Example sentences of "set [art] [noun] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Grand chandeliers and marble floors , gilt mirrors and woven wall-hangings greet you as you enter the airy Hotel Savoy and these set the tone for a traditional hotel of classic style . |
| 2 | His boyhood feats set the pace for a long and successful career as an international grandmaster , but , though he scored some spectacular defeats , Reshevsky never became a close challenger for the world championship . |
| 3 | The Congress subsequently agreed to grant Yeltsin emergency powers to deal with the crisis situation in the republic and set the date for the direct election of a President of Russia [ see pp. 38130-31 ] . |
| 4 | But they have done what no American administration has dared do in living memory — set the scene for a proper debate . |
| 5 | A resumé by Secretary General Ian Martin of the momentous world events that have occurred during the past five years set the work of AI in context and also set the scene for the working parties , which between them would report back to the plenary with recommendations that would change the AI mandate dramatically . |
| 6 | At an earlier meeting , in Turnberry ( Scotland ) on June 7-8 , the North Atlantic Council ( of NATO Foreign Ministers ) had announced outline proposals for improving co-operation with the Warsaw Pact and set the agenda for the forthcoming summit . |
| 7 | To make matters worse , Olga was also the secretary of the Noble Order of Lady Queen Bees — a pack of overdressed snobs , groaned Mrs Frizzell , whose members set the standard for every social event in the city . |
| 8 | FORMER Philippines ' first lady Imelda Marcos plans a week of high-profile activities to generate publicity and set the stage for a possible bid for the presidency after nearly six years in exile . |
| 9 | But that simply set the stage for a final , beautiful flourish from Robins . |
| 10 | Then came the two incidents that were to echo down the long ages of Elf history and set the stage for the great dramas that were to follow . |
| 11 | A ntecedent events are those events that precede , lead up to and set the stage for the disobedient |
| 12 | He was ahead of his time and set the pattern for the post-war development of soccer as a ‘ media event ’ . |
| 13 | For it is the kind of work that these individuals carried on with the knowledge that they were seeking to improve life on earth , that set the example for the vast mass of the human race to follow and thereby perpetuate , albeit largely unknowingly , the strengthening and augmentation of the Created God . |
| 14 | In East Berlin , the well-known opposition figure , Pastor Rainer Eppelmann , said the talks set an example for the whole country , and called for a two-week period of calm on the streets . |