Example sentences of "[adj] set of [noun] for [det] " in BNC.

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1 Because Windows applications share common operational techniques , you can move easily between applications without having to learn a different set of commands for each .
2 The old problem : a different set of rules for each sex .
3 When we discuss computer design variations in the ensuing chapters , we will tend to make two assumptions which it is as well to clarify ; first , that each computer is designed independently for a particular application area and to purely technical criteria ; and second , that a computer design is implemented as a fixed set of facilities for all customers .
4 In conclusion , this book has brought together for the first time the work of all the main researchers and provides a motivating set of reviews for any interested scientist .
5 What at first would appear to be an ideal set of models for those concerned with supporting children 's reading is soon seen as being too ‘ pat ’ — too set in a particular culture and in a particular moment of time .
6 The stirrings of a global debate on the creation of new consumption needs provides a complex set of tests for these hypotheses .
7 This gradual variation of the gradient is effected without disturbing the horizontality of the lift dock by providing at least at the upper part of the incline two or more sets of rails for each carriage supporting the dock , the said duplicate sets of rails being in different alignment and gradually assuming different levels , the wheels of each carriage being adapted to travel thereon so that on the diminished gradient the leading wheels will travel on rails at a different level from those on which the trailing wheels travel , the duplication of the rails and their difference of level being variously arranged according to circumstances .
8 We are aiming to provide these two sets of things for the child in care , not as ends in themselves , but in order that children may develop a sense of their own self-worth , and research tells us that we have to get the balance right between these two important sets of needs for this end to be achieved .
9 Mint Stamps — A full set of stamps for each issue , packaged to arrive in mint condition in a protective folder .
10 Wolverton in another joint effort with Derby C & W manufactured 75 sets of jigs for this equipment , for use of contractors producing components .
11 Rather there should be only one set of notes for each subject regardless of source .
12 She knew that she would inevitably be just exchanging one set of problems for another when she moved in with her daughter and son-in-law and the grandchildren , but she had taken her time and come to the decision in her own way , and finally managed to make a very good adjustment to an entirely different life in a busy household .
13 What we are trying to argue for is to try to prevent the cost , the pain , the hurt that is experienced after a divorce by alerting people to the fact that a divorce wo n't solve all their problems , it will transfer one set of problems for another and our great concern in this report is to go back one step , not just to speak to people who are experiencing hurt , but in the hope that we can say something before it reaches the stage that it had reached when they came to you .
14 Revolution and change of government all too often mean simply exchanging one set of evils for another .
15 No wonder that women in their private relationships often mistake one set of characteristics for another : violence for strength , careerism for inner purposefulness , emotional distance for emotional balance , and sexual confidence for inner strength .
16 ‘ The idea is to determine a common set of functionality for any two products ’ , he says .
17 The Commission issued on Oct. 25 , 1989 , a revised set of proposals for the harmonization of excise duties , under which member governments would be given a minimum set of duties for each product , together with a non-mandatory target rate .
18 But sure here 's me and all , right we 'll get a new set of pots for this hob and we 'll not destroy them
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