Example sentences of "[adj] set of [noun pl] in [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chomsky 's work has also encouraged another set of assumptions in linguistics that have consequences for the models of literacy with which we are here concerned . |
| 2 | Each locality places a different set of cards in front of you . |
| 3 | For the mass of ‘ non-organized ’ Germans , the ‘ Hitler myth ’ functioned through the stimulation of popular acclaim — recurrent but always temporary — fur faits accomplis , for coups which had been brought about , successes already attained , rather than for a clear set of policies in train . |
| 4 | It is possible to detect a similar set of concerns in accounts of the NUM 's handling of the media in their year-long dispute with the Coal Board over pit closures . |
| 5 | The case follows a similar set of events in America where Chicago couple David and Sharon Schoo were arrested after leaving their two daughters at home over Christmas while they went to Acapulco . |
| 6 | As we write , battles include a handsome Victorian set of stables in Enfield , Hertfordshire — a home for retired ponies which the local council wants to close ; Brocklesby railway station — a delightful example of a country station built for the local landlord but empty and decaying ; the grade II* listed Belgrave Chapel in Darwen , Lancashire , with its Gothic pinnacles dominating the town but under threat of demolition ; and the beautiful but overgrown park and gardens of Uffington in Lincolnshire , in danger of being smothered by executive homes , a golf club and a hotel . |
| 7 | First , we should be able to explain a relatively large set of observations in terms of a much smaller set of more general theoretical principles . |
| 8 | There was a paradoxical set of forces in play in the late 18th century . |
| 9 | Just as an animal without previous experience may respond to a complex stimulus , so it may produce a complex set of movements in response to a stimulus . |
| 10 | As public attitudes towards abusive parents hardened , and media campaigns against social work attitudes and processes gathered momentum , a more fundamental set of changes in policy and practice took place . |
| 11 | One set of institutions in Britain which does practise direct democracy to some extent is that of student unions , which are governed in part by general meetings which all students are entitled to attend . |
| 12 | It was a pleasant walk along well-trodden paths through Birbeck Woods beyond which we came upon the first set of workings in Gunnerside Gill : the remains of dressing floors belonging to the Old Gang Mining Company . |
| 13 | A further source of uncertainty is that there is no single set of terms in use among researchers and census-takers for the different ethnic groups . |
| 14 | An aggro leader , for example , needs a particular set of clothes in order to maintain his image . |
| 15 | This was largely due to a new set of studies in Lima that revealed that the informal sector accounted for 60 per cent of all economic activity and was — apart from the cocaine trade and the gold rush in the jungle — the only growth sector in a sharply declining Peruvian economy . |
| 16 | Now , starting with your feet and working upwards , tense and relax each set of muscles in turn , finishing with the muscles of the neck and head . |
| 17 | You just follow each set of instructions in turn . |
| 18 | I shall very briefly consider each set of explanations in terms of ‘ race ’ and gender . |
| 19 | A preliminary draft of a charter on the environmental rights of developing nations has been issued following the third set of negotiations in preparation for the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development ( UNCED ) . |