Example sentences of "[noun prp] set [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Hitchcock sets an innocent woman against Charles Laughton 's squire , a criminal buffoon , and a gang of smugglers , but there is never any real conflict , and the ending is almost comic . |
2 | Weald set a formidable target of 239 for 2 in a match restricted to 40 overs . |
3 | Australian Peter O'Marley set the early pace with a 4 under par 638 . |
4 | Andy Roberts set the Caribbean fast bowling conveyor belt in motion . |
5 | Last year McCallen crashed out , leaving Robert to win , and Ian Newton to set a new lap record at 115.86 mph — but this time it should be a different story . |
6 | He had rung through to the Swan Hotel in Stratford to set a revised time of arrival at 6.15 p.m. ; but by the look of things it was going to be , in Wellington 's words , ‘ a damn close-run thing ’ . |
7 | Although speakers mentioned the ‘ enormous potential ’ to boost the economy , only British Telecom set an operational target : investment of up to £20billion over 10 years . |
8 | On 14 October Louis XV himself signed orders instructing Admiral Conflans to set the whole invasion scheme in motion by clearing the way across the Channel . |
9 | The Light Blues had a half-length lead at the Old Ship but with Gardiner setting an excellent rhythm , and with Davy , Maclennan and Bridge backing magnificently , Oxford were holding on in flat water . |
10 | Hamilton sets a hot pace in first round |
11 | BANBRIDGE youngster Peter Mulligan set a possible British record when he won the junior gents barebow category in yesterday 's NI Indoor Target Championships at Craigavon Leisure Centre . |
12 | SCOT Stephen Hendry set a new tournament record break of 144 in the £180,000 Nescafe Asian Open in Bangkok last night . |
13 | Mr F R Lees set a political record in 1860 . |
14 | Dallas set a glossy , high-powered , ruthless , kill-your-own-mother precedent with its fake grins , fake shoulders and fake breakfast camaraderie ; a great , towering monolith of Hollywood buttocks , all expense spent . |
15 | Crossing the Judith Mountains , Poker Joe set a hard pace , and the elderly and wounded silently drifted behind their people . |
16 | His partnership of 322 with captain Javed Miandad set a new Pakistan record against England for the fourth wicket . |
17 | After all , fanatic ayatollahs and born-again Christians eager for the Rapture set no encouraging example . |
18 | John Regis set a new British record with 20.54 seconds . |
19 | Take the start of last year 's Grand Prix season when Senna set a new record by winning the first four races on the trot . |
20 | In the same year Italy set a new higher rate of customs duties just before a scheduled meeting of GATT was due to discuss tariff reductions . |
21 | At school , both he and his elder brother ( Robert Victor ) excelled at sports ; in 1919 Eric set a new ( and still unbroken ) school record of 10.2 seconds for the 100 yards . |
22 | The Wallingfen court in the Vale of York set an upper limit for animals on the common in 1636 which was way above the actual carrying capacity of the land . |
23 | Together , IBM and Microsoft set the technical standards that helped fuel the explosive growth of personal computers in the 1980s : ‘ IBM-compatible ’ hardware and Microsoft 's DOS operating-system software , the basic program needed to run any computer . |
24 | Steve refused to be drawn when Willie Carson set a suicidal pace on Jahafil , but was still far enough ahead of the others to have a winning lead off the final bend . |
25 | Both fell to peeler crab on a 1/0 hook to 15 lb line to give Roy a unique double — before Christmas he took a 4 lb 7 oz flounder from the Exe to set a new best for his club 's inner area record . |
26 | So cardinal a quality is this , so clear a mark of a man being filled with the Spirit of Christ , that in the middle of his three chapters on spiritual gifts ( 1 Cor. 12–14 ) , Paul sets the crowning gift of love . |
27 | Instructed on 6th January 1877 to bring the Nez Perce on to the reservation within ‘ a reasonable time ’ , Monteith set an overeager deadline of 1st April . |
28 | THE FAST LANE SUPER Sally Gunnell set a scorching pace right from the off in Barcelona last night to clock the quickest 400m hurdles in the world this year . |
29 | Clement set a high value on his work , often astonishing customers by his charges . |
30 | NICK Price set a new two-round record score of 132 to take a two-stroke lead in the US Players Championship in Ponte Vedra , Florida . |