Example sentences of "set [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The failure of this initiative set the firm back somewhat and it may find it difficult to recover . |
| 2 | He set the great Runesmith Alaric the Mad to work making twelve rune swords , one for each of the great chieftains of men who commanded Sigmar 's armies . |
| 3 | The assassination of the heir to the Austrian throne in Sarajevo on 28 June set the European powers at each other 's throats , and in little over a month Great Britain was at war with Germany . |
| 4 | Beth Shepherd set the two bags down on the kitchen table then went to the garden door and undid the top catch . |
| 5 | Everyone in local government would accept that central Government set the broad parameters for overall spending , which is perfectly legitimate . |
| 6 | Riding the PJ O'Kane Yamaha , which he will ride at next month 's TT races in the Isle of Man , Robert averaged 114.84mph , while second placed man McCallen set the fastest lap at 115.44mph . |
| 7 | It is generally agreed that Haydn was the father of the string quartet , and he set the highest standards : the quartets of Beethoven and Schubert could hardly have been written without his brilliant examples of how it should be done . |
| 8 | This set the various factions manoeuvring , while Ne Win also came in . |
| 9 | Together , IBM and Microsoft set the technical standards that helped fuel the explosive growth of personal computers in the 1980s : ‘ IBM-compatible ’ hardware and Microsoft 's DOS operating-system software , the basic program needed to run any computer . |
| 10 | Luke , especially , portrays Jesus as the perfect man , who set the perfect pattern of human life . |
| 11 | We aim to recruit the best people , give them the best training , set the best standards , establish quality assurance and maintain a system of peer review within our firms and through our national institutes . |
| 12 | Hockley set the early pace with a one-over-par aggregate of 151 , three shots clear of Kate Egford , another England international from Kent . |
| 13 | Australian Peter O'Marley set the early pace with a 4 under par 638 . |
| 14 | In such ways , Hitler set the vicious tone for discrimination and persecution , providing the touchstone and legitimation for initiatives which largely came from others at various levels of the Party , the State bureaucracy , and not least the SS-SD-Gestapo complex , where the ‘ Jewish Question ’ had a key functional role . |
| 15 | W Edwards Deming and Joseph Juran , both prophets originally without honour in their native USA , set the Japanese quality movement on its world-beating track . |
| 16 | Experience of cooperation during the war set the final seal . |
| 17 | Support on the first night is provided by Dutch quartet Bettie Serveert , while Kristin Hersh plays an acoustic set the following evening . |
| 18 | French military estimates , reported in the Middle East Economic Digest of Jan. 31 , set the total number of Iraqis killed in the Gulf war at 50,000 . |
| 19 | Adam set the twelve sherry glasses that were cut in a greek key pattern round their rims in the middle of the moonlight and said he would put them in a box tomorrow and try to sell them in Sudbury to the man who had the antique shop in Gainsborough Street that they had passed . |
| 20 | Put the rest of your spel , er your stage set the other side . |
| 21 | This set the new tone of the UK 's argument : everything possible was being done and therefore any breaches of European law should be disregarded while ‘ things were brought up to scratch ’ . |
| 22 | When the full force of competition hits , it is desperately hard to recover your company , set the new tempo that is required , and seize the initiative back from the . |
| 23 | That set the first targets for reduction of chlorofluorocarbons and halons but excluded HCFCs . |
| 24 | She might have been any age between thirty and sixty and Wexford set the lower limit so low only because of her young children . |
| 25 | She set the answering machine , grabbed her bag and locked up the flat . |
| 26 | Almost as proof , Kinnaird and Marie Steele , lecturer in Strathclyde University 's department of human resources management and one of the four opening speakers acting as ‘ catalysts ’ for the discussion , set the dismal scene : the unbelievably low number of female applicants for top jobs , the discontinuity between the high rate of female academic achievement in secondary , tertiary and professional education and career patterns , the patchiness of those career patterns in various sectors where they did break through . |
| 27 | His Queensland team-mate , Michael Doohan , the winner in Japan , set the qualifying pace ahead of defending champion Wayne Rainey , on a Yahama , and Kevin Schwantz , the Suzuki team leader , who is still looking for a first major title breakthrough . |
| 28 | Dropping a handful of loose coins on to the table , he set the empty glass down and rose to his feet . |
| 29 | Her movements as she set the inverted cups upright on their saucers and manipulated milk jug , teapot and hot water jug were precise and just a little fussy . |
| 30 | Keep close watch on the stitches , it is worth working a little slower to make sure that all the stitches have knitted and should you find that an occasional loop stays over the needle after knitting the row , set the main carriage for EMPTY and move it across the knitting to knit any unworked loop . |