Example sentences of "[adv] set a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nothing snide or loaded here but enough to set a high Tory and paternalistic tone not often heard from the platform at recent Conservative conferences . |
| 2 | Although he had defied her before , it had only been in words but now the thought that he had the choice of putting those words into action and so set a new pattern , and in doing so break one of the threads that tied him to her , caused his whole body to tremble and his voice to quiver as he said , ‘ Either you give me permission freely to go with Mick tomorrow or I go down now and put it to Martin . ’ |
| 3 | The research-oriented approach to teaching that I have been proposing here obviously sets a high premium on teacher preparation , and that in turn raises the issues of the education and training of teachers . |
| 4 | Christie 's meanwhile set a new auction price record for a stamp in its New York dispersal of the Weill Brothers ' stock . |
| 5 | Instead , courts would in practice normally set a new payments schedule , allowing repossession ( or perhaps some form of money sanction instead ) if the new schedule was not kept up . |
| 6 | Dickinson had already set a new training record earlier in the 1982–3 season when sending out the winners of twelve races on Boxing Day 1982 . |
| 7 | Automated mechatons have already set a temporary patch and seal . |
| 8 | The Mark 2 coaches inaugurated in 1966 had generally set a new standard of comfort with for example better heating and ventilation but there were no Mark 2 catering or sleeping cars . |
| 9 | In a continuous form instead of just setting a binary link here we actually count the number of times this particular line is set to one . |
| 10 | RIOTING prisoners yesterday set a deadly trap for warders — copied from a Columbo TV murder movie . |
| 11 | But he was not alone , John Wheway ( see left for more details ) also set a new British best , as did Arthur Keily and they both head their respective age groups in last year 's Veteran 's 10-mile road rankings . |
| 12 | Not only did they run the longest steam-hauled train ever seen on the 20-mile line since BR days , but also set a new British mileage record for the longest continuous run of Beamish Museum 's replica ‘ Locomotion ’ . |
| 13 | The 13 member countries also set a new target date of October 1991 for the implementation of a common external tariff ( CET ) on imports . |
| 14 | Amanda Tremble , who runs for North Shields Polytechnic , also set a new mark of 4 mins 42.1 secs in the intermediate girls 1500 metres , an improvement of six tenths of a second on Shirley Griffiths ' five-year-old record . |
| 15 | lot , they , they thought that lot was set below them , that the women had to sort that side of things out and they erm really set a great |
| 16 | Tony Blair , the shadow home secretary , has boldly set a new agenda , conceding the need for tough sentencing for persistent offenders . |
| 17 | She really made Seles fight , in a hard-hitting baseline battle which at the same time surely set a new decibel record ! |
| 18 | Novotna really made Seles fight in a hard-hitting battle that surely set a new decibel record ! |
| 19 | BRILLIANT hurdles prospect Allison Curbishley watched birthday girl Gowry Retchakhan smash the Daily Telegraph UK Women 's League record yesterday and immediately set a new divisional mark . |
| 20 | A couple of grenades then set a nearby house alight . |
| 21 | Its aim was to act as a bluff in the wage negotiations in order to shame the Councils , first into meeting each year , and then setting a respectable wage increase . |