Example sentences of "set [prep] [noun pl] [pron] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The final set of conditions we shall consider can be represented by the term ‘ readiness to learn ’ . |
| 2 | He believes that under these conditions of choice , which he describes as the original position , there is only one set of principles which can be rationally chosen to govern a society enjoying favourable social and economic conditions . |
| 3 | By studying numerous manuscripts , textual critics have been able to work out a set of principles which can be applied to many different sorts of document . |
| 4 | The paper proses a set of principles which should underpin quality assurance systems and develops a strategy to harmonise the current systems , building on strengths and tackling weaknesses . |
| 5 | Without a good set of notes you will handicap yourself when it comes to assignment and examination preparation . |
| 6 | As far as the knowledge and business enterprise of the producers reach , they in each case choose those factors of production which are best for their purpose , the sum of the supply prices of those factors which are used is , as a rule , less than the sum of the supply prices of any other set of factors which could be substituted for them ; and whenever it appears to the producers that this is not the case , they will , as a rule , set to work to substitute the less expensive method . |
| 7 | Wh what you 're also saying is , is right though , that within that the danger is that inequalities get too great and you would also need a set of policies which would stop that inequality . |
| 8 | Little wonder , in a sense , that so many children died in early infancy , or that those who survived would have built up a set of antibodies we might well envy . |
| 9 | As you can see I have set up a set of equations which can be summarized in the following formulae : |
| 10 | However , the authors of WFP have not thought the matter through and have come up with a set of proposals which will simply divert attention away from the real agenda which does exist for NHS capital accounting . |
| 11 | Once again , the great expectations unleashed by the Prime Minister and the inflated claims made for the citizens charter when it was first announced have resulted in a half-baked set of proposals which will do little to improve the real quality of public services in Britain . |
| 12 | follow each agenda quickly with a set of minutes which will help clarify action required , by whom and when , from any more general descriptive material about the contents of the discussion . |
| 13 | When pressed for a favourable reply the pontiff put forward a set of propositions which would have to be accepted by Napoleon before the ceremony could take place . |
| 14 | What is more , the ability to share risks may enable the collective to contemplate more risky types of projects than individual firms would have , while pooling different types of skill may expand the set of projects which can feasibly be done . |
| 15 | Most data analysis techniques derive their data model is a set of entities which can be represented as relations . |
| 16 | The pluralist description of the social order with its myriad political institutions , groups , and actors all competing , albeit unequally , for power treats the media as a set of institutions which may act independently in society but which may also be deployed by powerful groups . |
| 17 | If we were to take a formal view of the entailments of such a declarative sentence ( like that , for example , expressed in Smith & Wilson , 1979 : 150f. ) , we would be obliged to accept as entailments a set of sentences which would include the following : |
| 18 | But do n't you feel uncomfortable , you as a member of the medical profession , do n't you feel uncomfortable if there exists in the wider world a set of rules which would condemn as one of the most heinous crimes that which you regard as the most humane of conduct ? |
| 19 | I do not believe that it is possible to produce a predictive model of code switching , in other words , to derive inductively a set of rules which would predict the actual code of any " next utterance " in a conversation . |
| 20 | There was no clear theory of jurisdiction and it was impossible to draw up a set of rules which could be used to predict when the courts would intervene . |
| 21 | It should also be recognised that while this chapter has stressed the view of language as a process , it is nevertheless the case that , at some point , children do reach a level of mastery where it makes sense to describe them as having acquired knowledge of an abstract set of rules which can be used to express meanings . |
| 22 | In pursuit of this goal , the grammarian will concentrate on a particular body of data and attempt to produce an exhaustive but economical set of rules which will account for all and only the acceptable sentences in his data . |
| 23 | Is not the problem for my hon. Friend that there are so many diverse views on nutritional supplements that it is hard to know from which set of experts one should take advice ? |
| 24 | What might be a set of values which could be useful ? |
| 25 | It is assumed that a text , or a film , is not something which has a set of meanings which can be extracted from it , but something whose meanings exist only because they are part of a wider social world ; people can find meanings only if their world shares some common meanings with that of the text . |
| 26 | The initial trials quickly revealed how difficult it is to develop one set of forms which can be used to assess the progress of all children |
| 27 | The initial trials quickly revealed how difficult it is to develop one set of forms which can be used to assess the progress of all children . |
| 28 | Proof of the Higgs 's existence — or the existence of some thing or set of things which can fulfill the same role — would complete the standard model and open the door to the new physics beyond . |
| 29 | This set of objects and events could be taken as a set of elements which would have to be included in a representation of this speaker 's topic , i.e. what he was talking about . |
| 30 | What I 'm looking for e effectively is a set of criteria which will promote best planning practise either at structure plan or local plan level , in order to judge the location of this settlement . |