Example sentences of "set the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then go upstairs , while I set the necessary wheels in motion , and wait for me . " |
| 2 | Therefore , we have decided that it would not be appropriate to introduce separate charges for sewerage and the provisions in the Bill for water and sewerage charges in Scotland will essentially maintain the existing system whereby regional and island councils set the appropriate levels . |
| 3 | If you set the right standards and she knows that she ca n't fool you , you 'll be all right . |
| 4 | Against these dark greens set the brilliant stems of Cornus alba ‘ Sibirica ’ , the red-barked dogwood , or Rubus cockburnianus , the ornamental blackberry with its silver arching stems . |
| 5 | Set the bloody swords and sweating steed ; |
| 6 | And if he did make his bed and then come in extra early this morning , like as not he 'd have relocked the door and set the internal alarms . " |
| 7 | Regional winners from Solihull , Hoddesden , Telford , Westcliff , and two London clubs took off from Heathrow on a grey morning , courtesy of ELAL , to the sunshine of Israel 's southernmost resort and the Sport Hotel , where the organisers of the tournament , Clive Bertram and Ian Latham , duly set the competitive proceedings in motion . |
| 8 | In particular , co-operative R&D ventures set the potential gains from internalizing technological spillovers and positive pecuniary externalities against the potential costs of a reduction in competition . |
| 9 | Floodlighting reflected from the silvery burnt umber cladding of the walls as though ice-ghosts danced there , and set the green columns aglow . |