Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] set the " in BNC.

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1 Caccini also set the Euridice text at the same time and both works were published at once , though Caccini 's was not performed till 5 December 1602 .
2 If party rhetoric and television coverage ever set the public 's agenda , they should have done so on defence .
3 Lucy Lane always set the scene and he liked that .
4 THE QUEEN retained one of her favourite awards when Set The Fashion won the Brighton Mile Challenge Trophy yesterday .
5 Other forms of disruption attendant upon rapid social changes also set the conditions for working-class sexual attitudes .
6 But two things really set the TG100 apart .
7 John Locke perhaps set the classic pattern .
8 A UEFA tribunal yesterday set the fee for Michael Laudrup 's transfer from Juventus to Barcelona at £1.2m .
9 Tony Cascarino then set the tone for a livelier second half by heading a Clarke centre past Miklosko three minutes after the restart .
10 To show how policy can be effective in this model we first consider the case in which the authorities simply set the money supply to be constant , so that and are zero ( that is , expectations are always correct ) .
11 Uncle once set the leg of a bull in Sleetburn , which must have been a tricky job , and I well remember the occasion when one of our cows had a really bad calving and Uncle saw her through .
12 Poll tax payers in Hambleton will have to find at least an extra £25 after district councillors yesterday set the rate at £210 for the area 's 60,000 payers an increase of 13pc .
13 Margaret Thatcher also set the tone for the conference with a deliberately upbeat message .
14 Legacies of past hurts , neglected childhood needs , parental over indulgence and over-concern often set the stage for later stress because the individual is not prepared realistically for handling the events of life .
15 Since market forces now set the price of money , what counts increasingly is who can raise capital most cheaply , not who has the best access to bureaucrats .
16 The pilot therefore set the aircraft up for a diversion to the nearest suitable airfield — RAF Wittering — using residual engine power .
17 Tops soon set the convent of St. Francis on its ear .
18 Psychologists have observed that in a group composed of men and women , the men usually set the agenda , choose topics for discussion , and tend to answer most of the questions posed during the group discussions .
19 My hon. Friend the Member for Westminster , North characteristically set the record straight about manpower allocations in the police force and about the critical role of Her Majesty 's chief inspector of constabulary in objectively advising the Home Secretary on correct force levels and on the identification of posts suitable for civilianisation — for that releases policemen and women from desk jobs and puts them back on the beat , which is what the right hon. and learned Member for Warley , West wants .
20 The actors made the play very exciting and left everybody astounded and intrigued with the way they performed and to add to this the stage really set the scene with the back drops and props .
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