Example sentences of "[modal v] set the [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Reception areas , which should set the tone for the entire hotel , so often let it down . |
| 2 | This same feeling should be carried into the first welcome meeting which should set the tone in the way that gospel singer George Beverly Shea did for Billy Graham . |
| 3 | The chronicler Hall emphasised the consternation produced by the government 's success in establishing a basis for swingeing taxation , and although wealth can seldom or never have been overstated for fiscal purposes , the Rutland muster book could perhaps be the exception that bears out his claim that ‘ some avaunced them selfes more than they were worth of pride , not remembryng [ realising/ suspecting ] what was coming ’ , naively succumbing to the blandishments of the commissioners , who ‘ did what they could to set the people to the vttermoste ’ . |
| 4 | There 's the lack of national political debate which raise the tough , awkward questions that will act as restraints upon those controlling the conflict , and could set the tone for the longer- run peace . |
| 5 | Sadly the many myths about this stage of development could set the stage for the very events you wish to prevent . |
| 6 | The £5.1 million Gateway project being built for the Peabody Trust could set the pattern for the future . |
| 7 | Having established the point that it is the patient who ultimately may set the limits to the doctor 's intervention , it is now necessary to consider the duties which arise in the usual circumstances in which treatment is consented to . |
| 8 | He said their proposed tax-raising parliament in Scotland would set the country on the road to bitterness , conflict and separation . |
| 9 | Then you strode in , as the new maths teacher , and you would set the problems on the board and stride around the class getting us all to co-operate in sharing the problems . |
| 10 | She would set the table with the best glass and cutlery she could lay her hands on , and her meals always had something a little different about them . |
| 11 | well I , I wanted therefore to put take project into the national press and to promote the product , given that that was the larger product in the market place and therefore if you want that would set the standards for the rest of the market place , that 's what I , I felt we needed to do that with the increasing number of competitors moving into market place |
| 12 | This means accepting that the Westminster majority — the Tories — will set the agenda for the next four to five years ; and that Labour 's role is simply to legitimise the Tory programme by playing our part as Her Majesty 's official and loyal opposition . |
| 13 | Besides two short piano pieces from Sanctus , Words For The Dying also includes the luminous The Soul of Carmen Miranda , one of three spontaneous and highly promising recordings with Eno that will set the tone for the next album , ‘ a rock'n'roll record I can be happy with because the percussion wo n't hit me over the head . ’ |
| 14 | This work will set the tone for the new structure , and I hope can be completed well within two months . |
| 15 | The comments come just ahead of two key decisions by Scottish Office ministers which will set the tone for the new curriculum and could damage the wide agreement over its introduction . |
| 16 | They will be accompanied by the Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra and hundreds of dancers in a spectacle which will set the scene for the greatest soccer occasion in the history of the United States . |
| 17 | You will set the ownership of the directory later ( Section 1.2.1 ) . |
| 18 | A series of positive reports regarding homework tasks can set the tone of the group to follow . |
| 19 | With exposure lock , you can set the exposure for the full lighting , and this setting is then unaffected both when the lamps are switched off and also when the tree-lights are switched on , thus giving the lit tree its full dramatic impact . |
| 20 | They control initially and you know being feeling that you 're part of it you 're in charge of it can set the scene for the whole conversation . |
| 21 | Here you can set the speed of the transition effect and the length of time each graph is shown on screen . |
| 22 | A large variety of unpleasant events ( what psychologists call ‘ aversive stimuli ’ ) can set the stage for the development of conflict and a chain reaction of quarrelsome behaviours — for example , bullying and teasing of a painful , threatening or humiliating nature ; depriving the weaker child of his or her property , rights and opportunities . |