Example sentences of "[verb] set the world " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was uncovered by Dr Gordon Corbett , formerly of London 's Natural History Museum , and has set the world of entomology a-buzz . |
| 2 | None of the three papers was going to set the world on fire . |
| 3 | They could have set the world alight . |
| 4 | More recently Lou has cleaned up his act and started setting the world to rights . |
| 5 | The US farmer will tend to set the world grain price , says economist Michael Murphy . |
| 6 | In Britain , the equivalent is Prestel which , though stocked with stacks of useful information ( though no Madame Whiplashes ) , has failed to set the world alight . |