Example sentences of "[adv] set [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nothing snide or loaded here but enough to set a high Tory and paternalistic tone not often heard from the platform at recent Conservative conferences . |
| 2 | Furthermore , enough insight has been achieved in mapping their respective domains to allow us henceforth to set the problem of demarcation to one side . |
| 3 | It is to some extent modelled on the supposed ‘ Obrecht ’ Passion , which he mentions in his preface , though his text is entirely from St. John and he goes on to point out that he has been ‘ diligent so to set the words under the notes that almost every syllable has its note , and the four voices sing the words at the same time so that the listeners may hear the words clearly ’ . |
| 4 | The prosecution says Bailey smashed a window in the hangar and climbed inside to set the fire . |
| 5 | However , I 'm afraid Colin James got his wires crossed a bit regarding our catering vehicle , so perhaps I had better set the record straight . |
| 6 | ‘ My job as deputy chief whip is to get MPs to pull their weight , so I thought I 'd better set an example . ’ |
| 7 | This , again , is no declaration of open season ; it points merely to the obvious fact that moral agents must necessarily set the agenda . |
| 8 | As a rule-of-thumb pricing method , they decide to add a 10 per cent profit margin or ‘ mark-up ’ to average cost and so set a price of £4.95 . |
| 9 | Although he had defied her before , it had only been in words but now the thought that he had the choice of putting those words into action and so set a new pattern , and in doing so break one of the threads that tied him to her , caused his whole body to tremble and his voice to quiver as he said , ‘ Either you give me permission freely to go with Mick tomorrow or I go down now and put it to Martin . ’ |
| 10 | She decided against it , and so set a pattern which was soon to become questionable . |
| 11 | Perhaps you could begin by taking a wide-angle shot or two of the house and the garden , so set the zoom to wide angle and select your first shooting position . |
| 12 | So set the carriage as if for stocking stitch ( without the sinker plate of course ) and pass the carriage across the needles . |
| 13 | These brilliantly set the scene and reintroduce the Pevsner flavour . |
| 14 | John Locke perhaps set the classic pattern . |
| 15 | The seminar will not only set the tone for the CentCom meetings , but will also form part of a worldwide series of activities leading up to WACC 's Second World Communication Congress in 1995 , which will focus on the same theme . |
| 16 | The results would not only set the baseline against which the effectiveness of the LURG could be measured , but would also provide fuel for debate , identify educational needs and suggest areas for possible research or development . |
| 17 | Social context and social change : an analysis of the significant changes in social phenomena ( youth culture , media , education ) which together set the scene for the understanding of contemporary events . |
| 18 | Social context and social change : an analysis of the significant changes in social phenomena ( youth culture , media , education ) which together set the scene for the understanding of contemporary events . |
| 19 | I merely set a few wheels in motion . ’ |
| 20 | Everything else is without importance from the Creator 's point of view , and is only a play of permutations and combinations within a general program which is not a prophetic anticipation of the future but merely sets the limits of possibilities within which all power of decision has been left to chance . |
| 21 | The assembling of facts merely sets the stage for asking the question ‘ What shall I do ? ’ . |
| 22 | The research-oriented approach to teaching that I have been proposing here obviously sets a high premium on teacher preparation , and that in turn raises the issues of the education and training of teachers . |
| 23 | Quite clearly in the history of detective fiction its writers began to feel that the mere producing of one yet more ingenious murder was not enough , that perhaps setting a slightly less ingenious murder in some interesting area would give readers an extra reason for staying with the book . |
| 24 | only setting the eighth fastest time |
| 25 | And that plane went on to set a world air speed record of six hundred and six and a quarter miles per hour . |
| 26 | And that plane went on to set a world air speed record of six hundred and six and a quarter miles per hour . |
| 27 | What was the name of the plane that went on to set a world air speed record of six hundred and six and a quarter miles per hour . |
| 28 | In Act One he first of all introduces himself and his job and what this entails and then he goes on to set the scene by describing the general vicinity and its history . |
| 29 | The kettle boiled and I made the drinks and followed him through to set the mugs down on the low table near the fireplace . |
| 30 | However , in reaffirming it as an objective , Mr Kinnock was careful not to set a timescale for reducing unemployment to between 750,000 and one million , depending on circumstances . |