Example sentences of "[noun] to set [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is the angel Gabriel who comes to Charlemagne at the end of the poem , just as Gabriel and Michael — the fighting archangel , whose cult was flourishing anew in the tenth and eleventh centuries — come to Roland to carry his soul to heaven ; the poem is definitely Christian , and an attempt to set a religious seal on knightly glory ; but the knightly glory has in its turn captured the Church , and harnessed it , in the person of the archbishop of Rheims , to the holy war against the infidel . |
| 2 | IF there was one occasion that summed up sporting attitudes in l992 , it was Carl Lewis 's bizarre attempt to set an Olympic record for the greatest number of journalists asphyxiated at a single press conference . |
| 3 | Last year McCallen crashed out , leaving Robert to win , and Ian Newton to set a new lap record at 115.86 mph — but this time it should be a different story . |
| 4 | What Kinnock must say : Giles Radice on the Labour leader 's opportunity to set the political agenda |
| 5 | More usually , but no less spectacularly , the view is over the city and a visit to the roof offers a good opportunity to set the internal map and compass ready for walks of exploration . |
| 6 | The 1982 Local Government Finance Act abolished the right of authorities to set a supplementary rate and the 1984 Rates Act empowered the government to limit the spending and rates of centrally defined overspending authorities . |
| 7 | He had rung through to the Swan Hotel in Stratford to set a revised time of arrival at 6.15 p.m. ; but by the look of things it was going to be , in Wellington 's words , ‘ a damn close-run thing ’ . |
| 8 | Mother poured hair dye round the hoof ; even that did not act sufficiently as a lubricant to set the poor beast free . |
| 9 | If one of them is aware that she is providing an example for the others , she will have an additional incentive to set a high standard . |
| 10 | On 14 October Louis XV himself signed orders instructing Admiral Conflans to set the whole invasion scheme in motion by clearing the way across the Channel . |
| 11 | If that happened , the CAA would have the authority to set the maximum level of airport charges for each . ’ |
| 12 | The American had used Father to set the financial wheels turning for the takeover ; employed him , you might say ; and he 'd suggested the inside trade and how it might be made . ’ |
| 13 | Yet again he eked out his resources across the two laps to set a new best of 1min 48.4sec . |
| 14 | Some countries are keener on being cleaner than others and it has been left up to the badly affected states of Europe to set the best example . |
| 15 | 1983 ) , and legislation on ‘ rate-capping ’ was enacted in England in 1984 , enabling central government to set a maximum rate level for particular councils — just as later ( in 1988/9 ) the community charge ( popularly known as the poll tax ) and the uniform business rate were introduced there before the experiment was extended to England and Wales . |
| 16 | Masters champion Couples coasted to a 66 while Love , the US No 2 , chipped in with a 68 for the Americans to set the first round pace with a combined 10 under par total of 134 . |
| 17 | Since local councils borrowed to finance virtually all their capital expenditure , permission to borrow was used by central departments to set the total capital spending limits for local authorities , determine national service priorities for capital spending , and set common design standards and cost yardsticks which ensured a tight degree of economy in capital projects . |
| 18 | On May 29 the government announced that the Political Parties Law had been amended to allow the INEC to set a new limit for individual contributions . |
| 19 | ‘ There 's a speed limit in this city , sir , and as an officer of the law it 's my duty to set a good example . ’ |
| 20 | I desire you will send by y bearer 2 quarts of Sugar Hotspur peas to set the first crop , & half a peck of Windsor Beans , & pray bring y Hammer with you w . |
| 21 | But it will deal a blow to the agreement , which allows publishers to set a minimum price for most books . |
| 22 | The most obvious test of television 's ability to set the public agenda was provided by its massive shift of emphasis on to defence in the third week of the campaign . |
| 23 | For the first time since he became leader , he is in the position to set the political agenda . |
| 24 | This chapter briefly reviews these trends , both generally and specifically in mathematics , with particular reference to low attainers , in order to set the NFER project in the context of current developments . |
| 25 | This information is used by the switching angle selector to set the correct D1 as the excitation trigger . |
| 26 | Motion three three four also deals with the abolition of the Wages Council and the C E C would like you to ask you to support it , but with qualification , that a national minimum wage rather than a national Wages Council is likely to be the best way to set a minimum rate of pay . |
| 27 | Both fell to peeler crab on a 1/0 hook to 15 lb line to give Roy a unique double — before Christmas he took a 4 lb 7 oz flounder from the Exe to set a new best for his club 's inner area record . |
| 28 | Editor , — Is it not time for the BMJ to set the same standards for the drug advertisements it carries as it does for scientific papers ? |
| 29 | Under pressure from the American government , the three rival consortia developing four systems to set the technical standard for high-definition television provisionally agreed to combine those systems . |
| 30 | Those of you familiar with car radios where you press ‘ vol ’ ‘ treble ’ ‘ bass ’ ‘ bal ’ or ‘ fade ’ and then use a single infinitely rotating knob to set the required levels , will know exactly how to operate the JMP-1 . |