Example sentences of "[conj] set [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the situation continues I will have no other recourse than to set the facts before Rose Lipman . |
| 2 | One bomb , not three , and a tearing , screaming explosion that set the lights swaying on their wires and filled the air with choking dust . |
| 3 | We 're a good mix of people that set the trends , the ‘ see and be seen ’ generation … |
| 4 | Upstairs Downstairs , World at War , Edward VII ( in the 1970s ) ; Brideshead Revisited , Jewel in the Crown ( 1980s ) — all were ITV programmes that set the elitists purring . |
| 5 | In fact , during 1943–44 Albert played in every outfield position at least once and he still scored goals that set the fans ' interest alight . |
| 6 | Leroy May got the first goal … that set the fans dancing … and United went thro on penalties … it was one of their best nights of the year … |
| 7 | Inevitably , the lost that set the buyers alight were the North American and European imports , but it seems mere novelty value can no longer secure the top prices . |
| 8 | Business Assignments is designed for the centres that set the standards in executive language training … |
| 9 | In fact , one of the features that sets the goat-antelopes apart from their relatives is the relatively thin and fragile skull . |
| 10 | But Finnan was true to his word , and there was beer that night to drink when they had beached and set the horses to graze ashore , and lit their fires on the bank . |
| 11 | " Did he die almost immediately , or is there any possibility that he could have walked about for a time , even locked the door and set the alarms ? " |
| 12 | Sam Rankin , ‘ The Dyer ’ for Douglas Reyburn , and Douglas Carlyle , Dye House Supervisor , choose and set the programmes on the computer . |
| 13 | It was more like a personal appearance by a pop star … just a glimpse of Desert Orchid was enough to draw the crowds and set the cameras clicking.But after all , this was the horse with his own fanclub.And he has created a few records.Between 1983 and 1991 Dezi won 34 steeplechases , picking up half a million pounds in prize money into the bargain.Now he 's retired … and enjoying the fame : |
| 14 | The free play of air around him defined and set the limits of his body in a way that he had completely forgotten . |
| 15 | If you need to call upon her , then do it as you decorate , arrange the furniture and set the spaces for living . |
| 16 | He picked it up and set the flowers down on the locker . |
| 17 | The responsible manager must ensure that his company is greener than green on all the major issues according to current opinion , demonstrate to the world at large that this is so , and , for the future , to help form opinions and set the standards for the company 's own as well as the common good . |
| 18 | Kings Quest VI is far and beyond the best of the series so far the first volumes were original and set the standards for all to follow . |
| 19 | Mainframes were bought by Data Processing Managers in the olden days ; IBM could call the tunes and set the standards . |
| 20 | It became an essential research tool in the early quest for controlled thermonuclear fusion , helped to clarify the scope of the problem of heating , containing and controlling the deuterium fuel , and set the parameters for the development of the subsequent fusion research programme . |
| 21 | A freshening breeze broke the surface of the water into a million fragments of dancing light and set the flags and pennants and striped awnings fluttering gaily . |
| 22 | Those who did so were ‘ trying to demoralise Communists , reduce their effectiveness at a turning-point for perestroika , and set the workers against the party ’ . |
| 23 | Once the legs were jointed I turned the leg and stretcher assembly upside down on to the bottom of the seat and from this I could mark the centres to be drilled and set the bevels to repeat the process . |
| 24 | A direct role where collaboration occurs as a direct result of the teacher 's involvement : the teacher decides when collaboration should occur and why , and sets the processes in motion , for example , by asking children to read and comment on one another 's work , by setting a task structured in such a way that the children need to talk to one another and collaborate with one another in order to accomplish it . |
| 25 | Sea Waybill Rule 6 restates another essential CKR feature , the consignor 's right of control over the cargo , and sets the limits of this right . |
| 26 | If one search misleads it and sets the weights a bit wrong , then later learning efforts can correct the mistake . |
| 27 | Sir Harry Hinsley in British Intelligence in the Second World War has summarised the awesome challenge : ‘ Instructions for arranging and setting the wheels could be changed as frequently as every 24 hours ; anyone not knowing the setting was faced with the problem of choosing from one hundred and fifty million , million , million solutions . ’ |
| 28 | If the person sorting out complaints for consumers is also the person regulating the industry and setting the prices , he is in a much stronger position . |
| 29 | Thus the 1980s are seen as marked by the wholesale adoption of new technology replacing the legacy of the past and setting the terms of a future long boom . |
| 30 | As Tiguary announced the plan to the assembled chiefs , Dulé could see the scene in his mind 's eye : the fire licking up one mast , then leaping in the rigging to the other , snaking through the spars , then falling in sparks , and setting the decks to smouldering while sleepy men sloshed water about with the balers , yelling orders to one another , until , when the flames had lit up all the timbers and the ship blazed in a transparent lattice of spars and ribs , her defenders would fling themselves into the sea and the warriors would swoop out of the shallows and fall on them : it would be as easy as catching fish . |