Example sentences of "set [noun] [prep] [art] [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was also a builder and developer of culture , and worked endlessly to set Germany upon a firm governmental and financial footing after the internal struggles that had long divided the German territories against one another . |
| 2 | However , the Department of Agriculture 's proposals for the 1990 farm bill , introduced on Feb. 9 , 1990 , to set policy for the next five years , failed to address the issue of subsidy levels and merely proposed modifications to the current programme . |
| 3 | As the train was pulling into the station at Shkodër some of the rioters set light to the last two carriages ; at least two passengers were burned to death . |
| 4 | Thus despite the fact that the Thatcher government in the early 1980s was committed to a tight control of money supply and set targets for the broad monetary base M0 , and despite the fact that the authorities have expressed interest in monetary base control , this has not been the form of policy pursued . |
| 5 | Some day I 'm gon na set fire to the joint personal . ’ |
| 6 | Eventually — and with some relief — we were out into open water and setting course for the other two large islands in the group , Barentsøvya and Edgeøya . |
| 7 | With these biases declared , the discussion starts by setting reading into the general theoretical context of the flow of information through an individual 's cognitive processes . |
| 8 | Iraq 's action in setting fire to an estimated 600 oil wells prior to withdrawing from Kuwait resulted in widespread air pollution over the northern Gulf region . |
| 9 | Richmann and his remaining man ran a few yards after the departing car , blazing away with a frustrated volley which only succeeded in blowing a few holes out of the bodywork and setting fire to the rear-mounted spare wheel . |