Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] set [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At this time the Party especially urged its officials to set an example to the country by rescuing orphaned or abandoned children who were destitute as a result of war and , in Moldavia , famine . |
| 2 | On the basis of US experience , Edwards ( 1979 ) identified a progression of employer strategies from ‘ simple ’ ( direct ) control in small firms , whereby arbitrary power to issue instructions and discipline employees is accorded to foremen and supervisors , 8 through ‘ technical ’ control in which machines set the pace of work , especially in mass-production industries , to a ‘ bureaucratic ’ stage where work becomes highly stratified and employers develop a system of impersonal rules to control workers . |
| 3 | Her comments set the divisions of caring responsibilities and material resources in particularly sharp relief . |
| 4 | To make matters worse , Olga was also the secretary of the Noble Order of Lady Queen Bees — a pack of overdressed snobs , groaned Mrs Frizzell , whose members set the standard for every social event in the city . |
| 5 | The touch of his fingers set every nerve-ending on fire . |