Example sentences of "to set the [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 . |
| 4 | Use the transition effect menu to set the way each graph will replace the previous one during the screen show or presentation . |
| 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 . |