Example sentences of "[Wh det] [verb] set the " in BNC.

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1 WALL Street moved further into record-breaking territory yesterday , continuing a recent run which has set the scene for sharp rallies in Tokyo and Hong Kong .
2 Or does practice provide a constant flow of real-life problems and approaches which helps to set the agenda for curricula and research , and which may even run ahead of theory ?
3 The Presidents of Burkina , Côte d'Ivoire , The Gambia , Nigeria , and Togo participated in the meeting , which appeared to set the seal on 19 months of civil war estimated to have cost 15,000 lives including that of former President Samuel Doe .
4 It was just in the process of digesting the Islamic revolution which had set the last of the Shahs , Muhammad Reza , on his unhappy way to exile , illness and death , the last finally overtaking him in Egypt .
5 What has set the United States ' pulse racing is a realisation that it is no longer the most prosperous of the three , but lies second to Japan ( and Europe , if ever its internal bickering stops , could easily push the US into third place ) .
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