Example sentences of "[noun sg] set [art] example " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is hoped that the committee 's work will enable the Bar to set an example of good practice among the professions . |
| 2 | But a judge in Eberswalde said it was not his job to set an example . |
| 3 | In that case , the hon. Gentleman sets an example and shows that in a free society people can decide what they want to drink . |
| 4 | Opening the summit , UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher announced a six-point plan to : ( i ) educate the young on the dangers of drug-taking ; ( ii ) start a high-profile anti-drug publicity campaign ; ( iii ) exert pressure on parents and society to set an example ; ( iv ) improve the early identification of drug takers ; ( v ) increase treatment and rehabilitation ; and ( vi ) campaign against any legalization of drug-taking . |
| 5 | Will the Secretary of State set an example to his Israeli friends and recognise the Palestine Liberation Organisation as a Government in exile ? |
| 6 | In one area American Teetotalism then affected the English movement which in turn set an example for Nonconformity as a whole . |
| 7 | Management was under pressure to set an example on pay restraint and increases were now being linked more closely to performance , Hay said . |
| 8 | The Prince feels he has a responsibility as a landowner to set an example to others , always to take the humane or the conservationist route above the straight commercial . |