Example sentences of "set the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have set the tone for the future , and that is to be greatly welcomed . |
| 2 | More 's eloquence has set the tone for much historical writing on the subject , but while one should not deny that enclosures created a good deal of suffering , one should also remember that More was exaggerating his points for the sake of effect . |
| 3 | Against such examples of blatant petty mindedness must be set the tone of sympathetic understanding adopted by Lord Gorell and those closest to him in the RCM. the letter he sent out to regional chairmen and secretaries in December 1942 , is a fair indication of his philosophy : |
| 4 | According to Computerworld , it has said that at the next APPN Implementors ' Workshop , set for this week , it will seek input from other vendors on how to set priorities for future enhancements , and it has set the price for reverse engineering the code at $25,000 , a lower figure than many had predicted . |
| 5 | ‘ Sonny has set the date for next year , ’ Bull O'Malley said . |
| 6 | After the Secretary of State , having received judicial advice , had set the date for the first review of Mr. Pegg 's sentence in August 1993 , and thus set his tariff , in January 1989 Mr. Pegg submitted a petition to the Secretary of State . |
| 7 | Against these points must be set the fatalism with which Law watched his country drift into civil war ; the patriotic party became begetters of rebellion , the party of order suborned crime and mutiny , and the leader of the opposition in parliament approved and supported the destruction of both the practice and the authority of parliament . |
| 8 | Overall , the effect of the suspension of indexation will raise an additional £730 million in 1993/4 , although against this must be set the cost of the extension of the 20p band which will cost £370 million , leaving the Treasury £360 million better off in the coming year . |
| 9 | I 'll never forget how th'near slaughtered that feller — or the five golden guineas th'won for me off that dozy dago as set the Creole on thee . |
| 10 | An area of concern was identified and a project team was set the objective of finding a solution . |
| 11 | Against these objections must be set the advantages of the rating system : payment is difficult to avoid , income is predictable , and collection is cheap and easy . |
| 12 | ( The East Germans had set the mark at 2.34 to the rouble , instead of 1.70 , for all COMECON trade , while the Czechoslovak move took the crown 's rate from 13 to 20 to the rouble for trade with East Germany . ) |
| 13 | He had also set the cat among the pigeons on the environmental issue . |
| 14 | We have set the platform for things to move ahead . |
| 15 | HAVING SET the standard with the Donald Byrd , ‘ Blue Break Beats ’ and ‘ Blues ‘ N ’ Soul ’ compilations , Blue Note continues the modern(ist) repackaging drive : Art Blakey , Jimmy Smith and more Byrd gems hit CD . |
| 16 | Thus was set the standard for my spell in the Production Department … |
| 17 | She said : ‘ It has set the standard throughout all the installations . |
| 18 | Having set the Duchy on the road to providing an income for the Prince of Wales , the next task had been to find him a house and , of all those short-listed in the summer of 1980 , Charles chose Highgrove . |
| 19 | ‘ Do n't you dare ! ’ he warned , once they had set the plates onto the draining-board . |
| 20 | Besides , he may have set the question like that with the object of seeing whether your mind is sufficiently adaptable to vary the order of what you have learnt . |
| 21 | he had studied hysteria , and his views on sexuality have set the agenda for much of our century . |
| 22 | While one can not assert unequivocally that determination will win , in the balance of life you can alter direction more easily on the move than you can if you are static , and if you have set the direction in this way it will almost alter itself . |
| 23 | WALL Street moved further into record-breaking territory yesterday , continuing a recent run which has set the scene for sharp rallies in Tokyo and Hong Kong . |
| 24 | But three key findings have set the scene for subsequent debate on the system . |
| 25 | Prisons had now reached a turning point and the Woolf Report into the Strangeways riots had set the scene for dramatic reform , Mr Clarke said . |
| 26 | So you that one second time instructions from that point unlikely very very unlikely so you 've set the scene with a good strong step one , so looking at each indiv individual part of the open , which parts do you think you could leave out ? |
| 27 | Together with designer Juliet Watkinson , however , he has set the comedy in what he says is a recognizably modern world , 1992 or ‘ it could be 1995 . |
| 28 | We 've lightly set the fool with gelatine so that it 's not too runny . |
| 29 | Against this must be set the benefit of working with a consistent software interface , having better compatibility of data between programs and a simpler user interface . |
| 30 | For some two decades , from the solemnity of 2001 : A Space Odyssey to the broad spoof of Spaceballs ( 1987 ) and the engagingly camp whimsy of Earth Girls Are Easy ( 1988 ) , space movies have set the pace for the development of special effects . |