Example sentences of "[to-vb] set the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And to try to set the blame on Hector ! ’ |
| 2 | It makes no sense , for example , to try to set the file pointer with PTR# . |
| 3 | Petrol bombs were used to try to set the place alight . |
| 4 | It is important to remember to set the pattern height by marking the columns at the left and right of the sheet , one square above the last row of the actual pattern drawing . |
| 5 | Stork until recently has personally maintained his hold on the majority of the equity in order , he says , to help set the direction of the firm . |
| 6 | He promptly referred the caller to Southampton based Royal Scottish Consultant John Buckland who called in Danny to help set the wheels in motion . |
| 7 | The report is also intended to help set the agenda for discussions at UNCED in June . |
| 8 | They felt that if it set the wages of very poor people , the next thing it would do would be to start setting the wages of trade unionists . |
| 9 | And when we went to bed early we used to we One used to have to fill the kettle , and then the other one used to have to set the table for next morning for next morning . |
| 10 | The quivering net of light from the river seemed now to have set the whole room trembling . |
| 11 | The Government — Mr John Patten — having learnt through the courts that teachers have the right to refuse to set the prescribed tests , now threatens to cut the headteacher 's salary and to take legal action against the governors of schools where the tests are not set . |