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 | They rose 10 per cent on 2 August , and also moved up when the UN imposed sanctions , when Iraq refused the UN 's call for withdrawal and when the UN set the 15 january deadline . |
| 11 | Hamilton sets a hot pace in first round |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Adam set the twelve sherry glasses that were cut in a greek key pattern round their rims in the middle of the moonlight and said he would put them in a box tomorrow and try to sell them in Sudbury to the man who had the antique shop in Gainsborough Street that they had passed . |
| 14 | SCOT Stephen Hendry set a new tournament record break of 144 in the £180,000 Nescafe Asian Open in Bangkok last night . |
| 15 | Bottom-placed Dundee HSFP set a few hearts pounding with that fine win over Kelso , and another against Gala at Mayfield would really upset the relegation apple-cart . |
| 16 | Mr F R Lees set a political record in 1860 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Crossing the Judith Mountains , Poker Joe set a hard pace , and the elderly and wounded silently drifted behind their people . |
| 19 | His partnership of 322 with captain Javed Miandad set a new Pakistan record against England for the fourth wicket . |
| 20 | Some countries are keener on being cleaner than others and it has been left up to the badly affected states of Europe to set the best example . |
| 21 | After all , fanatic ayatollahs and born-again Christians eager for the Rapture set no encouraging example . |
| 22 | Riding the PJ O'Kane Yamaha , which he will ride at next month 's TT races in the Isle of Man , Robert averaged 114.84mph , while second placed man McCallen set the fastest lap at 115.44mph . |
| 23 | John Regis set a new British record with 20.54 seconds . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Beth Shepherd set the two bags down on the kitchen table then went to the garden door and undid the top catch . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |