Example sentences of "[pers pn] set a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I next ran at Oslo where I set a personal best for 200 metres , so that was encouraging . |
| 2 | ‘ While you were following your own pursuits this morning , I set a few more wheels in motion . |
| 3 | But if you set a personal best indoors , on the heavy training that you have been undertaking , it is a tremendous incentive . |
| 4 | You expect that if you set a 10:10 standard on a [ large well-known company ] for a , say a pickle liquor , or something , if you did that they would comply because they 're big enough and they 've got the expertise , and so on . |
| 5 | She set a new women 's record for the Twostar in 1986 when she came 2nd in class with Kitty Hampton in Sony Handicam ( ex Ntombifuti ) and in 1987 completed the AZAB in Quixote . |
| 6 | However , Hamilton 's day ended on a high as she set a new Ulster Junior and Senior record in the 100m backstroke and lifted the O'Neill Tray . |
| 7 | In 1923 she set a British ladies ' record for Thames swimming ( 10 hrs. 45 min . ) . |
| 8 | She set an important precedent , because she never conformed to the accepted feminine ideal — she had acne , weight problems , scraggy hair and a masculine voice . |
| 9 | Michael Heseltine ( 1987 , p. 138 ) has since claimed that ‘ we set a new objective : to make the inner cities places where people would want to live and work and where the private investor would be willing to put his money ’ . |
| 10 | but at the same time I would want to afford er , you as heads of departments er er everybody 's heads of department a little bit of leeway what i what if , what wa wa we have to be careful about this that we set a standard but allow a little leeway because all departments are slightly different and want to approach things |
| 11 | We were pleased to see advice being prepared for the Secretary of State emphasising this point , urging him to set a clear direction towards a sustainable way of life in Wales . |
| 12 | They set a marvellous example indeed . |
| 13 | Their arrest came only days after they set a new world record for cycling at altitude across the Himalayas . |
| 14 | Make sure managers and supervisors are familiar with the policy and procedures , and make sure too that they set a good example to the staff they supervise . |
| 15 | ‘ It sets a dangerous precedent . |
| 16 | Not only is this ungallant to Susan Hill , with whom La Hodge is being compared and contrasted , it sets a dangerous precedent . |
| 17 | But critics say it sets a dangerous example . |
| 18 | Erm , I welcomed Chairman the present experiment before us , I hope it succeeds , I hope it sets a continuing example to other parts of the county but you only get what you pay for and in , in we top it up from the seven cuts to I think thirteen or fourteen . |
| 19 | Nudes news : Women are upset by female nudity in films because it sets an impossible standard but think there should be more male nudes on screen , according to a Glamour magazine survey . |
| 20 | As I understand the way need has been calculated , and the County will correct me if I 'm wrong on this , er the method does actually take account of unemployment , and it sets an eventual employment level of three percent as a goal . |
| 21 | This is a vindictive and intolerant motion it sets an unfortunate precedent and in this debate about freedom we should support the rights of our tenants to choose . |
| 22 | Against this first idea of culture he sets a second definition at once wider and ‘ more fundamental ’ . |
| 23 | He sets a high moral tone , exhorting the journalist to live up to the ideals of truth , decency and justice against the crasser world outside . |
| 24 | Keener feels that his lack of technical background is a distinct advantage ; it also means that he sets a large amount of trust in the engineers he is working with . |
| 25 | ENGLAND 's Mark Foster wrote his name in the record books for the second successive day when he set a European short-course 50 metres freestyle record at a World Cup meeting in Gelsenkirchen , Germany , yesterday . |
| 26 | Fürst Franz-Anton Thun-Hohenstein spoke first in Czech and then repeated in German : ‘ When President Hawel asked forgiveness for the driving out or resettling of most of the German-speaking population of Czechoslovakia , he set a high standard . |
| 27 | DENIS COMPTON 's vintage year was 1947 when he set an all-time record of 3,816 runs in first-class cricket — a total never likely to be surpassed . |
| 28 | It was not the sort of gag one would have expected from Lord King , and it set a certain tone … |
| 29 | It was an unforgettable painting ; it set a dense golden halo of light round the most trivial of moments , so that the moment , and all such moments , could never be completely trivial again . |
| 30 | Oh they and I guess it set a few farmers on his feet . |