How To Use Set In A Sentence

WorldCom promises not to impose a minimum call charge and no set up or monthly rental fee.
He specialized in moonlit and winter scenes, usually including a sheet of water and sometimes also involving the light of a fire, and he also painted sunsets and views at dawn or twilight.
The resettlement fee shall be calculated according to the number of agricultural population to be resettled.
A substantial element of the system is the set of physical exercises performed in pairs and again based on the idea of the power of co-operation.
Consumers get incredibly upset when dieticians and researchers backtrack on previous findings, proclaiming that products once deemed healthy are now in question.

Sometime in the early eighteen hundreds, they trekked to the flat plain between the Ohio River and Lake Erie and settled in Mount Vernon, which was then a few small buildings in a forest of tall trees. A Renegade History of the United States
She is also part of a large group of oceanographers and taphonomists of the SSETI project (Shelf / Slope Taphonomic Initiative) examining carbonate preservation and destruction across the shelf and slope regions in Gulf of Mexico and Bahamas using submersibles.
A horizontal merger may enable the new entity to set price and output in the same manner as a single-firm monopolist, with the same consequences for consumer welfare.
So they set up this fund to compensate victims in serious cases of abuse.
My poor Lirriper was a handsome figure of a man, with a beaming eye and a voice as mellow as a musical instrument made of honey and steel, but he had ever been a free liver being in the commercial travelling line and travelling what he called a limekiln road — “a dry road, Emma my dear,” my poor Lirriper says to me, “where I have to lay the dust with one drink or another all day long and half the night, and it wears me Emma” — and this led to his running through a good deal and might have run through the turnpike too when that dreadful horse that never would stand still for a single instant set off, but for its being night and the gate shut and consequently took his wheel, my poor Lirriper and the gig smashed to atoms and never spoke afterwards. Mrs. Lirriper's Lodgings
On land, giant reservoirs holding saline water could be built to offset the rise in sea levels caused by the melting of the polar ice-caps.
For the owners of the Ivy to worry about people thinking they are just for VIPs is a little like a lion getting upset for being called a carnivore. Restaurant review: 34
Chile's top constitutional court blocked a government bid to promote the free distribution of the morning-after pill to minors aged 14 and over, dealing a new setback to President Michelle Bachelet.
The term "strategic" came up again earlier this year, when Ontario's provincial government set up a committee to debate a proposed merger between London Stock Exchange Group PLC and TMX Group Inc., operator of Canada's flagship Toronto Stock Exchange. Canada Turns Wary Eye to Foreign Bids
Even if you're not into playing the ponies, the setting is marvelous and it's a superb place for a picnic.
The caller urges the often elderly victims to transfer their money to a'safe' account set up in their name. Times, Sunday Times
The demonstration is set for Sunday to coincide with World AIDS Day.
It continues as an usual inland resort set in woodland of silver birches, rhododendrons and conifers.
She promised coolth in San Francisco, where Julia had set her heart on spending the night.
Martin did well to recover from the onslaught to go a break up in the third set.
The welfare state was not set up to support vast families or single mothers in inter-generational welfare dependency. We deserve a fair society, but it won't be created by a vendetta against the poor
The magnificent 18 th-century mansion is set in private landscaped grounds at the edge of the town, opposite the golf links and West Sands but totally screened by trees, woods and 18-foot high lodge gates.
The auctioneer's podium faced a wall hung with six sets of mounted antlers each side of a large red deer's head. Times, Sunday Times
And Johnson has some advice for people aspiring to a comfortable living playing music: ‘I've set it in my mind that I will not jive anybody, and not be jived by anybody.’
The ICR would have the authority to annul laws or dismiss public officials to uphold the Kosovo settlement.
Measurement Intangible assets, such as knowledge and learning, account for a large part of a company's value.
Setting aside such doomsday scenarios, what is really going on? Times, Sunday Times
The original Auroran settlers had landed in the location that was now the park and decided to keep it as a peaceful retreat in the centre of the city.
All interested parties are asked to attend with a view to setting up a committee to organize and plan the same.
