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

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1 According to Computerworld , it has said that at the next APPN Implementors ' Workshop , set for this week , it will seek input from other vendors on how to set priorities for future enhancements , and it has set the price for reverse engineering the code at $25,000 , a lower figure than many had predicted .
2 ‘ Sonny has set the date for next year , ’ Bull O'Malley said .
3 Unfortunately , however , plastic recycling is little practised in this country although Tesco has set the ball rolling with a limited scheme .
4 More 's eloquence has set the tone for much historical writing on the subject , but while one should not deny that enclosures created a good deal of suffering , one should also remember that More was exaggerating his points for the sake of effect .
5 For the most part , Hollywood has set the agenda .
6 RUSSELL ATHLETIC HAS SET THE PACE IN CLASSIC AMERICAN SPORTSWEAR SINCE 1902 .
7 WALL Street moved further into record-breaking territory yesterday , continuing a recent run which has set the scene for sharp rallies in Tokyo and Hong Kong .
8 Together with designer Juliet Watkinson , however , he has set the comedy in what he says is a recognizably modern world , 1992 or ‘ it could be 1995 .
9 Where management has set the framework for efficient cleaning and supervision is adequate faults will rarely arise .
10 Each has set the archivist and potential historian technical , organizational , and intellectual problems of increasing complexity .
11 ‘ For the ‘ thick-ear ’ has set the standard ’ , said HD ; confronted with the screen , ‘ mind in some way neatly obliterates itself ’ , argued Kenneth Macpherson , and Walter Kron identified ‘ an absence of taste , conscience , courage and character ’ .
12 She said : ‘ It has set the standard throughout all the installations .
13 Samsung Electronics Co Ltd , Seoul , South Korea has bought Harris Corp 's Harris Microwave Semiconductor on undisclosed terms , saying it has set the stage to produce Gallium Arsenide chips to help strengthen its international competitiveness in telecommunications .
14 at this point here and going right down to the final A of ANNA and the way you can , you can , cos you 're gon na step in mid way now and you assume that the appropriate sociability has set the rapport has been built and you start the role play by saying thanks very much for that , I now wan na talk about whatever your product is , yeah , and then step into role play that way ?
15 League spokesman David Howes said : ‘ Our planning of a streamlined , higher profile tour certainly paid off and has set the pattern for future trips . ’
16 Peter Moores impresses more with bat and gloves every time I clap eyes on him ; Martin Speight is beginning to weld patience and big numbers to his undoubted ability and bottomless well of self-belief ; and if a fractured ankle has set the seal on Adrian Jones 's dispiriting season there has been consolation in the imposing shape of Ed Giddins .
17 It was uncovered by Dr Gordon Corbett , formerly of London 's Natural History Museum , and has set the world of entomology a-buzz .
18 God has set the seed of his Spirit in our hearts and intends to produce in us a crop of lovely qualities of character if we do not grieve the Spirit ( Eph. 4:30 ) by wilful disobedience or neglect .
19 has set the client server agenda for other vendors for four years , and with System Ten we hope to continue to do so .
20 Another thirty Health and Safety proposals are on the way such as that on working time in the news last week and another to restore the protection for young people at work which we 've lost over the last decade , and just as important the union has just n not just reacting to what 's coming out of Brussels , it 's actually helping set the agenda .
21 Craigbarnet had been supported , at considerable inconvenience , by the Montrose interest , mainly in order to please the head of the Stirling family , Stirling of Keir , who was a relative of the Duke of Montrose , but no sooner was Craigbarnet out of the running than another potentially explosive dispute arose which might well have set the Duke of Montrose at variance with Lord Elphinstone or another valuable ally , Dundas of Lethem .
22 But the best chances were at the other end , and John Durnin who 's enjoying a new lease of life on the south coast should have set the ball rolling before half-time .
23 Besides , he may have set the question like that with the object of seeing whether your mind is sufficiently adaptable to vary the order of what you have learnt .
24 so I should , er , that should have set the precedent , I get paid for it this year
25 They could have set the world alight .
26 Guillaume makes an impressive debut and with more interesting material , his scenes with Anne Brochet would have set the screen alight .
27 Having set the scene , it was about 2 years ago whilst I was being taken for a walk through the village by our springer dog , that I happened to meet up with the Church Warden who , after passing the time of day suddenly said ‘ Ah Bob , you do a bit of woodwork , do n't you ?
28 Having set the scene , we can now look at some of the trades and convergences themselves .
29 Having set the objective , the steps necessary to achieve it must be identified .
30 Having set the backlight , bring in the key light , so called because it provides the photographic modelling and sets the general level of exposure .
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