Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] set the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you set the right standards and she knows that she ca n't fool you , you 'll be all right . |
| 2 | It is generally agreed that Haydn was the father of the string quartet , and he set the highest standards : the quartets of Beethoven and Schubert could hardly have been written without his brilliant examples of how it should be done . |
| 3 | This may well be a socially beneficial outcome , but it sets the criminal law dangerously at large unless the exercise of the powers thereby conferred is the subject of careful scrutiny by the courts . |
| 4 | Then go upstairs , while I set the necessary wheels in motion , and wait for me . " |
| 5 | ‘ I think this will ‘ elp you , ’ the young library assistant declared , in heavily accented English , as she set the large atlas down on a nearby table . |
| 6 | Her movements as she set the inverted cups upright on their saucers and manipulated milk jug , teapot and hot water jug were precise and just a little fussy . |