Net interest income dropped to $256.4 million, primarily due to the low market-interest rates that resulted in lower yields on mortgage-related interest-earning assets as customers refinanced to lower mortgage rates and new loans and asset purchases were at the current low market interest rates. Hudson City Bancorp Swings to Loss
There is an artistic and literary set, some of whom have swapped city life for part-time commuting. Times, Sunday Times
Labor economics has become virtually a branch of applied econometrics, with the usual large data sets and headless horsemen running around looking for patterns.
They searched for his body, handlining with grappling hooks, setting gill nets straight offshore and hauling seine. AMAGANSETT
Following the example set by her father, she has fulfilled her role and done her duty.
Yet his paranoid fear of plots and conspiracies beset him to the end of his life. The Collins History of the World in the 20th Century
Spoon the mixture into the prepared flan case and chill until set.
It took yards of line off a hard-set drag, and it all but pulled me off my ledge.
His work underscores the aeriality embedded in the rational geometric order of the regions settlement.
In more traditional settings, people wear boubous, loose-fitting cotton tunics with large openings under the arms.
There have been no arrests and police are set to offer a reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the perpetrators.
Hundreds of the aircraft are on order, but loss of the Northwest batch is a serious setback.
He seems intent on upsetting everyone in the room!
The dinner was being hosted by a fledgling company he had set up just months before. Times, Sunday Times
Monks from the various orders in Europe had flocked to England to set up religious houses.
set up an election
Not so with this trivial, lawless country club set of the 1920's, drunk part of the time and reckless all of it, codeless, dutiless, restless. Definitions: Essays in Contemporary Criticism
The styles are simple, with set-in shoulders, pared-down forms and the type of finish you might expect from ready-to-wear. When Just Any Old Lycra Won't Do
They may also be friends of the chairman, so they are reluctant to upset the applecart.
I've seen leadership schools set out on the fringes, including one in an outpost of Jerusalem that teaches would-be messiahs to lead in the coming apocalypse.
Indeed, so many of us now possess a handset that mobile phone sales have collapsed.
I looked up into the sparkling eyes of a heavyset man with gray, unkempt hair and a white goatee.
His Eminence Don Pelasio de Labastida, an eighteenth century bishop of Mexico City set a scandalous example of such indulgence in earthly pleasures. To the charreada with stars in her eyes
A family law barrister close to the Crikey crew advises that many men attempt to talk down their earning capacity when they are negotiating settlements with former wives.
For the computer savvy individual, you can set up your daily or weekly schedule to give you an auto-reminder of you resolution.
There were bodies everywhere, with dust slowly settling to the floor.
The mask is left on for about 15 minutes while it sets to a rubbery texture.
At the bottom of the trunk she found a set of white undergarments including lacy petticoats and a full corseted bodice.
The face muscles set differently when we think we are observed; it becomes habitual. Times, Sunday Times
An odd hairy quadruped is upsetting residents of Scott Town, Jamaica, again. Archive 2008-06-01
There's a market for it and it's kind of a sequel to the cassette culture of the '80s and early '90s.
It is best to set out all the circumstances that may lead to a deduction from wages and put these in the documentation you provide to employees. Times, Sunday Times
Fitness functions include a simple linear problem for binary strings and classification of data sets which are dynamically loaded from a specified data file.
I. wore ear-rings of emeralds set in gold filigrane. The Picture of Dorian Gray
Hopefully when I get a new tank set up, I will have more success in numbers by going by the book.
Calis, and so on the mondaie following, [Sidenote: Iohn Hall executed.] he was drawne from the Tower to Tiburne, and there hanged, bowelled, headed, and quartered: his head being sent to Calis there to be set vp, where the duke was murthered. Chronicles (3 of 6): Historie of England (1 of 9) Henrie IV
In the closet scene, Hamlet mistook her father for the king, and he fatally stabbed him.
My mother's from Paris, so it's kind of ironic because when they gave him the word noisette, we heard later that the ESPN guy said, "Oh, his mother speaks French, he should know this. Visual Thesaurus : Online Edition
The watchdog plans to issue formal regulatory guidance setting out how companies should handle endowment complaints and assess where compensation is due.
Or if the work to be critiqued is a novel -- then you need to set the critique date somewhere down the line, to give people a month or two to read it. Archive 2008-11-01
Like other police forces, Wiltshire constabulary is not setting up a special squad or unit to deal with possible hunting law infringements.
the early sets ran on storage batteries
The currency fund can be leveraged up to five times the value of its underlying assets.
