Example sentences of "and set [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The parliament met in Luxembourg to establish a European pressure group for the rights of pensioners and to set a common standard pensioners could use to lobby their own governments . |
| 2 | It is the task in front of humanity to arrive at a definition for all controversial acts and to set a value on them ; acts decided as ‘ good ’ contributing to the Godhead , acts decided as ‘ evil ’ detracting there from , and acts of an innocuous nature as ‘ neutral ’ — , and having no effect . |
| 3 | What Miandad 's 59 did yesterday was to frustrate England 's struggling bowlers and to set a platform from which Pakistan can give themselves a match-winning lead today . |
| 4 | In its place the aim was to build up communities on the periphery equipped with all the necessary facilities , including local employment and to set a firm limit to the size of these communities . |
| 5 | ‘ The rights issue will substantially increase our ability to fund recovery and to set the Group on course for long-term growth . |
| 6 | The tears are thought to be caused by her pain as she looks at the sins of the world , and are meant to inspire the watchers to repent and to set an example to others . |
| 7 | Erm we 'll have to consider our own lifestyles , and erm try and set a good example . |
| 8 | For Locke , God made all men free and equal and set no one in power over them ; similarly he gave to all men the earth and its fruits by which to support their life . |
| 9 | The choreographer 's next task is to establish the relationship between two or more players and set the action going . |
| 10 | It must be Mr Kinnock 's task this week to capture this new agenda for Labour and set the party on the path to power . |
| 11 | But Jones is a snappy player in every sense , and set the tone for an afternoon of petulant silliness with a Gatting-like finger-wagging retort to one of Keith Griffiths 's decisions . |
| 12 | He was ahead of his time and set the pattern for the post-war development of soccer as a ‘ media event ’ . |
| 13 | This will clear up any mysteries from this morning 's lesson and set the scene for tonight 's exercise . |
| 14 | The free play of air around him defined and set the limits of his body in a way that he had completely forgotten . |
| 15 | Those who did so were ‘ trying to demoralise Communists , reduce their effectiveness at a turning-point for perestroika , and set the workers against the party ’ . |
| 16 | The discovery of Fawn turned the story from an impenetrable imbroglio into a juicy tale , and set the appetite for whatever show , or film , could be made of it . |
| 17 | He made the line fast to the Zodiac 's bow cleat and set the drag brake on the reel at two hundred kilos . |
| 18 | He covered her with a blanket and set the alarm clock to ring in an hour , wrapping it in a towel . |
| 19 | Piatakov , a Ukrainian , now argued that , following Lenin 's April theses , prepared on his return to Russia , which rejected the existing party policy of supporting the provisional government and set the Party on the road to the seizure of power , socialism was on the immediate agenda , not the establishment of a bourgeois republic . |
| 20 | ‘ Besides , he 's wanting to take an army to England , to overthrow Henry Tudor and set the Duke of York on his rightful throne . |
| 21 | He took a sip of tea and set the cup aside . |
| 22 | He drank the last of his tea and set the cup and saucer down carefully on the side table . |
| 23 | He reduced this to a quarter and set the glass down on the wooden table with a clatter . |
| 24 | He finished off his drink and set the empty glass down on the table with exaggerated care . |
| 25 | The cloud rolled effortlessly and relentlessly down the slopes of the volcano , spreading out into a broad fan which rapidly engulfed St Pierre , and in the next two or three minutes killed all but two of the population , and set the town ablaze from end to end . |
| 26 | I dragged myself out of bed and set the machine up on the kitchen table . |
| 27 | A ntecedent events are those events that precede , lead up to and set the stage for the disobedient |
| 28 | When Scotland played Wales at Liverpool in the dramatic World Cup qualifier , he miraculously pushed a John Toshack lob onto the bar , a save that turned the game in Scotland 's favour , and set the seal on Scotland 's trip to Argentina . |
| 29 | He rewound the handle and set the machine playing . |
| 30 | Unperturbed , Albert Booth ( Labour 's transport spokesman ) raised steam and set the parliamentary engine moving in the great Westminster marshalling yard . |