Example sentences of "[noun sg] set an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Our next visit the following week set an ideal pattern . |
| 4 | But the Labour candidate set an unenviable record by increasing his own vote by 6,000 in a massive 83 pc turn-out and still losing . |
| 5 | Installed in the power supply to the immersion heater , a push-button sets an electronic timer long enough to heat the average household hot water cylinder . |