Example sentences of "set [noun] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jean-Paul thinks the French brought prosperity to a poor country , and he goes on believing it because he takes care never to set foot outside the European quarter . |
| 2 | Even when you have decided a broad direction , and I should emphasize that it is only possible to set ambitions in a broad sense and only helpful so to do , there will inevitably come times when external events show that one has made a false assessment of one 's starting point or the ability of one 's competitors , known or unsuspected , to seize the initiative . |
| 3 | Oxford English provides all the materials needed to set children on the right track . |
| 4 | And then I have to set fire to the bottom bit . |
| 5 | ‘ To those of you who have eyes to see and ears to hear the message from Damien in this coffin through his mother : never , never set foot in a stolen car again , ’ Fr Kelly told mourners at St Patrick 's Church , Donegall Street . |
| 6 | Craig Simpson , 21 , set light to the front door of the house in Tower Green , Middlesbrough , and also set a fire in the dustbin at the back door of the house . |
| 7 | Councils will set rents at a reasonable level , reflecting income levels in the different regions and localities . |
| 8 | Japanese traditionally set store by the heroic virtue of gaman , which means long-suffering perseverance . |
| 9 | He came home from the July meeting at Newmarket in 1904 and set men on the following week . |
| 10 | It 's a pretty sight alright , even if sparks do set fire to the dry grass on either side of the track , enraging landowners . |
| 11 | They have white filters , and I am concerned lest in this poor light I should mistakenly set fire to the wrong end . |
| 12 | Paul Dart , set designer for the Royal Opera House , created this shop display at Obsessions using revolving mobiles and disco lights . |
| 13 | In a new departure , EPLF gunboats attacked and set fire to a Polish freighter off the Eritrean Red Sea coast on Jan. 3 ; they seized the 30-strong crew and fired rockets to drive off a second Polish freighter which attempted to come to their aid . |
| 14 | The rocket , fired from a nearby building , touched the top of the minister 's car and set fire to a nearby car . |
| 15 | The Christian soldiers spent a thirsty and sleepless night , their eyes smarting from the smoke which blew into their camp as the enemy systematically set fire to the dry scrub around them . |
| 16 | Several thousand demostrators had taken to the streets , attacked " indecently dressed " women ( who they claimed were responsible for a drought ) , set fire to the head office of the Niger Women 's Association ( AFN ) , and also attacked the residences of the local prefect and sultan . |
| 17 | Detectives are hunting arsonists who set fire to an empty council flat in Vane Street on the Headland , Hartlepool on Wednesday night . |
| 18 | Because of the ancient feud with the Dwarfs , it had been a long time since any High Elf had set foot on the Old World . |
| 19 | I am simply glad that in the modest glades of Barnes Common I can enjoy my peacocks , purple hairstreaks and red admirals , and never have to worry about whether or not I have set eyes on a yellow-legged tortoiseshell or a Higgins 's anomalous blue . |
| 20 | Just hours earlier she had set eyes on the pretty two-year-old and sister Anna-Camilla , seven , for the first time . |
| 21 | In Spain , RENFE has been set targets under the various modernization plans and international credit agreements to eliminate its operating deficit , and subsequently cover its depreciation costs and interest charges . |
| 22 | US President George Bush on July 31 , 1989 , vetoed a bill passed by Congress which would have set restrictions on the joint development of the FSX fighter , Japan 's next generation of attack aircraft [ see p. 36619 ; 36651 ] , on the grounds that joint development would have enabled the Japanese to overtake US technological superiority in aerospace and would have provided the means whereby Japan could develop its own commercial aircraft . |
| 23 | The Financial Times reported on Feb. 5 that arsonists had set fire to a British Airways office in East Jerusalem . |
| 24 | Police fired into a crowd of demonstrators , killing and injuring a number of bystanders , after left-wing activists had reportedly set fire to a Royal Nepal Airlines fuel depot and smashed street lamps , telephone exchange equipment and vehicles in both Kathmandu and the nearby town of Patan . |
| 25 | As soon as he sets foot on the elaborate stairway which rises three floors from the dark hall , itself leading off a gloomy cobbled courtyard , he has the feeling that he is leaving for a blessed hour or two his insubstantial world . |
| 26 | The bubble strategy considers the plant , or a series of plants , to be enclosed in a bubble and the EPA sets limits on the total discharges of each type of regulated pollutant , leaving it up to the plant manager to decide how to reach the goals ( figure 7.3 ) . |
| 27 | Class of Year Three children The " Keeper " is a guard who has been blinded to stop him ever setting eyes on the magic jewels . |
| 28 | This was a formal process which focused on staff development by setting goals for the coming year . |
| 29 | If the deceleration delay is greater than the acceleration delay , deceleration can be initiated by setting POINTER to the appropriate location ( DECEND -COUNT ) in the deceleration table . |
| 30 | For example , we would tax fuel according to emission rates and establish systems of tradable emission licenses for industry , setting ceilings on the permitted emissions , eg sulphur dioxide . |