Example sentences of "[det] set [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 This sets a context for research , study and teaching which unquestionably enriches the work we are able to do here .
2 This sets the framework for doing a bio-psychosocial assessment , using multidisciplinary knowledge from other professionals to piece together the impact of recent events on a particular family network .
3 However , Tom gets on well with the second chef , who shares his general outlook , and this sets the tone of the kitchen .
4 This sets the tone of what the general public read about sex crime .
5 Given the gradations in penalty available , this sets the threshold for liability at a surprisingly high level , and it may be wondered whether an individual defendant on his own will often be able to perpetrate that degree of ferocity , although the Act clearly contemplates this as a possibility .
6 In a sense , this is the ‘ if … then ’ technique played on the seller , but in this setting the consequences are more serious .
7 Import quota restrictions on textiles would be phased out within six years , provided that this set no precedent for wider negotiations under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ( GATT ) .
8 This set a delay and took the photographs corresponding to each half in turn , built up an array in the memory , and finally displayed the image .
9 But his enthusiasm for system led him too easily to assume that a native administration duly gazetted was a native administration actually functioning as a responsible organ of local government , and this set a limit to his achievements in reform .
10 This set the tone for the 1980s , when , despite successive draconian states of emergency , both secondary schools and universities have played a major part in challenging the government .
11 This set the pattern for all later accounts of El Cid up to the seventeenth century , when medieval sources were frequently questioned as to their ultimate accuracy .
12 Lucas 's published conclusion ( see panel ) followed the review of payment and payroll systems and to a large extent this set the pattern for all future best practice documents .
13 This set the pattern of Anglo-Gascon administration for the rest of the Middle Ages , and there was little departure from its terms before the final débâcle of 1453 .
14 If unc we write Sf for the set{ sf : s ε S } and call this set the image of S under f .
15 Matteo Fargion 's specially composed music for piano , strings and brass does much to set the tone of the piece , with its clouded dissonances and flurries of bright jazzy melody .
16 Government can do much to set the boundaries in which it is possible to create wealth .
17 Grand chandeliers and marble floors , gilt mirrors and woven wall-hangings greet you as you enter the airy Hotel Savoy and these set the tone for a traditional hotel of classic style .
18 These set the sights of ambition , often embodied in a series of national plans , what we called national intent in chapter 1 .
19 How does that set an example to countries that he wishes to discourage from adopting nuclear deterrence ?
20 Many set the odds on Rank achieving his ambitions very low indeed , seemingly believing that , as Eric Ambler was later to remark , ‘ a policy of selling British cars to America with their steering wheels on the right would have had the same chance of success . ’
21 together with the frustrations experienced by the abler and younger people coming into politics , may in time lead to a decline in the quality of political leadership available , at least in comparison with the capacity of those setting the pace in other sectors of British life .
22 Both points are presumably right but each sets a problem for the natural idea that explanation is the discovery of hidden order .
23 That sets a standard for others to aspire to , eh ?
24 That sets a ceiling on what is feasible .
25 That sets the tone for what follows , as blunder is piled on blunder .
26 The very notion of falling into that mass of water , as into unforeseen circumstances , and being swallowed — becoming an unconsidered mote and being swallowed — was enough to set the pulses racing .
27 That set the fur flying and even United coach Geoff Konopka was also sent off for serious misconduct .
28 That set the pattern for the next few days .
29 It assembled a variety of skilled sympathisers on the stage of the ICA that both set the audience hopping up and down and delivered music of such a strong African flavour as to make the issue and the entertainment inseperable .
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