Example sentences of "[prep] set [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On pole after setting a lap record during the qualifying session , Mansell became the first rookie driver to win his first Indy grand prix since the late Graham Hill won the Indianapolis 500 in 1966 . |
| 2 | Eight years after setting a world mile record which still remains unchallenged today , the 32-year-old has abandoned his glittering international miling career to make his eagerly-awaited move up the distance ladder . |
| 3 | FACING TWO WAYS : Torvill and Dean go in separate directions after setting the ice alight in their spectacular shows ( below ) — home to their own partners , husband Phil in Jayne 's case ( inset top left ) and wife Isabelle in Chris 's ( top right ) |
| 4 | This time , after setting the passages in their context in the briefest possible way , we will turn to them straight away . |
| 5 | After setting the scene this use of description slightly declines unless he is introducing a new character or scene . |
| 6 | After setting the West Australian team a target of 168 runs for victory , Pakistan managed to restrict the home team to 166–6 in their allocated 45 overs . |
| 7 | My Lord Mayor , after setting the parameters , I do feel that can continue it 's good relations with our other cities and use Brussels as a tool to this end . |
| 8 | ‘ I had my only run of the day at approximately 11 am and after setting the hooks I had a slow , dogged fight for about five minutes before netting the fish at the second attempt , ’ said Dave . |
| 9 | it sort of er er gave them lee a , ladies leeway who wanted to work after they were married , some married and then could they come back well they could n't keep me on and not let them work you see , so oh yes it was mostly married women , there were a lot of married women there when I left , but erm it sort of set a precedent I suppose for , for them but it did , it did them some good really . |
| 10 | The latter is a is a direct result of setting a poll tax which was clearly and blatantly an under provision to provide decent services in this city . |
| 11 | In these days of response-testing and truth drugs it was the perfect way of setting a man up . |
| 12 | And in so doing , we must , of course , be aware of the risk of setting a standard which goes so far that it would mean that others — for example , the senile or the mentally handicapped , whom we would wish to treat if they were ill — were also included by it . |
| 13 | It was during that holiday that the notion had first come to Melissa of setting a novel in the region . |
| 14 | It could be observed in darkness as a flickering bluish-grey light ; and there was a force in orgone energy capable of setting a motor in motion . |
| 15 | ‘ I was always in a position of setting a precedent , which gave me a definite advantage . |
| 16 | But I ca n't see how any of them was physically capable of setting a trap like that or even knowing how to do it . ’ |
| 17 | If the PB is identified as being that the child does not go to bed until very late , the most suitable way of setting a baseline is to note over a week or two the actual time the child does go to bed . |
| 18 | For example , while it is the professional who advises on methods of setting a baseline , it is the parents who actually observe , count and note the occurrence of the defined problem . |
| 19 | The only jobs left ( besides that of setting the equipment ) are loading and unloading . |
| 20 | Other than the camera technique , which is a subject quite apart from this book on kites , we are now left with that vital question of setting the field of view . |
| 21 | The task of setting the budget had been passed on Dec. 27 by the USSR Congress of People 's Deputies to the Federation Council , after the Russian Federation Supreme Soviet on Dec. 26 had thrown the budget-setting exercise into crisis by voting to cut its contribution to the union budget by almost 85 per cent , to 23,400 million roubles ( US$1.00=Rbs0.5556 as at Dec. 31 , 1990 ) . |
| 22 | I have tried to describe the process of setting the direction for our constituent businesses and the company as a whole , which I and my colleagues have been evolving over the past few years . |
| 23 | In the Spring of 1966 , six of the Commissioners , led by Radzinowicz and Wootton resigned , having become persuaded that , with substantial legislation pending , and in the absence of conclusive research to support recommendations likely to last for a lengthy period , the opportunity no longer existed for the Commission to make a comprehensive report capable of setting the direction for a generation . |
| 24 | A topic has to be definite because of its function of setting the framework for interpreting the sentence as a whole . |
| 25 | France had immense influence in Brussels and a long and happy record of setting the EEC 's agenda according to French needs . |
| 26 | It is once again a matter of setting the patient an achievable and sustainable objective . |
| 27 | FACILITY_AVAIL is a way of setting the default ( power-up ) condition of the LIFESPAN process . |
| 28 | That straightness of Time , that confining straightness , was one with the Western picture of setting the world to rights . |
| 29 | If regular flow has been selected the user has the option of setting the amount of stand-off between the graphic and the text . |
| 30 | ( This is part of the process of setting the objectives . ) |