Example sentences of "set [art] [noun] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bluntly , the Shadow Cabinet and unions need to get their fingers out — with some expedition — to set the limits of the proposed legal framework . |
| 2 | While blithely ignoring this fact , all Mr Clement will say is that ‘ bluntly , the Shadow Cabinet and unions need to get their fingers out — with some expedition — to set the limits of the proposed legal framework ’ . |
| 3 | In seeking to set the scene for the changing face of county hall , and in summarising the changing relationships between all involved in education , it is important to consider the meaning of ‘ delegation of authority ’ and the values it contains . |
| 4 | Presumably they were only here to set the scene for the current convention , as nothing represented a period later than the fifteenth century . |
| 5 | To that end this meeting will bring together the most prominent scholars in the field to set the agenda for the future direction of cultural studies . |
| 6 | Such demands were given urgency by the publication in 1915 of Maternity : letters from working women which described experiences of motherhood in harrowing terms ; they were also to set the agenda for the 1918 Maternity and Child Welfare Act and interwar policy . |
| 7 | The regional meetings called to set the agenda for the big human-rights conference in Vienna next month have provided forums for this bitterness . |
| 8 | This committee scrutinised the case of each prisoner serving a life sentence in order to set the date for the first review , which might be more than seven years after the date of sentence . |
| 9 | When I was at college I did a pastiche of the student magazine , doing the fold , and it was called Shell , so we renamed it for that one issue Rolling Shell , and I ever so carefully did the lettering for both the title boxes , then I got really disappointed when it came to set the type for the front page article underneath the big photograph which we printed as duo tone , because I could do it on the I B M — I could actually do it in Times and I thought it was going to be really , you know , I 'd have to really struggle and find |
| 10 | I reassured him that this warning was unnecessary : my ambition was to set the record for the slowest lap of the circuit . |
| 11 | In February 1972 , Nixon himself went to China to set the seal on the new relationship . |
| 12 | Six weeks after Lancaster 's execution , on 2 May 1322 , parliament assembled at York to set the seal on the royalist victory . |
| 13 | Some manufacturers supply a wood or plastic template in their kits which will enable you to set the pitch to the recommended range . |
| 14 | Commitment to getting this right first time will improve our short-term results and help to set the business on the right footing for future investment and development . |
| 15 | While the vast majority of those in work claim the relevant personal allowances — such as the single person 's or the married man 's tax allowance — even these are of most value to high earners who are able to set the allowances against the top rate of tax for which they are liable . |
| 16 | The mark also edged higher against the dollar after the Bundesbank announced it would allow market forces to set the rate for the weekly cash injection today , signalling a potential rise in the ‘ repo ’ rate . |
| 17 | All four applicants in that case sought a declaration that the Secretary of State was not entitled to set a date for the first review of his case on the basis of the requirements of retribution and deterrence . |
| 18 | At its November meeting the Council failed to set a date for the next SAARC summit , originally scheduled for 1989 , after Sri Lanka formally declared its refusal , while Indian troops remained on its soil , to host the meeting as decided at the fourth summit in December 1989 in Islamabad , Pakistan [ for which see p. 36485 ] . |
| 19 | To set a time-cycle for the automatic printing of retained mail messages . |
| 20 | The first things Dipesh Shah did when he became managing director of BP Solar in March 1991 were to set a target for the next two years and to articulate it to everyone in the company . |
| 21 | If you wanted somebody to set a bomb on the Swazi rail line , then Dirk would do the job . |
| 22 | Bicker said in a warning voice , and he reached across Riven to set a hand on the big man 's arm . |
| 23 | They will be accompanied by the Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra and hundreds of dancers in a spectacle which will set the scene for the greatest soccer occasion in the history of the United States . |
| 24 | Such relations both define the form of inequality between places at any one time and also help set the scene for the next form of uneven development . |
| 25 | They control initially and you know being feeling that you 're part of it you 're in charge of it can set the scene for the whole conversation . |
| 26 | With exposure lock , you can set the exposure for the full lighting , and this setting is then unaffected both when the lamps are switched off and also when the tree-lights are switched on , thus giving the lit tree its full dramatic impact . |
| 27 | This means accepting that the Westminster majority — the Tories — will set the agenda for the next four to five years ; and that Labour 's role is simply to legitimise the Tory programme by playing our part as Her Majesty 's official and loyal opposition . |
| 28 | This work will set the tone for the new structure , and I hope can be completed well within two months . |
| 29 | The comments come just ahead of two key decisions by Scottish Office ministers which will set the tone for the new curriculum and could damage the wide agreement over its introduction . |
| 30 | Reception areas , which should set the tone for the entire hotel , so often let it down . |