"set" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Mrs. Clinton said she favored setting high standards, and assured her that the extra work would pay off.
- In the case of Social Security, the President and the Republicans favor setting aside much of the budget surplus over the next 15 years to strengthen the retirement system.
- Going even further, Professor Borjas favors setting the threshold so that the number of immigrants entering the United States falls from about 900,000 to about 500,000 a year.
- Still, tradition favored setting sail with Durga tide.
- Mr. Gorbachev answered "yes" when asked if he favored setting fixed terms in office for top Communist officials, including himself.
- He responded with "Never did," and said he favors setting a time limit on the campaign.
- As of 2006, opinion on what the U.S. should do in Iraq is split, with a slight majority generally favoring setting a timetable for withdrawal, but against withdrawing immediately.
- A clear majority - 58 percent - favored setting time limits, and an additional 9 percent wanted all financing blocked.
- McNair would likely say that I favored setting a fire to burn out vermin, even though the fire risked eliminating the whole forest.
- But he said he did not favor setting a specific figure at which pollution controls would be required.
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