Example sentences of "set the [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | THE FUTURE of Antarctica turns on the outcome of an international conference which Michel Rocard , the French Prime Minister , opened yesterday with a speech that set the tone for what will be a fiercely political debate . |
| 3 | Margaret Thatcher also set the tone for the conference with a deliberately upbeat message . |
| 4 | Tony Cascarino then set the tone for a livelier second half by heading a Clarke centre past Miklosko three minutes after the restart . |
| 5 | For example , fears of escalation expressed by the police set the tone for the Star headline BABY-FACED SEX BEAST ‘ SET TO KILL' — ‘ Detectives believe the same man carried out two earlier attacks and is becoming increasingly violent . |
| 6 | Grand chandeliers and marble floors , gilt mirrors and woven wall-hangings greet you as you enter the airy Hotel Savoy and these set the tone for a traditional hotel of classic style . |
| 7 | Opening remarks are important since they set the tone for the rest of the sales interview . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | This biologic fact was intricately connected with other climatic and geophysical events that set the mould for future cycles of evolution and extinction . |
| 10 | However , it left unchanged at 9.75 per cent the more internationally sensitive Lombard rate , which set the ceiling for money market rates . |
| 11 | Indeed , to anticipate a little , in sixty-seven of the eighty-two cases which I observed and recorded the client announced his need and set the objective for the solicitor . |
| 12 | Other forms of disruption attendant upon rapid social changes also set the conditions for working-class sexual attitudes . |
| 13 | Set the alarm for half past six , gets another half hour in bed and he 's moaning about it . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | set the pace for Austria with the , track record run of fifty seven point seven four and the second bob is fifteenth see I mean they 're , they 're , they 're fifty seven , eight for nine against fifty seven , seven , four , so I mean they 're not half a second then , I mean they were , they were first in the two man and then they dropped six after one run so |
| 16 | The Congress subsequently agreed to grant Yeltsin emergency powers to deal with the crisis situation in the republic and set the date for the direct election of a President of Russia [ see pp. 38130-31 ] . |
| 17 | In a sense that mechanism is the cause of the industrial change : the shift to a new international division of labour occurs because of the international market and the multinational corporations , or because they set the framework for profit-oriented production and investment . |
| 18 | D J Mike Read and guest Cliff Richard will be on hand to capture the excitement of the first day and hopefully set the mood for a week of high quality tennis — and not a little fun ! |
| 19 | The allegedly second class Scots gave an undeniably first rate account of themselves in a first half in which the Germans set the mood for the evening with the quality of their possession play . |
| 20 | If you need to call upon her , then do it as you decorate , arrange the furniture and set the spaces for living . |
| 21 | Julia waited to give Raffaella the bad news until she had delivered her lesson , led a halting conversation in English about the future of Italy , handed out the previous week 's exercises that she had marked , and set the work for the next lesson . |
| 22 | This will clear up any mysteries from this morning 's lesson and set the scene for tonight 's exercise . |
| 23 | A resumé by Secretary General Ian Martin of the momentous world events that have occurred during the past five years set the work of AI in context and also set the scene for the working parties , which between them would report back to the plenary with recommendations that would change the AI mandate dramatically . |
| 24 | That eventuality would have been a worry for the UN had the Bosnian Serbs said Yes and thereby set the scene for the biggest UN peacekeeping operation ever . |
| 25 | Though the Khmers Rouges signed the agreement in Paris in 1991 that set the scene for the election campaign , they have not honoured their promise to stop fighting . |
| 26 | But they have done what no American administration has dared do in living memory — set the scene for a proper debate . |
| 27 | SET THE SCENE FOR SUMMER WITH A NEW , FRESH LOOK FOR YOUR GARDEN . |
| 28 | Day one — a trip to the top of the Grands Montets ( 3,300m ) — set the scene for the rest of the week . |
| 29 | Social context and social change : an analysis of the significant changes in social phenomena ( youth culture , media , education ) which together set the scene for the understanding of contemporary events . |
| 30 | Social context and social change : an analysis of the significant changes in social phenomena ( youth culture , media , education ) which together set the scene for the understanding of contemporary events . |