at this moment these shared views come into focus . |
| 3 | Both works , however , may be thought to share a secret , and a set of clues , which bear witness to the recrudescence of a hippy magic . |
| 4 | It takes its structure from a set of correspondences between elements and persons , and the old definition of temperament as a mixture of qualities is present to the reader 's mind — the same definition that permits us to think of Faussone as a part of Levi , or as his alter ego . |
| 5 | It may even be possible to obtain approval from opposing groups for a set of moral maxims such as peace , justice , and freedom — see the lists of values in McKernan 's ( 1980 ) research , for which he found a high level of acceptance among both Northern Ireland communities . |
| 6 | The theoretical or articulated ground for this awareness is a set of abstract beliefs and moral dicta particular to the group . |
| 7 | If we find cognisance flourishing where there is a set of actions as restricted as those of Christy Nolan 's , then how can reality be something that we posit as the limits of action : in this case a poor actor should have a correspondingly poor grasp of the real . |
| 8 | Understanding in this sense means being able to perceive structure amongst a set of observations that were at first sight perplexing and confusing . |
| 9 | A set of amnesics is first assembled on the basis of their low scores on a clinical memory test . |
| 10 | The repeated confirmation of the correlation between the physical characteristics of the stimulus and the characteristics of the neural activity it triggers , and between the characteristics of the stimulus and that of the subjective sensation , has encouraged the belief that our sensations are in some sense to be understood in terms of a set of stimulation levels ( spiking frequencies ) in the appropriate sensory pathways . |
| 11 | A set of fine carving bits is also supplied , including a 3/8in gouge , 3/8in bent gouge , 3/8in V-tool , 5/8in gouge and 1/2in chisel . |
| 12 | The demand for elegance carries with it the requirement to fit in with existing furniture and although talking points can be useful , a table surrounded by a set of such chairs could be a positive eyesore . |
| 13 | It contains practical suggestions for different activities , and includes a set of worksheets which can be photocopied to help with planning and record keeping . |
| 14 | Some years ago , my father built an 8in rise-and-fall tilt arbour saw bench from a set of plans produced by Cliff Bowers . |
| 15 | Huffman coding : this is approximately the opposite of LZW , and generates a set of variable length codes for fixed length data items , using the shortest codes for most common data items . |
| 16 | We recognize a sign as a set of letters on a page , or an intelligible series of sounds , or an iconic device , and in the same perception we grasp what it stands for : signifier and signified together make up the sign . |
| 17 | the reception of Derrida 's work , perhaps more than that of any other recent French thinker , has been marked by an astonishingly casual and unquestioning acceptance of certain extremely condensed — not to say sloganistic — characterisations of the history of Western thought , as if this history could be dismissed through its reduction to a set of perfunctory dualisms . |
| 18 | And indeed I would insist on this : the first requirement for a study of Pound is a set of maps ( preferably half an inch to the mile ) of at any rate certain regions of France , Italy and England ; the second requirement is a set of Michelin Green Guides for France and Italy , and ( if one is American ) similar guides to the South of England . |
| 19 | And indeed I would insist on this : the first requirement for a study of Pound is a set of maps ( preferably half an inch to the mile ) of at any rate certain regions of France , Italy and England ; the second requirement is a set of Michelin Green Guides for France and Italy , and ( if one is American ) similar guides to the South of England . |
| 20 | And from a set of preconceptions like that there is no way into Pound 's universe at all . |
| 21 | Bassist Norman Watt Roy , who was the power behind Ian Dury and has a set of eye-baggage that must be the envy of Barry Norman , puts so much into thumping out a rhythm that the sweat drips from the end of his guitar . |
| 22 | Tullow Oil , moving to the USM this week , is likely to support its graduation with a set of interim figures showing operating profits a shade below £400,000 . |
| 23 | In common with several top players , Lendl is less than enamoured of the delays in promulgating a set of rules for the Tour which meet the desires of the competitors . |
| 24 | Instead , they constituted a set of twentieth-century British comedy stereotypes ( the harassed working-class housewife and mother , the truculent , bloody-minded shop steward , the jovial pillar of the labour exchange ) somehow transplanted into a biblical setting — as , respectively , Virgin Mary , militant Early Christian and willing good-humoured martyr . |
| 25 | APT is the last building block in a set of systems — blessed with the contrived name LIFFEforce — which will allow exchange members and their clients fast and competitive access to the markets , enabling them to track and record their positions and settle them on the same day . |
| 26 | That the European Commission should toy with imposing a set of uniform accounting rules is viewed in London with abject horror . |
| 27 | The SSF supports the call for the establishment of an independent body which would monitor the use of statistics by any government and would establish a set of acceptable principles for their collection and use . |
| 28 | Most members of the RUC we encountered used an interpretative process which contains a set of typifications for distinguishing between ‘ good ’ and ‘ bad ’ Catholics , as for ‘ good ’ and ‘ bad ’ people generally . |
| 29 | Routine policing as a set of tasks is therefore accomplished as a process of routine . |
| 30 | Motability Finance Ltd provides a set of finance tables over 4–5 years , taking into account the rate of mobility supplement and current interest rates . |