Hunt thinks it unlikely that the currency will break parity with the dollar next year, and feels it is likely to settle around the $0.92 level.
In the early days after the birth, it can be useful to set aside some time to rest when the baby sleeps.
Thursday, the president addresses the Israeli Knesset, followed by a reception in honor of Israel's 60-year anniversary.
Investigations are not yet complete who exactly set the coach on fire.
That notion identifies heritability with the regression of the offspring phenotype on the parental (or biparental mean in the case of sexual reproduction), where both phenotypes are presented as z-scores (i.e., set to mean = 0 and standard deviation = 1). Miss Winter Solstice
The name Breizoz reflects the Celtic origin of the galette and crêpe, as well as the modern setting for this crêperie.
A dislocated wrist, unsuccessfuily set, occasioned advice from my surgeon, to try the mineral waters of Aix, in Provence, as a corroborant. Autobiography
That takes me right back - I used to have a special bagna cauda set, like a mini-fondue set. Two Recipes for Bagna Càuda (Δύο Συνταγές για Μπάνια Καούντα)
They died before they had an opportunity to be interviewed and considered for resettlement.
Japan had hoped that the resumption of talks in September would help the countries settle the issue and stave off mounting cries on both sides for further escalation.
But the settlements prevailed, delusory shortcuts to a palpable proof that the Jewish people were truly blessed by God. The Chosen Peoples
Most fault conditions will set a ABS fault code in the CAB (controller anti-lock brake), which can be retrieved to aid in fault diagnosis.
He was in a very bad mood when he arrived, and that set the tone for the whole meeting.
Well, sir, I won't say anything about the hextry gas, though a poor widder and sevenpence hextry on the thousand, but I'm thinkin 'if you would give my Rosie a lesson once a week on that there pianner, it would be a kind of set-off, for you know, sir, the policeman tells me your winder is a landmark to' im on the foggiest nights. The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes
Bond really has to work in this movie - he has to set up his cover well in advance and try not to be noticed.
copasetic" [used so nicely in "West L.A. Fadeaway"] -- and such stunts as dancing down Broadway in 1939 from Columbus Circle to 44th Street in celebration of his sixty-first birthday. The Annotated "Alabama Getaway"
The German military party -- which, as everyone knows, holds the reins of policy in Germany entirely -- have, as far as I can see, done all they could to overthrow Kerenski and set up Im Weltkriege. English
Fontaine has prettily set it off, and an anonymous writer has composed it in Latin Anacreontic verses; and at length our Prior has given it with equal gaiety and freedom. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3)
Portuguese later acquired the property and turned it into the European-style Leal Senado Building for municipal chamber and the front square for Portuguese settlers to hold festive celebrations.
Personnel from HMAS Anzac set off to do a tour of Egypt while the ship is anchored near the entrance to the Suez Canal.
PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: Thailand and Cambodia said they have made progress in settling a border dispute that sparked a deadly military confrontation last month. My Sinchew -
While the Cabinet has yet to make final decisions, ministers seemed set to approve a pay freeze.
We have a report that four unidentified persons have set up a rocket launcher two hundred yards west of seventeenth green.
What splendor and pulchritude, what symmetry in all things, what assets for the necessities of life have you not granted and assigned to this land and its inhabitants! Brotherhood of the Butterfly Net
Having designed many elements in the hotel, from the bedside lamps to the banquette sofas, he has now set his sights on a much bigger challenge.
An hour later, a broomstick settled gently on the lawn.
The firemen did heave a sigh of relief after pulling the deer out, but did not settle down and relax.
This past week in the forest park, the fiery foliage set against cobalt skies was a sight to behold.
The pet shop clerk had been helpful, showing him an assortment of mice and guinea pigs and even a pair of canaries, but in the end, Enoch had settled on the brown-and-white hamster.
The arrival of the charity van set off a minor riot as villagers scrambled for a share of the aid.
