Example sentences of "[verb] set [noun] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oxford English provides all the materials needed to set children on the right track . |
| 2 | US President George Bush on July 31 , 1989 , vetoed a bill passed by Congress which would have set restrictions on the joint development of the FSX fighter , Japan 's next generation of attack aircraft [ see p. 36619 ; 36651 ] , on the grounds that joint development would have enabled the Japanese to overtake US technological superiority in aerospace and would have provided the means whereby Japan could develop its own commercial aircraft . |
| 3 | Character dance like demi-caractère dance had its beginnings in La Fille Mal Gardée when farmers and peasants were first allowed to set foot on the Royal and Imperial stages , which had hitherto been the home of gods and goddesses or noble and well-born heroes and heroines . |
| 4 | It 's a pretty sight alright , even if sparks do set fire to the dry grass on either side of the track , enraging landowners . |
| 5 | Because of the ancient feud with the Dwarfs , it had been a long time since any High Elf had set foot on the Old World . |
| 6 | Just hours earlier she had set eyes on the pretty two-year-old and sister Anna-Camilla , seven , for the first time . |
| 7 | And then I have to set fire to the bottom bit . |