Example sentences of "set of [noun pl] [vb -s] " in BNC.

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1 This uneven set of responses reflects the tension between the need for union negotiators to defend their members ' interests against perceived threats and their ability to generate and implement a long term strategy .
2 Based on the idea that the service of God is incompatible with the service of Mammon and that true spirituality involves the renunciation of the material world , this view produces a dualism in which one set of principles applies at the level of personal relationships and an altogether different set to the affairs of the world .
3 At High Meadow in the Forest of Dean a rather poor set of earthworks indicates a settlement shown on a map of 1608 .
4 In one of his later articles , Professor Newell has commented : " Of these great changes ( in the physical environment ) no single set of factors has influenced the later history of life more than the continuous modifications of topographic relief and distribution of continents and ocean basins and the attendant climatic changes " .
5 ‘ A set of toys has been carefully chosen to get away from the narrow road safety image , ’ a spokesman for the scheme said .
6 ‘ Foundationalism ’ means that an external set of phenomena imposes an order on , or serves as a ‘ foundation , for , a given cultural practice .
7 If the present set of essays exhibits independence of mind , this is no less than she would wish or expect .
8 This set of essays has sketched the development , from small but imaginative beginnings , of a major Modular Course with significant institutional support .
9 Third , a further set of predictions concerns the possible ways to ask questions .
10 In mitochondria , where a secondary set of genes exists , war between the parents ' contributions resulted .
11 The following set of commands creates a directory called DFSS on drive C , copies ss31.EXE into this directory from the distribution disk in drive A , extracts all the Screen Scenes files , and deletes ss31.EXE from the C : \DFSS directory :
12 To achieve this a set of regulations has been introduced which is having a profound effect on the electrical and electronics sectors .
13 Another set of criticisms concerns the basic approach , given the desired object of establishing communicative contact with and among the apes concerned .
14 The second set of findings shows that the interpretation of texts containing pronouns can be incomplete — only part of the information in the model is used to interpret the anaphor .
15 Neither set of findings shows that this tenet of the mental models theory is incorrect , but both show that , in a fully specified theory of text interpretation , it must receive a more specific formulation .
16 The second set of findings suggests that , when the information in a clause containing an anaphoric expression is integrated into the existing mental model , the interpretation of that clause is often incomplete , in a sense that we will define below .
17 One set of aspirations has to do with the development of new forms of service for clients and their carers or families ; another with the direct provision of services .
18 The goal is a state in which the set of properties common to all arches includes the assertions : there are two columns there is an extra block the extra block rests on both columns and the other set of properties contains the assertion : the two columns touch .
19 If A is a terminal symbol , then this set of sentences consists of just A itself .
20 The first two pages for each set of tables contains the remedies most frequently indicated .
21 This set of rules proves to be a useful guideline because we are dealing with large sets of data and the relations formed by the normalisation process will make the data easier to understand and manipulate .
22 In the female a different set of rules applies .
23 Whichever set of rules has been adopted , nothing in Article 15 prevents a court in the state of origin from taking , in case of urgency , any provisional or protective measures .
24 Although a standardized set of rules has been formulated by WUKO , karate associations in countries outside their jurisdiction do not have to abide by them .
25 But once some set of rules has been established in this way , we might well think it more important that these rules be publicly regarded as settled , so that people can plan accordingly , than that they be the best rules that could have been found ; this provides a reason why courts should leave the rule untouched even when they think the wrong choice was made in the first instance . "
26 When one goes for a major adventure like tornado you hope that most of the difficulties are are ironed out , clearly they 're not , another set of difficulties emerges .
27 Moreover , when these societies become industrialised and urbanised another set of values begins to undermine these time-honoured traditions .
28 In order for strategic planning and decision making to be effective , a different set of values needs to be held by senior officials .
29 Decision trees prove to be a good method of showing the basics of a decision , that is , what are the possible actions that might be taken at a particular decision point and what set of values leads to each of these actions .
30 However , one can say that a logically inconsistent set of attitudes bears the inevitable seeds of emotional disharmony within the individual and is likely to make effective action impossible by promoting patterns of behaviour which prevent each others ' successful issue .
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