Actual results may differ materially from those set forth in this release due to the risks and uncertainties inherent in Somaxon's business, including, without limitation, Somaxon's interpretation of its communications and interactions with the FDA relating to the requirements for approval of the NDA for Silenor, and the FDA's agreement with such interpretation; Somaxon's interpretation of the results of the clinical trials for Silenor, the timing of the interpretation of such results and the FDA's agreement with such interpretation; the potential for Somaxon to make a resubmission to the Silenor NDA; the potential for Silenor to receive regulatory approval for one or more indications on a timely basis or at all; the potential for the FDA to impose non-clinical, clinical or other requirements to be completed before or after regulatory approval of Silenor; Somaxon's ability to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the FDA that potential NDA approval of Silenor is appropriate prior to the completion of standard, long-term carcinogenicity studies, given the context of completed trials and pending studies; the timing and results of non-clinical studies for Silenor, and the FDA's agreement with Somaxon's interpretation of such results; Digital50.com Digital 50 Daily Industry News RSS Feed
Kaiser in San Mateo, California, which manages $ 1 billion in assets.
Hamilton is setting fast times on the road, but no-one is matching the splits of leading duo David Millar and Laszlo Bodrogi.
They are indeed miniatures, as the entire set of eight take about eight minutes to perform by the pairs of flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, violins, violas, cellos and one horn.
There followed seventeen years of sectarian vagabondage: founded in 1830, the sect settled in Kirtland, Ohio, Jackson, Missouri, and Nauvoo, Illinois, reaching Great Salt Lake Valley, Utah, in 1847.
It was picked up on a ￡300 scanner near Andrew's naval base at Portland, Dorset.
She would also be acquiring a capital asset.
Mrs Scott went across as a minuscule Great Lady - they should have seen Mrs Van L as she set off this morning! THE QUEST FOR K
It was settled when incoming workers agreed to work permanent night shifts.
Brown begins to remedy this situation at the outset.
Lisa called Malone at seven o'clock next morning, right on time; when she named a time, one could set the GPO clock by her. MURDER SONG
There is also disquiet that many key staff were poached to set up the US series. The Sun
Suzy Menkes noted in an article that the jewels the Duchess of Windsor gave Princess Michael included: ‘a gold sunburst suite set with pearls and a pair of emerald panther earrings.’
Brick with blurred colors or flecks of color in earthy tones of red, brown, black and buff appear completely at home in a rustic setting.
The group rapidly bypassed disciplinary differences to focus on a common set of preferred aptitudes and abilities associated with critical thinking, reading, and writing.
They go in sheep's russet, many great men that might maintain themselves in cloth of gold, and seem to be dejected, humble by their outward carriage, when as inwardly they are swollen full of pride, arrogancy, and self-conceit. Anatomy of Melancholy
His quiet voice was commanding and proved effective as the pair settled down.
From the outset, we get the kind of writing beloved of a certain kind of creative writing teacher: the kind you can pluck out and quote admiringly.
The DVD set includes unaired, unrated stand-up sketches. TV on DVD
When the genie tricks the child into setting him free, the witch is in trouble.
The sunset scene shows a classic cumulonimbus cloud formation.
Sue always manages to upset somebody when we go out - she's a real liability.
The training sets are both larger and partially disjoint from the testing collections. Boing Boing: November 24, 2002 - November 30, 2002 Archives
They were so beautifully typeset, and their tone was just captivating — alternately casual and buffer-overflowingly technical. Copy What You Like
To offset the perception that dairy foods are high in calories, low-fat cheeses have become state-of-the-art.
What can you do with a machine that puts letters and numbers on an ordinary unmodified TV set?
Excavations of the site have revealed an Iron Age settlement.
Relaxing, in amusement at her unwonted altruism of motive, she had drawn her moleskin coat more closely around her, and settled back to wait the other woman's pleasure in returning to the bright warmth that the pale-orange ribbon of light, wavering upon the swaying platform, harbingered. Undesirables
These jewelry settings are common when it comes to diamonds or other gemstones.
John Kerry of Massachusetts will accept the party's presidential nomination.
The closely-packed _mitraille_ tore the icy crust into powder, fifty yards beyond the doomed bird, which settled, throbbing with a mortal tremor, upon the ice, shot through the head. Adrift in the Ice-Fields
A study session held by the Beijing government for leaders of the "open" Church – organized as a sight-seeing tour for the first time – is set to conclude tomorrow.
