Example sentences of "[noun] set a [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 | Sheep entries set a new record , and topped 500 for the first time . |
| 3 | Stanyer sets a high standard , but the response from practitioners was scarcely more enthusiastic . |
| 4 | Weald set a formidable target of 239 for 2 in a match restricted to 40 overs . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 ’ . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | No longer did record companies set a contractual agenda which the young , naive performer was obliged to follow . |
| 11 | This proposal sets a dangerous anti-democratic precedent . |
| 12 | The new law sets a 48-hour limit on the working week . |
| 13 | Educating young people to drink responsibly and in moderation is best achieved by parents setting a good example . |
| 14 | 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 " . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Situated on the edge of the pedestrian zone , is the friendly Hotel Haymon , consisting of two Tyrolean chalet style buildings set a few yards apart . |
| 18 | COWARDLY IRA terrorists set a cynical double bomb trap yesterday to bring fear to the heart of London . |
| 19 | David , 29 , included specimens of 5 lb 10 oz , 5 lb 3 oz and 4 lb 10 oz in one session with the biggest fish setting a new personal best . |
| 20 | The EC Drinking Water Directive set a Maximum Admissible Concentration ( MAC ) of 50 ug/litre of lead in tapwater . |
| 21 | Cordoba had clearly cried enough a good two furlongs from the finish as first Batzushka and then Balla Cove set a furious pace which resulted in a time that equalled the course record by a two-year-old over six furlongs . |
| 22 | Theories of normative income redistribution set a desirable standard or target , whereas the more positive theories are an attempt to predict something about the nature of redistribution in the empirical world which may or may not be consistent with one or more or any of the views of desirability . |
| 23 | The first process set a general objective which was valid whether or not it could be attained under existing circumstances . |
| 24 | Until you do this , you are liable for up to £50 of fraudulent use ( though some card issuers set a lower limit ) . |
| 25 | Suppose a comparison instruction sets a two-bit condition code , depending on a comparison of the contents of accumulator A with the contents of a store location B , as shown in Figure 3.13(a) . |
| 26 | Schreier sets a brisk but effective tempo here and the horn and bassoons with continuo are first-rate . |
| 27 | Hamilton sets a hot pace in first round |
| 28 | ‘ That scoundrel sets a bad example for the other young men of the parish . |
| 29 | BANBRIDGE youngster Peter Mulligan set a possible British record when he won the junior gents barebow category in yesterday 's NI Indoor Target Championships at Craigavon Leisure Centre . |
| 30 | The reigning world Formula One champion set a scorching 102.095 miles an hour around the streets of the Queensland holiday resort , clipping about two-tenths of a second off the previous record . |