Example sentences of "[conj] set [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | They teemed with wonders : individuals blessed with attributes that would have made them , in this , the Fifth Dominion , fit for sainthood , or burning , or both ; cults possessed of secrets that would overturn in a moment the dogmas of faith and physics alike ; beauty that might blind the sun , or set the moon dreaming of fertility . |
| 2 | He goes on : ‘ Since these costs … would have to be paid by a grant … and since a grant of above £10 million requires affirmative resolution [ and thus debate ] in the House , it seems there are two choices : to cap the BAe grant at £9.5 million ; or set the ceiling at £13.5 million and for you to accept the greater risk of challenge and thus repayment being required . ’ |
| 3 | She may fall ill , or have an accident while you were out , or set the house on fire and herself , so that you would not want to leave her even to go shopping . |
| 4 | But as for putting poison in his wine , or setting a pitfall under his feet at a hunt — no , he 'd hew off the head of any man who tried to put him up to it . |
| 5 | I suppose that set a pattern . |
| 6 | Filled with a restless , fevered energy that set every nerve twangling and pumped her blood full of adrenalin , Evelyn threw herself into her work as if the sheer force of her will could drive the hands of the clock round more swiftly . |
| 7 | This biologic fact was intricately connected with other climatic and geophysical events that set the mould for future cycles of evolution and extinction . |
| 8 | And that set the scene perfectly for Hick , a man who does n't seem to know where his next Test run is coming from , yet bats like superman in the knock-about stuff . |
| 9 | Though the Khmers Rouges signed the agreement in Paris in 1991 that set the scene for the election campaign , they have not honoured their promise to stop fighting . |
| 10 | THE FUTURE of Antarctica turns on the outcome of an international conference which Michel Rocard , the French Prime Minister , opened yesterday with a speech that set the tone for what will be a fiercely political debate . |
| 11 | His sleeves were rolled up — which was what led me to make such an assumption — but really it was his hair that set the tone . |
| 12 | In 1979 Labour was obviously in a panic — that set the mood . |
| 13 | Undoubtedly the product that set the pace was Aldus PageMaker . |
| 14 | Which presents enthusiasts of Rossi 's work with a dreadful dilemma : we want to see more and more of his photographs that set the standard for aerial work , equally we 're convinced that his sub-aqua images would be equally ravishing . |
| 15 | For only on foot does one detect the subtle rise and fall of ground to which the earliest settlers were so sensitive , or alignments in the town scene that may throw light on some fundamental change of plan : or the names of streets and lanes that set the mind working at once . |
| 16 | For it is the kind of work that these individuals carried on with the knowledge that they were seeking to improve life on earth , that set the example for the vast mass of the human race to follow and thereby perpetuate , albeit largely unknowingly , the strengthening and augmentation of the Created God . |
| 17 | By the early part of the last century two kinds of hospital had emerged that set the pattern for finance and provision for the next 150 years ( Abel-Smith , 1964 ) . |
| 18 | ‘ And that set the pattern . |
| 19 | But clearly it was imperialistic palaeontologists rather than imperialist fossils that set the pattern in both cases . |
| 20 | It has been important to review the establishment of a binary system and some of its implications , as although the CNAA was created in 1964 , it was the binary policy and its implementation that set the seal on the CNAA 's operations for the next two decades . |
| 21 | Why , said Pumlumon , had n't there been a time , not so very long ago either , when he could rattle off the words that set the Draoicht Suan working with no more ado than you might make in the squashing of a flea , always supposing you wanted to do something so pointless , which Pumlumon himself never had . |
| 22 | In two minutes we had created the excitement , fun and audience involvement that set the atmosphere for the afternoon . |
| 23 | This is the real point which lies at the heart of the present appeal ; in a sense , everything which I have said so far has done no more than set the stage for its consideration . |
| 24 | Add to that all manner of other goodies — like fitting your spreadsheet to the printed page , automatic formatting ( in other words choosing colour schemes and text styles in order to make the sheet look better ) and so on , and you have an application that sets the standard for others to follow . |
| 25 | The computer that sets the type for this page altered ‘ privileged ’ to ‘ privileged ’ last week . |
| 26 | Michael Crawford 's career , until now , has been a series of brilliant firework bursts which have never quite ignited into an enduring setpiece that sets the sky alight . |
| 27 | I am quite aware it would take a far wiser head than mine to answer such a question , but if I were forced to hazard a guess , I would say that it is the very lack of obvious drama or spectacle that sets the beauty of our land apart . |
| 28 | It is what we doubt and not how we doubt that sets the market value of doubting . |
| 29 | He again sat down on the settle opposite her , and sipped a glass of beer before saying thoughtfully , ‘ Funny , when you come to think about it , but it 's what happens when you 're a bairn that sets the pattern for a man or woman , in most cases anyway . ’ |
| 30 | ( i.e. From looking at the distribution it is possible to determine that setting a threshold score of 88 ( say ) would remove 30% of the target words from the lattice giving a lattice quality of Q70 ) |