Example sentences of "[noun] set [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Weald set a formidable target of 239 for 2 in a match restricted to 40 overs . |
| 2 | The guitar 's overall finish is faultless : the vintage turquoise body and clear lacquered neck set a standard that many manufacturers would love to emulate . |
| 3 | A sharp gust of wind set the whole tree in motion and he dung on desperately like a sailor in the rigging , remembering Dalziel 's jocular injunction to ‘ watch himself ’ . |
| 4 | Australian Peter O'Marley set the early pace with a 4 under par 638 . |
| 5 | Andy Roberts set the Caribbean fast bowling conveyor belt in motion . |
| 6 | Although speakers mentioned the ‘ enormous potential ’ to boost the economy , only British Telecom set an operational target : investment of up to £20billion over 10 years . |
| 7 | Zambia 's first development plan set the ambitious goal of providing primary school places for all children by 1970 . |
| 8 | This reported in 1960 ( the Herbert Report ) , and in 1963 the London Government Act set a broad boundary to the London area and gave shared responsibility for its local services to the Greater London Council ( GLC ) , and to thirty-two London boroughs and the City of London . |
| 9 | The EC Drinking Water Directive set a Maximum Admissible Concentration ( MAC ) of 50 ug/litre of lead in tapwater . |
| 10 | Cordoba had clearly cried enough a good two furlongs from the finish as first Batzushka and then Balla Cove set a furious pace which resulted in a time that equalled the course record by a two-year-old over six furlongs . |
| 11 | Theories of normative income redistribution set a desirable standard or target , whereas the more positive theories are an attempt to predict something about the nature of redistribution in the empirical world which may or may not be consistent with one or more or any of the views of desirability . |
| 12 | of yellow mustard set the grey skies flying . |
| 13 | The first process set a general objective which was valid whether or not it could be attained under existing circumstances . |
| 14 | The failure of this initiative set the firm back somewhat and it may find it difficult to recover . |
| 15 | They rose 10 per cent on 2 August , and also moved up when the UN imposed sanctions , when Iraq refused the UN 's call for withdrawal and when the UN set the 15 january deadline . |
| 16 | Experience of cooperation during the war set the final seal . |
| 17 | BANBRIDGE youngster Peter Mulligan set a possible British record when he won the junior gents barebow category in yesterday 's NI Indoor Target Championships at Craigavon Leisure Centre . |
| 18 | Adam set the twelve sherry glasses that were cut in a greek key pattern round their rims in the middle of the moonlight and said he would put them in a box tomorrow and try to sell them in Sudbury to the man who had the antique shop in Gainsborough Street that they had passed . |
| 19 | The reigning world Formula One champion set a scorching 102.095 miles an hour around the streets of the Queensland holiday resort , clipping about two-tenths of a second off the previous record . |
| 20 | SCOT Stephen Hendry set a new tournament record break of 144 in the £180,000 Nescafe Asian Open in Bangkok last night . |
| 21 | His time in the 25m freestyle set a national record . |
| 22 | Bottom-placed Dundee HSFP set a few hearts pounding with that fine win over Kelso , and another against Gala at Mayfield would really upset the relegation apple-cart . |
| 23 | Mr F R Lees set a political record in 1860 . |
| 24 | Dallas set a glossy , high-powered , ruthless , kill-your-own-mother precedent with its fake grins , fake shoulders and fake breakfast camaraderie ; a great , towering monolith of Hollywood buttocks , all expense spent . |
| 25 | Our next visit the following week set an ideal pattern . |
| 26 | Many of the papers in this volume set the human agent within a cosmology , a total moral universe of meaning . |
| 27 | John Osborne 's Look Back in Anger set a new style for the London theatre , and introduced a new harshness into the contemporary idiom : ‘ There are n't any good , brave causes left . ’ |
| 28 | Crossing the Judith Mountains , Poker Joe set a hard pace , and the elderly and wounded silently drifted behind their people . |
| 29 | His partnership of 322 with captain Javed Miandad set a new Pakistan record against England for the fourth wicket . |
| 30 | The sky was beginning to lighten to the east , streaks of day , as bright as magnesium flares , at the meeting point of sea and air set a fresh breeze stirring and whipped up a rhythm on the water 's surface . |