Example sentences of "would set the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd set the staff straight if there was any nonsense … |
| 2 | It dwarfed , for instance , the monument on the river bank to the Renaissance explorers and circumnavigators who 'd set the tiny country on the path to greatness . |
| 3 | ‘ In the false name of justice and equality , the Labour faction would set the classes against each other and overturn the immemorial dispensation of ‘ a place for every man and every man in his place ’ . |
| 4 | He said their proposed tax-raising parliament in Scotland would set the country on the road to bitterness , conflict and separation . |
| 5 | His old classmate , Gil Kenny , who later became a local police chief , said no one thought Jack would set the world alight . |
| 6 | This would set the scene for a super power scramble for the Middle East 's oil resources , the Soviet Union being driven to desperate measures by its lack of hard currency . |
| 7 | There was no doubt that if it did spread to the nearest stack it would set the whole hayfield alight in a very short time . |
| 8 | Then you strode in , as the new maths teacher , and you would set the problems on the board and stride around the class getting us all to co-operate in sharing the problems . |
| 9 | He would set the television programmers ' schedule on its head ! |
| 10 | They would set the treatment of children in trouble in Scotland apart from the rest of the United Kingdom . |
| 11 | A Lending and Security Act would set the framework of law regarding security in personal property , whether consumer or commercial transactions were involved ; in particular , it would cover what lenders could do to recover their money if borrowers defaulted , and how their security interest in any goods involved would be recorded and safeguarded . |
| 12 | ‘ It would set the standards . ’ |
| 13 | The Antwerp School from 1550–1650 ’ , while the Director of the Rubenianum , Hans Vlieghe , worked with Dr Mai to secure loans that would set the Antwerp painters in a wider European context . |
| 14 | Such a change would set the final seal on what is perhaps the most radical transformation Japan has gone through in the last few decades : the disappearance of the farming community as a fundamental axis of politics , the economy and society and the emergence of Japan as a fully-fledged urban , industrial society . |
| 15 | Hence , such a step would set the pattern for at least a generation to come . |
| 16 | This infrastructural integration would , he hoped , stimulate a comparable integration of curriculum areas utilising the combined facilities , for which the developing IS and PSD courses would set the scene . |
| 17 | This would be the first party since the Christmas and New Year round of celebrations , and it would set the tome and standard for the rest of the year . |
| 18 | In 1976 the government argued that , although it would set the ‘ broad lines of transport policies ’ , local communities would make their own decisions within the context of the national policy . |
| 19 | ‘ We hope it will be the highlight of 1993 — a favourable outcome would set the seal on a tremendous amount of very hard work by the technical groups and the rest of the LNS team . ’ |
| 20 | She would set the table with the best glass and cutlery she could lay her hands on , and her meals always had something a little different about them . |
| 21 | A recent regional survey by the accountants KPMG Peat Marwick McLintock concluded that small and medium-sized firms , which have been encouraged by the Government , would set the pace , blazing a trail for others to follow . |
| 22 | It is not surprising , therefore , that not only did he consider that he alone would set the pace , but also that the pace he chose to set was that of a dilatory gastropod . |
| 23 | St. P. J. Eymard , founder of the Blessed Sacrament Congregation , regarded the Eucharist as the fire which would set the whole world alight . |
| 24 | If I continue then with some introductory remarks erm on policy H one a and one A , perhaps that would set the scene er for the discussion , then Mr will very briefly erm look at the differences as he sees them between the two sets erm of projections . |
| 25 | The three of them , with four detective constables , would set the ball rolling . |
| 26 | well I , I wanted therefore to put take project into the national press and to promote the product , given that that was the larger product in the market place and therefore if you want that would set the standards for the rest of the market place , that 's what I , I felt we needed to do that with the increasing number of competitors moving into market place |
| 27 | Victory tomorrow night would set the ace jumper up nicely for its main objective next month 's Daily Mirror/Sporting Life Grand National at Hall Green . |