Example sentences of "to set [art] [noun] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The input is adjusted to set the output some standard level ( such as the rated output power ) . |
| 2 | The US Federal Communications Commission is urging the four rival teams bidding digital systems to set the US high definition television standard to merge their rival systems into a grand alliance : the remaining contenders are AT&T Co with Zenith Electronics Corp , General Electric Co Inc 's National Broadcasting Corp unit with Philips Electronics NV , Thomson SA and the David Sarnoff Research Center , and two alternate bids led by General Instrument Corp and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ; if the rival contenders fail to strike an alliance , final testing on the four improved systems will begin in April and conclude in late summer . |
| 3 | It is very common to find that the combination of the adverbal adjective and its preceding verb can be matched by a single verb , without any change at all in the overall syntactic pattern or in the meaning : 14 ( a ) you should make the string longer you should lengthen the string ( b ) his sister wanted to set the owl free his sister wanted to release the owl or his sister wanted to free the owl ( c ) Liz had knocked her fiancè unconscious Liz had stunned her fiancè ( The same remark can be made of what are plainly close relatives of this construction , namely separable verbs where the second part is an adverb , or " particle " , as with put up ( = accommodate ) , or pull off ( = achieve . ) |
| 4 | Branagh 's version retains a Chorus — Derek Jacobi in voice-over or in twentieth-century mufti ( greatcoat and scarf ) , sometimes even sharing the frame with the action — though arguably the camera can be trusted to set the scene unaided . |
| 5 | Use the transition effect menu to set the way each graph will replace the previous one during the screen show or presentation . |
| 6 | Ah well you see that 's what I 'm talking about as well , Napier are saying if your guys want to set the exams fine but we did in fact in the last exam paper find a fundamental flaw . |
| 7 | If Australians , therefore , feel it is time to cut free from Britain constitutionally it is probably not before time — and who better to set the ball rolling than the man who provoked a diplomatic incident by daring to put his arm round the Queen during her visit last year ? |
| 8 | The April 1991 Madrid agreement on a 50-year Antarctic mining ban [ see p. 38171 ] , tentatively scheduled for formal agreement in June , was jeopardized when the US government , although supportive of the moratorium , proved unwilling to sign the agreement ( a protocol to the Antarctic Treaty ) without acceptable procedures to set the rules applicable after the end of the 50-year period . |
| 9 | But to travel is to set the mind free . |
| 10 | America might be a superpower , as the Iranians kept saying , but Iran — as Hakim put it — was a ‘ super religious power ’ , one that might easily find the pretext of some religious occasion to persuade Hizbollah to set the captives free . |
| 11 | Thirdly the cry to the Father was to set the captives free from the Devil , who ensnares and traps what goodness is left in human beings . |
| 12 | The handling can best be described as ‘ good ’ ; with such a marked dihedral , lifting airfoil section and restricted elevator movement , you ai n't going to set the place alight . |
| 13 | We do n't want to set the place alight . ’ |
| 14 | Petrol bombs were used to try to set the place alight . |
| 15 | The apostles had hoped that Jesus would have been the one to set the people free . |
| 16 | SmartStart can also be used to set the AcerPac 450 's alarm clock to tell the system when to wake up , and can date and time in-coming messages as well as play them back and erase them . |
| 17 | ‘ Mr. Olinton said it would be sure to set the hayfield alight , Heather , ’ said Shirley , panting up . |
| 18 | In Britain , the equivalent is Prestel which , though stocked with stacks of useful information ( though no Madame Whiplashes ) , has failed to set the world alight . |
| 19 | But , because an album released in CD-I format is n't likely to set the charts alight right now , a standard CD version of the album will also be made available — when Rundgren eventually gets to signing on the dotted , that is . |
| 20 | In a report to the committee , David Chynoweth , finance director , called on the council not to set a budget any higher than its capping limit in order to avoid the inevitable disruption of business and impairment of council tax collection which would follow any action by the Scottish Secretary . |
| 21 | In a report to the committee , David Chynoweth , finance director , called on the council not to set a budget any higher than its capping limit in order to avoid the inevitable disruption of business and impairment of council tax collection which would follow any action by the Scottish Secretary . |
| 22 | North-East 100 metres hurdles champion Jocelyn Kirby , who won the silver medal in last week 's Northern Championships , ran a superbly controlled race to set a Division Five record of 14.2 . |
| 23 | In Whitby Way vandals unsuccessfully tried to set a car ablaze by throwing a jar containing flammable liquid and lighted rag at it . |
| 24 | In this situation it is reasonable to set a sales close objective . |
| 25 | Perhaps it is your childhood days that haunt your imagination and you would like to set a book some twenty , thirty or forty years back . |