You may need to reboot the PC for this setting to take effect. Times, Sunday Times
They tell me that his father was made what they call a baronet because he set a broken arm for one of those twenty royal dukes that England has to pay for. The Fixed Period
The stage is set for high farce. Times, Sunday Times
See, for example, the comments set out as notes under the entries for Thoosuchus and Yarengia.
The EPO and VEM merger hopes to set itself up as the market leader for share issues over the Net.
She tapped her umbrella on the setts, calling haughtily for way, and way miraculously appeared. At Swim, Two Boys
The British set up dedicated warning nets to detect the incoming V1s and then sent out interceptors.
Often, the resulting price will be less than the net asset value, meaning that the shares trade at a discount.
A similar problem came up yesterday in reading a Boris Akunin story called Strast' i dolg Passion and duty, set in an alternate Russia which has revived tsardom, along with its Table of Ranks and all the rest of the imperial paraphernalia. Languagehat.com: TRANSLATION PROBLEMS.
Their feet clattered over the faux marble floor past the reference desk towards the closet.
Rubiochico,) "which was fast swamping the sparkling stars, like a bright river flowing over diamonds, when the old gander again set up his gabblement and trumpeted more loudly than before. Tom Cringle's Log
Preserving the launch configurations also gives the developer the ability to run the server inside the JDT debugger, so he can set breakpoints on his user-defined SQL functions.
Season chickens and sear until brown on all sides, remove from pot and set aside.
Companies make use of sokaiya to settle many kinds of trouble, to collect underground information, and to suppress common shareholders.
Over the next nine months, we are committed to delivering on a billion dollar assets sale.
The day before the event they will set out guide posts and will work from 8.30am to 4pm on the day, leading walkers on the route, manning checkpoints and providing information.
They have set themselves a series of goals to achieve by the end of the month.
The husband is required to return these assets to the wife at the end of the marriage; should the woman be divorced or should the husband predecease the wife, these assets return to her and she is to be compensated for any damage caused to them. Marriage.
Infused then with the enlightenment only a brutal smackdown from a celestial being can provide, Jacob sets out to make peace with his brother, no matter the cost.
When the water begins to simmer, set the timer for 6 minutes for a "squidgy" centre and 7 minutes for a hard centre. Archive 2007-04-01
It is selling assets to free up money to invest. The Sun
[12] The original reference to experience from which the meaning of the term astronavigation should be derived is not essentially "space-travel," but forms of transoceanic navigation which take into account the effects specific to changes in specific astronomical experiences, from fixed to variable, which are relevant to transoceanic navigation within what had appeared, initially, as a permanently fixed set of changes within the ordering of the planets or specifically stellar phenomena. LaRouche's Latest
Settlers brought with them the idea of land as a partible, bounded commodity, owned by an individual (or self-selected partnership), transferable, and exclusive in perpetuity. Belongings: Property, Family, and Identity in Colonial South Africa
Passion abounds in this romance set on Maryland's Eastern Shore, where the rough-hewn Seth Quinn wins over Drusilla, the town's icy beauty.
The most common is what's called a dipole antenna, a good example being those T-shaped, plastic covered wires that came with home stereo sets once upon a time. Nashuatelegraph.com local, state, business and sports news
Adjusting one foot he ollied as high as he could and tried to land on just one set of wheels.
We started in 1985 in the time of phototypesetting. Tracy Baim: Niche Media Survival in the Age of New Media
Unlike the runny texture of most honeys, the gel-like consistency of heather honey means that, to form a set honey, it needs the addition of a more common honey, such as rapeseed, which granulates more quickly.
Thou shalt not deliver unto his master," &c., sets the servant free from his _authority_ and of course, from all those liabilities of injury, to which _as his servant_, he was subjected, but not from the obligation of legal contracts. The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 1 of 4
The mutual back-scratching by which executive pay is currently set is ridiculous, and is an immense waste of the resources of public companies that ridiculously over-pay the back-scratchers .. 'Say on pay' moves full speed ahead
One woman's broken thigh bone had been badly set, leaving her left leg at least three inches shorter than her right.
