Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] set [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | but at the same time I would want to afford er , you as heads of departments er er everybody 's heads of department a little bit of leeway what i what if , what wa wa we have to be careful about this that we set a standard but allow a little leeway because all departments are slightly different and want to approach things |
| 2 | Although it set a standard , model housing of any description could only touch the fringes of the problem ; the vast majority of the poor continued to live in houses far from model . |
| 3 | What emerges from an examination of the FFYP is that it set a pattern for the Soviet economy that persists up to the present day . |
| 4 | As a result of Napoleon III 's grave error of judgement , the affair of the Holy places became so inflamed that it set the powers on a collision course which led to the Crimean War . |
| 5 | The Liberal Democrat leader , Mr Paddy Ashdown , called last week 's repatriation operation a ‘ three o ’ clock knock ’ , and warned that it set an ‘ appalling example ’ to China , which would be responsible for the safekeeping of British subjects in the colony from 1997 . |
| 6 | This tale is fiction , but it shows the kind of success story which a twelfth-century Englishman could expect his audience to swallow ; and it is probably significant that he set the story in Italy , the land of merchants and wealth . |
| 7 | In May last year he broke into the family 's him in Cheltenham , but he found nothing he wanted , so he set the house on fire . |
| 8 | Would the objections of those on my left this end of the table , if the panel were minded to have an E two policy , be overcome by , Development will only be permitted provided that , and they set a criteria ? |
| 9 | As the winner of both his races this season , Cruising Altitude was fully entitled to start favourite at the weights and he set a course record beating the time of Run For Free in the opener who had himself just broken the previous record . |
| 10 | He wanted me to do you and he set the scene . |
| 11 | And he set the plough , let go the handles and walked alongside the horses as they ploughed . |
| 12 | I just remember the time he came into erm and he had a fag and he set the alarm off . |
| 13 | and he set the alarm off |
| 14 | It is generally agreed that Haydn was the father of the string quartet , and he set the highest standards : the quartets of Beethoven and Schubert could hardly have been written without his brilliant examples of how it should be done . |
| 15 | It was not the sort of gag one would have expected from Lord King , and it set a certain tone … |
| 16 | It was one of those occasions that had everybody looking , both staff and the queue and it set a mood for the day — and , indeed , the week . |
| 17 | This building was the first great Byzantine church in Russia and it set the pattern for innumerable smaller churches . |
| 18 | They felt that if it set the wages of very poor people , the next thing it would do would be to start setting the wages of trade unionists . |
| 19 | But he set a date , put an Assistant Manager in charge and after a small conflab set the number at 50 . |
| 20 | For two hours he 'd have me swimming after a brush held in front of my nose , while he set the pace up and down the side of the baths . |
| 21 | And before she set the thought aside , she too responded in kind , and wondered , Was it him ? |
| 22 | I think Mr is that before we set the . |
| 23 | BUSINESSMAN David Clark made a bunch of builders buzz off yesterday — after he set a swarm of angry bees on them . |
| 24 | When she set the boxes in front of the teenagers , drawing out the bright shirts and linen trousers , the girls were the first to come forward . |
| 25 | However , Hamilton 's day ended on a high as she set a new Ulster Junior and Senior record in the 100m backstroke and lifted the O'Neill Tray . |
| 26 | Chen exchanged a brief look with Wang Ti as she set the bowls down on the table , then nodded . |
| 27 | He glanced at her as she set the tray down on the table between them , then frowned , seeing how Karr was staring at her . |
| 28 | As she set the pot on the table , her father came into the kitchen , his beard dark with melting snow . |
| 29 | Her movements as she set the inverted cups upright on their saucers and manipulated milk jug , teapot and hot water jug were precise and just a little fussy . |
| 30 | She glared at him as she set the glass down with a clatter . |