Example sentences of "set the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Beth Shepherd set the two bags down on the kitchen table then went to the garden door and undid the top catch . |
| 3 | Everyone in local government would accept that central Government set the broad parameters for overall spending , which is perfectly legitimate . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | This set the various factions manoeuvring , while Ne Win also came in . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | That set the first targets for reduction of chlorofluorocarbons and halons but excluded HCFCs . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | of yellow mustard set the grey skies flying . |
| 11 | His knowledge of athletics , along with several other sports , was almost encyclopaedic , and together with fellow presenter David Coleman , he set the high standards for television coverage of athletics which have helped bring to the sport the huge audiences it enjoys today . |
| 12 | The selector in 1970 , and until 1985 , was Elaine Moss , who set the high standards which her successor , Julia Eccleshare , continued . |
| 13 | She set the wayward Brats to School . |