Example sentences of "[noun] set [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is the angel Gabriel who comes to Charlemagne at the end of the poem , just as Gabriel and Michael — the fighting archangel , whose cult was flourishing anew in the tenth and eleventh centuries — come to Roland to carry his soul to heaven ; the poem is definitely Christian , and an attempt to set a religious seal on knightly glory ; but the knightly glory has in its turn captured the Church , and harnessed it , in the person of the archbishop of Rheims , to the holy war against the infidel . |
| 2 | IF there was one occasion that summed up sporting attitudes in l992 , it was Carl Lewis 's bizarre attempt to set an Olympic record for the greatest number of journalists asphyxiated at a single press conference . |
| 3 | Sheep entries set a new record , and topped 500 for the first time . |
| 4 | A pair of spectacles and 40s. worth of books set the late ( graduate ) vicar of Whitchurch somewhat apart from his parishioners , who probably did not appreciate his erudition , yet his private collection was certain to be innocent of both profound and frivolous titles , limited to practical works such as collections of sermons , primers of divinity and apologetics , plus , naturally , his Breviary , perhaps too a copy of the Vulgate , or Latin scriptures . |
| 5 | Stanyer sets a high standard , but the response from practitioners was scarcely more enthusiastic . |
| 6 | Celie remains uncomplicated and straight forward but the childish brevity sets the right tone of gratuitous violence for Celie 's early vision of the world . |
| 7 | However , for smaller data sets an alternative approach is possible and we can look directly at relationships between individuals . |
| 8 | Hitchcock sets an innocent woman against Charles Laughton 's squire , a criminal buffoon , and a gang of smugglers , but there is never any real conflict , and the ending is almost comic . |
| 9 | Weald set a formidable target of 239 for 2 in a match restricted to 40 overs . |
| 10 | The guitar 's overall finish is faultless : the vintage turquoise body and clear lacquered neck set a standard that many manufacturers would love to emulate . |
| 11 | A sharp gust of wind set the whole tree in motion and he dung on desperately like a sailor in the rigging , remembering Dalziel 's jocular injunction to ‘ watch himself ’ . |
| 12 | Australian Peter O'Marley set the early pace with a 4 under par 638 . |
| 13 | Andy Roberts set the Caribbean fast bowling conveyor belt in motion . |
| 14 | Last year McCallen crashed out , leaving Robert to win , and Ian Newton to set a new lap record at 115.86 mph — but this time it should be a different story . |
| 15 | What Kinnock must say : Giles Radice on the Labour leader 's opportunity to set the political agenda |
| 16 | More usually , but no less spectacularly , the view is over the city and a visit to the roof offers a good opportunity to set the internal map and compass ready for walks of exploration . |
| 17 | The 1982 Local Government Finance Act abolished the right of authorities to set a supplementary rate and the 1984 Rates Act empowered the government to limit the spending and rates of centrally defined overspending authorities . |
| 18 | He had rung through to the Swan Hotel in Stratford to set a revised time of arrival at 6.15 p.m. ; but by the look of things it was going to be , in Wellington 's words , ‘ a damn close-run thing ’ . |
| 19 | Space Biospheres Ventures , the private firm that built and runs Biosphere 2 , said the bionauts set a new world record for living in a closed system . |
| 20 | No longer did record companies set a contractual agenda which the young , naive performer was obliged to follow . |
| 21 | This proposal sets a dangerous anti-democratic precedent . |
| 22 | Unlike in certain other European countries , British labour law sets no maximum duration to a temporary employment relationship , whereby all persons employed for longer than a certain period of time automatically have permanent status . |
| 23 | The new law sets a 48-hour limit on the working week . |
| 24 | Educating young people to drink responsibly and in moderation is best achieved by parents setting a good example . |
| 25 | In the following year he had succeeded in attracting so much public attention that the government was obliged to hurry through parliament a new Merchant Shipping Act setting a fixed load line for ships — the " Plimsoll Line " . |
| 26 | Although speakers mentioned the ‘ enormous potential ’ to boost the economy , only British Telecom set an operational target : investment of up to £20billion over 10 years . |
| 27 | Zambia 's first development plan set the ambitious goal of providing primary school places for all children by 1970 . |
| 28 | This reported in 1960 ( the Herbert Report ) , and in 1963 the London Government Act set a broad boundary to the London area and gave shared responsibility for its local services to the Greater London Council ( GLC ) , and to thirty-two London boroughs and the City of London . |
| 29 | Mother poured hair dye round the hoof ; even that did not act sufficiently as a lubricant to set the poor beast free . |
| 30 | If one of them is aware that she is providing an example for the others , she will have an additional incentive to set a high standard . |