Example sentences of "[noun prp] set [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | A design for a tapestry by Rubens set a record when it sold for £748,000 . |
| 32 | The government had already agreed to meeting Unita this week and the UN had been waiting for Unita to set the date , UN officials said . |
| 33 | In February 1972 , Nixon himself went to China to set the seal on the new relationship . |
| 34 | WHITE PAPER pushes for wealth creation The UK sets a strategy for science and technology |
| 35 | GAA : Micheal McGeary sets the scene for today 's eagerly awaited All Ireland hurling final between Galway and Kilkenny at Croke Park , Dublin |
| 36 | GAA : Micheal McGeary sets the scene for today 's eagerly awaited All Ireland hurling final between Galway and Kilkenny at Croke Park , Dublin |
| 37 | Shouldering the door shut , Meh'Lindi set the Squat down somewhat abruptly , though not ungently . |
| 38 | In 1954 Butler set the aim of a doubling of the standard of living within twenty-five years . |
| 39 | Doncaster and Liverpool set the agenda last year and the pot is to be kept boiling with a Sunday point-to-point near Warwick on 26 April and a mixed flat and hurdles meeting at Lingfield on 1 August . |
| 40 | 3–0 to West Indies set the tour back on its path towards normality after the Test aberrations in Jamaica and Trinidad . |
| 41 | Mr Lamont set an inflation target of between one and four per cent , excluding mortgage costs , with the aim to keep the figure at the lower end of the scale . |
| 42 | Standard two up and one down rigs armed with size two Aberdeens set the trend for flatties , eels , pout and rockling . |
| 43 | Gibeau set the tone of our stay at Garrigues by making us run and crawl around the house , singing all the time . |
| 44 | Delaney set the mug of tea down . |
| 45 | Larner set the figure at 10 per cent , and in his later study , with the process of dispersal having become even more marked , Herman acknowledged that a holding of 5 per cent or more ‘ begins to approach non-negligibility from the standpoint of corporate power ’ . |
| 46 | Rossini set the words of his theatre librettists happily and so , give or take a few personal quiddities , did the Italian stories , outline and the dictate the treatment , but he handed over the actual versification to Piave , Ghislanzoni , Boito and the rest . |
| 47 | Later she helped Mr Priddy to set the dining table upstairs . |
| 48 | She must remember to tell Mrs Cooke to set a trap . |
| 49 | Cohen sets a standard toward which any film about architecture should aspire . |
| 50 | The faith of Mary sets the pattern for all true believers . |
| 51 | The Bar Conference : Donaldson sets the tone for battle over rights of audience |
| 52 | All these analogies present a picture of God setting the process up ( creating ) , and then effectively sitting back and letting it continue of its own accord . |
| 53 | In 1992 Roberto Guerrero from Colombia set a record qualifying speed of 232.438mph ( 374.073 km/h ) in a year marked by serious accidents . |
| 54 | In the 250 race Gary Jess set the pace for eight of the 12 laps , before front fork failure forced him to slow down . |
| 55 | Jess set the tankard down and began to unbutton his shirt . |
| 56 | In a television broadcast on April 3 President Chadli Bendjedid set the date of June 27 for Algeria 's first multiparty general election . |
| 57 | That evening , Belov set the fire as Alina opened some canned stew . |
| 58 | There was a radiator behind the chairs with a protecting shelf above it , and Donaldson set the plastic cups down on this . |
| 59 | Glenn Hoddle sprung a surprise by playing himself after a 5 month injury lay-off and in the opening minute Swindon were crowing ; just 30 seconds had gone , when Shaun Close set the match rolling with a freak of a goal . |
| 60 | They ignored , too , the more subtle ways in which Tripoli set the terms of discussion . |