Example sentences of "[noun sg] set [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is the angel Gabriel who comes to Charlemagne at the end of the poem , just as Gabriel and Michael — the fighting archangel , whose cult was flourishing anew in the tenth and eleventh centuries — come to Roland to carry his soul to heaven ; the poem is definitely Christian , and an attempt to set a religious seal on knightly glory ; but the knightly glory has in its turn captured the Church , and harnessed it , in the person of the archbishop of Rheims , to the holy war against the infidel . |
| 2 | IF there was one occasion that summed up sporting attitudes in l992 , it was Carl Lewis 's bizarre attempt to set an Olympic record for the greatest number of journalists asphyxiated at a single press conference . |
| 3 | Stanyer sets a high standard , but the response from practitioners was scarcely more enthusiastic . |
| 4 | Celie remains uncomplicated and straight forward but the childish brevity sets the right tone of gratuitous violence for Celie 's early vision of the world . |
| 5 | The guitar 's overall finish is faultless : the vintage turquoise body and clear lacquered neck set a standard that many manufacturers would love to emulate . |
| 6 | A sharp gust of wind set the whole tree in motion and he dung on desperately like a sailor in the rigging , remembering Dalziel 's jocular injunction to ‘ watch himself ’ . |
| 7 | What Kinnock must say : Giles Radice on the Labour leader 's opportunity to set the political agenda |
| 8 | More usually , but no less spectacularly , the view is over the city and a visit to the roof offers a good opportunity to set the internal map and compass ready for walks of exploration . |
| 9 | This proposal sets a dangerous anti-democratic precedent . |
| 10 | Unlike in certain other European countries , British labour law sets no maximum duration to a temporary employment relationship , whereby all persons employed for longer than a certain period of time automatically have permanent status . |
| 11 | The new law sets a 48-hour limit on the working week . |
| 12 | In the following year he had succeeded in attracting so much public attention that the government was obliged to hurry through parliament a new Merchant Shipping Act setting a fixed load line for ships — the " Plimsoll Line " . |
| 13 | Zambia 's first development plan set the ambitious goal of providing primary school places for all children by 1970 . |
| 14 | This reported in 1960 ( the Herbert Report ) , and in 1963 the London Government Act set a broad boundary to the London area and gave shared responsibility for its local services to the Greater London Council ( GLC ) , and to thirty-two London boroughs and the City of London . |
| 15 | Mother poured hair dye round the hoof ; even that did not act sufficiently as a lubricant to set the poor beast free . |
| 16 | If one of them is aware that she is providing an example for the others , she will have an additional incentive to set a high standard . |
| 17 | Under the scheme , known as the Regional Clean Air Incentives Market ( Reclaim ) , the AQMD sets an annual target for reducing emissions of hydrocarbons , nitrogen oxides and sulphur dioxide . |
| 18 | The EC Drinking Water Directive set a Maximum Admissible Concentration ( MAC ) of 50 ug/litre of lead in tapwater . |
| 19 | Cordoba had clearly cried enough a good two furlongs from the finish as first Batzushka and then Balla Cove set a furious pace which resulted in a time that equalled the course record by a two-year-old over six furlongs . |
| 20 | Theories of normative income redistribution set a desirable standard or target , whereas the more positive theories are an attempt to predict something about the nature of redistribution in the empirical world which may or may not be consistent with one or more or any of the views of desirability . |
| 21 | of yellow mustard set the grey skies flying . |
| 22 | The first process set a general objective which was valid whether or not it could be attained under existing circumstances . |
| 23 | The failure of this initiative set the firm back somewhat and it may find it difficult to recover . |
| 24 | Experience of cooperation during the war set the final seal . |
| 25 | Suppose a comparison instruction sets a two-bit condition code , depending on a comparison of the contents of accumulator A with the contents of a store location B , as shown in Figure 3.13(a) . |
| 26 | Schreier sets a brisk but effective tempo here and the horn and bassoons with continuo are first-rate . |
| 27 | ‘ That scoundrel sets a bad example for the other young men of the parish . |
| 28 | The reigning world Formula One champion set a scorching 102.095 miles an hour around the streets of the Queensland holiday resort , clipping about two-tenths of a second off the previous record . |
| 29 | His time in the 25m freestyle set a national record . |
| 30 | If that happened , the CAA would have the authority to set the maximum level of airport charges for each . ’ |