Example sentences of "set the [noun] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | What petty little tin god had been responsible for this I do not know , for Mr Herbert Morrison , the leader of the LCC as it was then , had set the example after the great fire of December 1961 by taking his bed into the next office to his , and staying there all night . |
| 32 | He had set the pattern for the modern missionary movement but his own assessment of himself was typically modest : ‘ I can plod . |
| 33 | Finally , the state sets the rules of the international system , and all other actors have to work within them . |
| 34 | The arbitrator , who may be the district judge , a judge or an ‘ outside arbitrator , ’ sets the date for the single substantive hearing of the dispute . |
| 35 | This quote from a chapter in the publication Innovations in Leisure and Recreation for People with a Mental Handicap ( Denziloe , 1990 , p. 317 ) sets the scene for the Startrac Project , established in April 1990 , which was initially planned and controlled by the three voluntary service organisations mentioned . |
| 36 | ‘ The UK is the No 1 volume market for New Zealand by a large margin and sets the scene for the other markets . ’ |
| 37 | It must be said that Cardus 's review expressed the reservation that there was , perhaps , some sameness of carriage and accent in each of the three performances , whether it was the First Symphony , the Seventh , or the Apollonian Fourth ( a reading Karajan later modified ) ; but his review characteristically paints a picture , sets the scene for the absent reader : |
| 38 | The indicative offer follows this stage and sets the scene for the formal eye ball to eye ball negotiations . |
| 39 | Since the keyboard instrument sets the tone of the entire performance in a Mozart Trio , this tips the scale in favour of the Mozarteans , even without their price advantage . |
| 40 | Hayez 's ‘ Pietro Rossi ’ , considered to be a key work in Romantic painting ( Bottega di San Luca ) sets the tone for the nineteenth-century section . |
| 41 | The Prologue ( DV 1 ) sets the tone for the whole document . |
| 42 | The chapter sets the tenor for the whole work in so far as it tries to examine the social conditions under which blacks became involved in sport , first in the USA and then in Great Britain . |
| 43 | Her visit sets the seal on the improved relations between Britain and Malaysia , following a period of extreme coolness . |
| 44 | In Cook the British Columbia Court of Appeal also held that the former sexual offences should not be seen as setting the boundaries of the new sexual offences . |
| 45 | Despite this glimpse of vintage anti-Semitic paranoia , setting the tone for the new wave of anti Jewish action and propaganda which began in the last months of 1937 and continued throughout the following year , the ‘ Jewish Question ’ was scarcely touched upon in Hitler 's speeches throughout the critical year of 1938 . |
| 46 | KENNY Dalglish yesterday brushed aside talk about the prospect of unbeaten Blackburn Rovers setting the pace in the Premier League . |
| 47 | The Commission , in setting the level of the fine , took into account , as it had with the shipping fine , the fact that this was the first time a fine had been imposed in this particular sector . |
| 48 | That there were snags in setting the sons of the literate parent to the sea , Campbell was willing to admit , though with a little care these could be overcome : |
| 49 | Okay , but I just wanted to go on to say that I think in reviewing how the budget may be brought more closely under control in the coming year , officers will need to look at the erm size of the committees because we are working with committees at the moment that are larger than those committees which used to exist when this year 's budget was set and that has had some impact and we need to have the implications of any change of committee size whether that might affect the budget , how that would affect the budget , also whether there is any potential for reducing the number of committees further and also whether the rates might be changed , I particularly would like officers to report on what , whether there would be any significant saving from er setting the rates at the round figures they were at a couple of years ago erm |
| 50 | It set the tone of the renewed debate which in the coming decade was to divide Western Europe even further , at the same time as setting in motion a groundswell that eventually produced the European Community . |
| 51 | The first day was always important , it set the tone for the whole year . |
| 52 | Hegel himself , regarded as one of the ‘ deflated balloons ’ of German philosophy by his former French admirer , Hippolyte Taine ( 1828–93 ) , went out of fashion in his native country , and the way in which ‘ the tiresome , conceited and mediocre epigones who set the tone among the educated German public ’ treated him moved Marx in the 1860s ‘ to declare myself publicly a disciple of that great thinker ’ . |
| 53 | First of all , set the scene for the big day : our fabulous , easy-to-make edible decorations will add the finishing festive touches to your dining room . |
| 54 | He could n't upstage her , for the piece was carefully staged so that bride and groom were hidden from each other , one each side of the screen and Therese , radiant , controlled , confident , set the atmosphere of the whole scene . |
| 55 | ‘ I expect everyone to go at least a second faster tomorrow , ’ said Mansell , who set the record in the penultimate lap of the session . |
| 56 | A 0–100mph time of 19.2secs and standing kilometre return of 28.3secs , achieved with little apparent strain and the full co-operation of a lightning-quick gearshift , set the seal on the new car 's cracking performance credentials . |
| 57 | In Booker 's eyes Profumo set the seal on the long process of British moral decline , the essence of which was a ‘ lack of respect for authority ’ in all its guises — the Establishment , the monarchy , political leaders , the Church and so on . |