Example sentences of "to set [art] [noun sg] [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 | 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 . ) |
| 3 | 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 . |
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| 5 | 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 ? |
| 6 | But to travel is to set the mind free . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | We do n't want to set the place alight . ’ |
| 9 | Petrol bombs were used to try to set the place alight . |
| 10 | ‘ Mr. Olinton said it would be sure to set the hayfield alight , Heather , ’ said Shirley , panting up . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | In Whitby Way vandals unsuccessfully tried to set a car ablaze by throwing a jar containing flammable liquid and lighted rag at it . |
| 16 | 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 . |