Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] set [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | But Kim Basinger has set a new standard by buying her own town . |
2 | They say here that he will do no more of these questionless immobile heads as his designs begin to set the immobile against the mobile . |
3 | This study aims to set the current problem in its context by describing developments in the relationship between central and local government between 1945 and 1983 . |
4 | The commission 's guidelines include setting a clear overall policy , making sure managers have up-to-date information on arrears , and telling tenants how much they owe and how debts will be recovered . |
5 | The outlook for sterling is clouded by confusion about whether the Chancellor has set a new floor for the pound . |
6 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that the Queen has set a shining example of steadfast service over four decades of momentous political and social change , and will he wish her many more years of a great and glorious reign ? |
7 | Delight have set the following survey . |
8 | The vote , when it came , broke five days of deadlock for a post that will give Yeltsin no executive powers , but huge authority and the opportunity to help set a new political agenda for the Russian parliament . |
9 | The UN has set a tough target for developing countries to reach . |
10 | The Government — Mr John Patten — having learnt through the courts that teachers have the right to refuse to set the prescribed tests , now threatens to cut the headteacher 's salary and to take legal action against the governors of schools where the tests are not set . |
11 | The woman has to set the enticing fruit , the desire to have knowledge like God himself , against God 's plain command . |
12 | FOR the second time this week a Chinese woman has set a new world record . |
13 | Note that if this keyword is used without the module 's manager having set a PREFERRED version , an error message will be displayed the next time an attempt is made to read the module out of LIFESPAN . |
14 | However , although an EFL appeared to set a clear target for a nationalised industry , it was not unambiguous . |
15 | Britain has set the European Community on a course that I wholly applaud — an ever closer union of nation states . |
16 | There has been no unity ; in fact , the Welsh Rugby Union has set an atrocious example of disunity , and the national side caught the mood . |
17 | The government wants to set the technical standards of Poland 's public network and to retain the power to set ceilings on consumer prices . |
18 | The government wants to set the new system to work from January 1 . |
19 | Co-ordinator Andrew Smart has set the following schedule to the end of April : |
20 | A few chambers have set a shining example by stating that they will grant pupillages ( some of them accompanied by monetary awards ) by open competition ; if you wish to apply , write for details to John Stuart Colyer Esq . |
21 | Such publications as THE WORK OF ATGET have set an international standard in the 1980s . |
22 | Advocates of press freedom asserted that the Noriega tapes case had set a disturbing precedent in that it undermined the First Amendment by giving legal endorsement to the concept of " prior restraint " in the form of a pre-publication review of a pending news story . |
23 | Renshaw has set a tentative date of mid-1993 for her return , when her youngest child will be at playgroup . |
24 | Commissioner Gattrell had set a high standard . |
25 | The Society in consultation with the Regional Representatives has set the national priorities as being : — |
26 | On Clifton Hill 's dining room ceiling , presently the student ‘ drawing room ’ , Ware has managed to keep Joseph Thomas confined to solid geometrical compartments but within these Thomas has set a stiff breeze blowing to animate the acanthus leaves and there is a saucy tilt to the fruit baskets that perch on the heads of his goddesses . |
27 | There was no proof that an initial spark from Christian extremists had set the whole affair in motion ; there was suspicion , and it is one aspect of the Orkney affair that attracted the attention of the feature writers . |
28 | The majority felt Christianity had set a poor moral example . |
29 | Colchester RGS have set a magnificent example to the maintained sector by having over a hundred fixtures at all levels and by their enterprise in fulfilling 11 first XI matches before the examination period , including an Easter tour . |