Example sentences of "[noun] [noun] set the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any movements of base level set the sea to work at a different level and the processes of subaerial erosion to grade to the new level . |
| 2 | Andy Roberts set the Caribbean fast bowling conveyor belt in motion . |
| 3 | Skippers Bistro in Dock Place set the example , but several others followed , on both sides of the mouth of the Water of Leith . |
| 4 | The resulting Readership Report set the guidelines for making reading a less esoteric activity and for actively canvassing the pleasure of good books in the face of hyped and ephemeral competition . |
| 5 | In Booker 's eyes Profumo set the seal on the long process of British moral decline , the essence of which was a ‘ lack of respect for authority ’ in all its guises — the Establishment , the monarchy , political leaders , the Church and so on . |
| 6 | Our food safety course set the standard for the industry and the Department of employment gave Sainsbury 's a National Training Award . |
| 7 | While working in films Mary set the pattern of work for the next fifty years . |
| 8 | Martin Crowe set the South African bowlers back on their heels by ignoring his safety-first opener John Wright and sending the pugnacious left-hander Mark Greatbatch in first with Latham . |
| 9 | The opening sentence set the report 's tone . |
| 10 | The producers cartel set the quotas in an attempt to prevent over-supply of the fuel causing a price slump when demand falls with the onset of warmer weather . |
| 11 | Zambia 's first development plan set the ambitious goal of providing primary school places for all children by 1970 . |
| 12 | Amongst many other ways in which Joseph Bédier set the pattern for subsequent scholarly study of the French fabliaux in his book of 1893 , he elevated the question of the social origins of this literary form . |
| 13 | Nael Mahfouz set the girls impossible tasks , then inflicted the kinky blows when they failed . |
| 14 | Ali MacGraw set the ball rolling with Love Story ; Shirley MacLaine examined sex after 40 and death at any age in Terms of Endearment ; Bette Midler proved you could hate and loathe your best friend in Beaches ; and Juliet Stevenson screamed the fury of love lost — and the disappointment of love regained — in Truly , Madly , Deeply . |
| 15 | In a television broadcast on April 3 President Chadli Bendjedid set the date of June 27 for Algeria 's first multiparty general election . |
| 16 | In the 250 race Gary Jess set the pace for eight of the 12 laps , before front fork failure forced him to slow down . |
| 17 | Campbell cracked his first ever senior hat-trick after England ace Wright set the ball rolling with his 62nd strike in just 87 games for the Gunners . |
| 18 | Then came the comeback … more a miracle as Town cracked … five goals in thirty minutes … top scorer Craig Maskell set the ball rolling … his first of the year … his twentieth of the season … |
| 19 | KEVIN Keegan set the seal yesterday on Liam O'Brien 's sizzling start to the season at Newcastle . |
| 20 | Beth Shepherd set the two bags down on the kitchen table then went to the garden door and undid the top catch . |
| 21 | Australian Peter O'Marley set the early pace with a 4 under par 638 . |
| 22 | 3–0 to West Indies set the tour back on its path towards normality after the Test aberrations in Jamaica and Trinidad . |
| 23 | The working paper set the goal of an eight-fold increase in national income by 2020 , relying on further privatization and deregulation and on more training . |
| 24 | Riding the PJ O'Kane Yamaha , which he will ride at next month 's TT races in the Isle of Man , Robert averaged 114.84mph , while second placed man McCallen set the fastest lap at 115.44mph . |
| 25 | A horse called Metronome and a rider called Pippa Nolan set the pace over the cross country course at Blenheim on Saturday … second after the dressage they pushed into the lead … a re-run of last year when Pippa went and lost it on the showjumping … this year the field was even tougher |
| 26 | Bradley Allen set the tone in the first minute when he hit the post after Spurs goalkeeper Ian Walker had flapped at Wilson 's cross . |
| 27 | That first appearance in 1949 for a Christmas show at Buckingham Palace set the seal on a special friendship between the King of Camp and the Royal Family . |
| 28 | Goals in the first five minutes by Dennis Greene and Keith Scott set the Buckinghamshire side on the path to victory , but they had to wait until the 68th minute before Simon Stapleton settled the issue . |
| 29 | Li Yuan set the bowl aside and stood , looking down at her . |
| 30 | Just as the First World War set the stage for the development of International Relations as a separate discipline , so now the subject is studied in a way which reflects an implicit view of what are the most important events and trends . |