Worse, as the streams bend to equalize pressure behind the foil, and may set up a turbulent gyre further slowing the foil by induced drag.
mousetrapping" problem with your browser that won't let you get out of endless attempts to get the action you desire from clicking, close out of the browser completely by hitting ctrl-alt-del. and then terminating the browser. Undefined
Homeowners with more space and money could go one step farther with a walk-in closet. Times, Sunday Times
You can also set bill reminders or overdraft alerts. Times, Sunday Times
It will analyze and graph your daily intake and compare it with the recommended dietary allowances set by the government.
In June another record will be set when five car carriers dock here - the most ever for any one month.
Unfortunately, the anger was short-lived and a teensy bit of paranoia set in.
a deep closet
No creditor is gonna want want a piece of your sweet assets these days unless you've got a nice fat down payment and a plunging debt-to-income ratio that reveals a nice plump credit score. How To Be A Sexy Borrower - The Consumerist
Unlike Church, Turing developed his disproof of Hilbert's conjecture around the conception of a hypothetical machine which would decide the truth of statements by a set of well-defined sequential operations.
Settling in Carmel, Calif., in 1930, she and Mr. Newell joined a bohemian community that included the photographer Edward Weston and the journalist Lincoln Steffens.
In a richly ornamented setting with animals and plants on a red background, in 14 copper rosettes placed between lacunars, there are the Wise Virgins and Foolish Virgins of the New Testament parable; the former hold lighted lamps, the latter have lamps already extinguished.
Cover the bottom of each ramekin with some reserved caramel and set aside in the refrigerator until set, about two minutes.
an arbitrational settlement
An affectionate arm around the shoulders, a warm and reassuring hug, a gentle touch upon the arm, even just an understanding glance, are enough to drive away the blues and kindle hope in a heart beset with workaday cares.
Try not to let him upset you.
As such, the set was both heavy on the new material and encore-less, a sort of brilliant means of creating a Pavlovian effect on the assembled concert-goers.
The mate is set free and gathers two loose genes, which it assembles into a clone of the original replicator.
A new educational programme has been set up for economically disadvantaged children.
In other words, you're soon going to be paying me the equivalent of several place settings of Fiestaware. IN A STRANGE CITY
Perhaps inspired by the elegant Georgian style houses he recalled from his boyhood in Haverhill, Massachusetts, he trimmed his two-story clapboarded house with quoins and a cornice with dentils.
He set a trap with himself as the bait. The English Civil War: A People's History
Ultima will clean the inside of the glass panels, because the outside is coated with a self-cleaning laminate, which doesn't allow dust or dirt to settle.
We need set up intact and scientific legal mechanism in ecological environment protection requirement.
Each thread includes a unique program counter, process stack, and set of processor registers.
At least one type of signal in the set of signals is synchronously averaged to provide an unisonous output.
Tuesday, 19 February 2008 first signs of spring - centre piece of the month february pick whatever flowers you get at the supermarket to make this little basket filled with flowers. ranunculus are my favourites and available all over the place at the moment, so i chose to put them into this flowery centrepiece. the orchid is quite fancy but you just really need one to pimp this up (and it keeps for ever!). a rose or two, some ivy and green leaves from the forest and you are all set. to get started line a basket with some foil and trim on the edges. soak some floral foam in water and place in the basket, when soaked wet (can be really, really wet - it will have to work as a vase to the flowers), eventually cut and trim the floral on the edges, so that it resembles an arch. trim flowers and green leaves and stick into pot. start doing so on the bottom of foam, working upwards until you have an even flowery centrepiece. make sure foam stays moist - adding some water from time to time. Archive 2008-02-01
come out of the closet!
Your new beau is prowling about, setting the mood. Times, Sunday Times
Part of the Islamic tradition is to set strict rules for ablutions, washing hands, arms, face and feet with running water before praying.
Either way, he omitted to mention that he had snapped from the back of the set the post that connects to the cable box.
Japanese TV sets are, for the most part, of excellent quality.
White cap set her up long hair and half of his face is obscured, but felt she must be very beautiful, breathtaking beauty!
Why did the king need two sets of stables? The Times Literary Supplement
In the mid-1830s the Kendall settlers gave impetus to the westward movement of Norwegians by founding a settlement in the Fox River area of Illinois.

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