Example sentences of "[conj] set [art] example " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The tears are thought to be caused by her pain as she looks at the sins of the world , and are meant to inspire the watchers to repent and to set an example to others . |
| 3 | Following the launch , the US Environmental Protection Agency wrote to Glidden , the US arm of ICI Paints , to say : ‘ Your company 's work to reduce air emissions sends a positive message to other businesses and sets an example of innovation that we would like to see adopted throughout corporate America ’ . |
| 4 | In the 1770s Sir Christopher Sykes literally ‘ clothed the wolds ’ , a bleak stretch of land 500 feet above sea level , and set an example of how to plant trees and how to create farmland which has never been surpassed . |
| 5 | With Henry II 's accession to the English throne in 1154 , the king-duke 's chancery operated over Western France from the Pyrenees to the Canche , and set an example to all other princes , not least to the kings of France . |
| 6 | Prior to World War I , those interested in child and maternal welfare had urged that nurseries might both improve child welfare and set an example to mothers . |
| 7 | This is because the greatest melody-writers belong to past epochs and set an example which modern composers can hardly match . |