Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] set [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My reference in the next ensuing paragraph to the general principles of responsibility of the principal for the acts of the agent was to set the context of the consideration that in that particular case the solicitors for the creditors were equally deceived by the dishonest conduct of the son as were his own parents . |
| 2 | Each department was set a minimum target of 52 per cent women and 10 per cent ethnic minorities . |
| 3 | I reassured him that this warning was unnecessary : my ambition was to set the record for the slowest lap of the circuit . |
| 4 | The sun was setting a glittering scene for the first hole , enlivening the damp leaves on the backdrop of ancient and stately trees , whose different designs gave character to each and every hole on this , one of the loveliest golf courses in southern England . |
| 5 | His entrance test was to set a four-part antiphon ( in a locked room to prevent cheating ) : he completed the task — which took some composers four hours or so — in just over half an hour , and was unanimously elected a member of the Accademia . |
| 6 | An area of concern was identified and a project team was set the objective of finding a solution . |
| 7 | Prior to 1988 , the BBC 's licence fee was set every three years at a level that was mid-way between what the BBC wanted and what politicians thought was electorally acceptable . |
| 8 | For example , his belief that the leader 's job was to set a policy and leave his subordinates to implement it — the belief that he had expressed at the War College in the 1920s ( see page 4 ) — got him into deep water in Algeria . |
| 9 | When an election for the state assembly was set a year ago , after five years of direct rule from New Delhi , the militants threatened to kill voters as well as candidates . |
| 10 | Here the station was setting the tone for a new British self-image , one more related to the power of medieval romance than classical imperial rule . |
| 11 | based on inflation increases and previous authority expenditure patterns , each authority was set a volume expenditure target by the Department of the Environment . |
| 12 | Thirdly the cry to the Father was to set the captives free from the Devil , who ensnares and traps what goodness is left in human beings . |
| 13 | Unless stated otherwise , significance was set a p<0.05 . |
| 14 | On this field I found the best combination was to set the Silver Sabre at minimum discrimination and maximum sensitivity . |
| 15 | The case was to set a stamp on the decade , and one question from prosecuting counsel Mervyn Griffiths-Jones was to mark the period as precisely as Neville Chamberlain 's ‘ Peace in our time ’ had done in 1938 . |
| 16 | When she got down again her mother was setting the table for high tea ; Clara , mutely . |