Example sentences of "[noun pl] set [art] pace " in BNC.

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1 His boyhood feats set the pace for a long and successful career as an international grandmaster , but , though he scored some spectacular defeats , Reshevsky never became a close challenger for the world championship .
2 KENNY Dalglish yesterday brushed aside talk about the prospect of unbeaten Blackburn Rovers setting the pace in the Premier League .
3 On the basis of US experience , Edwards ( 1979 ) identified a progression of employer strategies from ‘ simple ’ ( direct ) control in small firms , whereby arbitrary power to issue instructions and discipline employees is accorded to foremen and supervisors , 8 through ‘ technical ’ control in which machines set the pace of work , especially in mass-production industries , to a ‘ bureaucratic ’ stage where work becomes highly stratified and employers develop a system of impersonal rules to control workers .
4 Holders set the pace
5 For the first time , the students whose sights were set on a CNAA validated degree were sufficient in numbers to set the pace and the mood .
6 This should result in fundholders setting the pace and others benefiting .
7 The two sides are among a group of clubs setting the pace in the Bord Gais National League with four points apiece .
8 British dealers bite the Big Apple : American collectors set the pace and the prices .
9 Striders setting the pace
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