Example sentences of "[noun prp] set [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Llanelli scrum-half Rupert Moon sets the Scarlets in motion as they savage Pooler 27–3 at Pontypool Park to claim a place in the Schweppes Cup semi-finals and record their second win over Pontypool within a week . |
| 2 | The Master of the Rolls sets the tone of the court and can control the distribution of business among his colleagues . |
| 3 | Simon Lyster sets the scene for next week 's meeting in Gaborne , Botswana on endangered species |
| 4 | His ‘ insights ’ into human nature are a jumble of cliches , and his novel about a serial killer , Maigret tend un piege ( Maigret Sets a Trap ) , parrots those popular myths on the subject which have obstructed just about every police inquiry since the case of Jack the Ripper . |
| 5 | During her first public visit to Britain , Kylie set the tone for two years of teasing and tantalising . |
| 6 | He had been told that he did n't know the first thing about it , that the young were all the same , destructive and careless , that Mrs Irving set a value on her privacy . |
| 7 | Williams from Didcot in Oxfordshire the champions of 92 are the favourites for 93 … but what will life be like without Mansell … will Prost be back to his best … can new boy Damon Hill set the world alight |
| 8 | The first Test at Brisbane set the tone for the series : Australia disappointed with 166 , routed by Bedi 's 5 for 55 , but redeemed themselves by dismissing India for just 153 . |
| 9 | Campbell cracked his first ever senior hat-trick after England ace Wright set the ball rolling with his 62nd strike in just 87 games for the Gunners . |
| 10 | Goals in the first five minutes by Dennis Greene and Keith Scott set the Buckinghamshire side on the path to victory , but they had to wait until the 68th minute before Simon Stapleton settled the issue . |
| 11 | Ceauşescu set the target : $10 billion had to be repaid by the end of the decade . |
| 12 | But when they reached the railway line and Mister Johnny set the goose down and said , ‘ Gurlyi , gurlyi , ’ she knew what he was trying to say . |
| 13 | Rush scored his 200th league goal in England to set the seal on Liverpool 's win and then admitted he prefers the presence of a strike partner to the lone attacker role employed against Spartak . |
| 14 | Bicker said in a warning voice , and he reached across Riven to set a hand on the big man 's arm . |
| 15 | America might be a superpower , as the Iranians kept saying , but Iran — as Hakim put it — was a ‘ super religious power ’ , one that might easily find the pretext of some religious occasion to persuade Hizbollah to set the captives free . |
| 16 | Bob Binney at Brimsdown sets the scene |
| 17 | Transylvania sets the trend as Kossack meets Highlander From John Davidson , Paris |
| 18 | Start with the mood music , where Maastricht sets a tone but not much more . |
| 19 | It is high time that Scotland set a lead to the world by establishing a fixed date for Easter . |
| 20 | Tibbetts RN set the fuses on Campbeltown 's warhead . |
| 21 | The NDF , which wanted a nationwide truce , said that peace talks with the government would be useless unless Aquino set an agenda to solve the problems of US economic domination , inadequate redistribution of farmland , poverty and government repression . |
| 22 | DeVore set the rose quartz bottle down and turned to face his friend . |
| 23 | The Church of England set an example in its semi-official Church Congresses which date from 1861 . |
| 24 | With the sale of the manor off her mind , Jane set the wheels in motion to find somewhere small to live , and treated herself to many walks with the dogs — more carefree , perhaps , than she had ever been . |
| 25 | Grant sets the information for our voyage into the computer . |
| 26 | SID Sets the Pulse |
| 27 | City : Wall Street sets the pace with 47-point surge |
| 28 | If Schultz set the scene for the acceptability of the human capital theory , Denison provided the detailed , methodological framework for empirical studies to test the claim that the development of education or health services promotes economic growth . |
| 29 | Walsh set a record for the most economical bowling in a one-day international between Test-playing countries with just eleven runs off eleven overs , but 21 no-balls and wides sent down by his chums did not help the struggle , especially as Gooch was ‘ out ’ twice to no-balls . |
| 30 | Skippers Bistro in Dock Place set the example , but several others followed , on both sides of the mouth of the Water of Leith . |