Example sentences of "[verb] set [art] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | She says she does n't really want to earn money from the revelations but simply wants to set the story of the Yorks ' marriage straight . |
| 2 | Such delays do not help the plaintiff who wants to set the record straight , but they are equally unpleasant for defendants , who face escalating costs and witness difficulties . |
| 3 | On conviction , the court has to set a value on the drug assets earned during the previous six years , and a confiscation order . |
| 4 | This is why it has to set the stage by exploiting your reactions and using your fear . |
| 5 | But first he has to set the number co-ordinates on his Scope before he can fire at any object . |
| 6 | As a contest it was neither designed to set the pulses racing nor win converts . |
| 7 | Branagh 's version retains a Chorus — Derek Jacobi in voice-over or in twentieth-century mufti ( greatcoat and scarf ) , sometimes even sharing the frame with the action — though arguably the camera can be trusted to set the scene unaided . |
| 8 | In Whitby Way vandals unsuccessfully tried to set a car ablaze by throwing a jar containing flammable liquid and lighted rag at it . |
| 9 | Cuckney also feels that a top executive needs to set an example by being something of an entrepreneurial risk-taker . |
| 10 | Thus while most of the blues-derived techniques I have mentioned appear to set the music in opposition to mainstream musical language ( including that of many contemporary pop songs ) , they are developed in such a way as to lay stress on individualistic virtuosity and personal expression , achieved through ‘ professional ’ mastery of instrumental technique ; and this could be seen as at least compatible with the traditions of bourgeois art . |
| 11 | As she bade me goodbye and began to walk down the drive , she used her left leg while walking to set the distaff twirling . |
| 12 | And to try to set the blame on Hector ! ’ |
| 13 | Petrol bombs were used to try to set the place alight . |
| 14 | It makes no sense , for example , to try to set the file pointer with PTR# . |
| 15 | He was expected to set an example in knightly exercises , and to show a personal example of prowess in war , although he and his enemies were sufficiently prudent to value him more highly alive than dead , so that a crowned king was rarely killed in battle . |
| 16 | Because , as I say , we 've got recycling credits on our side , we 've got the fact that we 've got this outlet in Exmouth which will take the paper , and that 's why we 're looking at producing this workshop area , so that a lot of this stuff that goes to landfill , I 'm talking about , fridges , tables , whichever else that can be repaired and reused er , I know this is only on a very small scale , but one of the things that I think is very important with is that we 're not purely a recycling centre , we also want to set an education project , to raise people 's awareness of what yo yet waste production is n't about recycling , it 's about not producing it in the first place , |
| 17 | Ah well you see that 's what I 'm talking about as well , Napier are saying if your guys want to set the exams fine but we did in fact in the last exam paper find a fundamental flaw . |
| 18 | I want to set the record straight . |
| 19 | I want to set the record straight . |
| 20 | ‘ It has set every junior in Britain alight . |
| 21 | The evidence shows that in many cases the minister of state has set a date for the first review later than would have been the case if he had adopted the views expressed by the judiciary . |
| 22 | The Scottish Commonwealth Games Council has set a £250,000 target to send a record team of up to 160 to Victoria , Canada , next year . |
| 23 | So I went on into the town , and told them at the castle , and the lord Beringar has set a guard on the place now until daylight . |
| 24 | The Chancellor has set a ceiling of £250,000 . |
| 25 | Martyn became the first £1 million keeper , Seaman the costliest at £1.3 million — now a tribunal has set a £1.3 million fee for James . |
| 26 | Chancellor Norman Lamont has set a monitoring range of 0–4pc for M0 , which measures notes and coins in circulation plus bank balances at the Bank of England . |
| 27 | ‘ It 's getting very messy and very political , ’ said Keegan , who has set a deadline for the Belgian club . |
| 28 | Will he take this opportunity to say what progress is being made on the question of preventive diplomacy , for which the secretary-general has set a deadline of 1 July ? |
| 29 | Middlesbrough has set a budget of £21.6m , £1.4m above the provisional limit . |
| 30 | Those with a taste for Machiavellian plots have suggested that maybe Mr Li has set a trap for Mr Zhu by leaving him in charge at a time when he will have to tackle the delicate problems of an over-heating economy . |