Example sentences of "[art] [noun pl] set [art] " in BNC.
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1 | But later the deputies set the stage for possible compromise by agreeing to debate a referendum after all . |
2 | The allegedly second class Scots gave an undeniably first rate account of themselves in a first half in which the Germans set the mood for the evening with the quality of their possession play . |
3 | ‘ I 'll agree that on the For side you could put the things you listed the other day , that he has all the skills to set the trap and the perfect place to do it . ’ |
4 | Space Biospheres Ventures , the private firm that built and runs Biosphere 2 , said the bionauts set a new world record for living in a closed system . |
5 | Since the companies set the price , they determined both the amount of profit per bbl from extracting it and the amount of tax the ‘ host government ’ could levy on the process . |
6 | Whatever recording system was used by the parents to set the baseline should be maintained during the period of intervention . |
7 | The incendiaries set the villages on fire and the foragers visit and sack them . |
8 | The regulations set a ceiling of 15 parts per billion . |
9 | The servants setting the tables ready for supper were summarily dismissed . |
10 | Masters champion Couples coasted to a 66 while Love , the US No 2 , chipped in with a 68 for the Americans to set the first round pace with a combined 10 under par total of 134 . |
11 | The highlight of the celebrations is the Centenary Trophy in June when the World champions , Olympic champions and England join Ireland , but the youths set the ball rolling in a series switched to Ireland from its usual four-year cycle to suit the occasion . |
12 | The popular appeal of proportions and percentages is probably precisely because people understand that they can not go below 0 or above 1 ; the boundaries set a frame of reference in which people can interpret a particular result . |
13 | For example , fears of escalation expressed by the police set the tone for the Star headline BABY-FACED SEX BEAST ‘ SET TO KILL' — ‘ Detectives believe the same man carried out two earlier attacks and is becoming increasingly violent . |
14 | The injunctions set the standards that we ought to live up to , and their effect is to make people 's self-esteem contingent on living up to them . |
15 | Charity workers are looking to the boys to set an example when they return to Beirut . |
16 | In East Berlin , the well-known opposition figure , Pastor Rainer Eppelmann , said the talks set an example for the whole country , and called for a two-week period of calm on the streets . |
17 | But Mr Vadim Medvedev also indicated there were no plans to set the record straight about what happened at the December 9 meeting of the Central Committee — which was by all accounts a turbulent one — by publishing the minutes . |