Example sentences of "[noun] [vb -s] set a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 But Kim Basinger has set a new standard by buying her own town .
2 The outlook for sterling is clouded by confusion about whether the Chancellor has set a new floor for the pound .
3 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 ?
4 Beside this deliberate , purposive teaching the author has set a second kind of education which is just as moving and as important to the story .
5 The UN has set a tough target for developing countries to reach .
6 FOR the second time this week a Chinese woman has set a new world record .
7 The Government has set a 20 p.c. limit on foreign stakes .
8 Renshaw has set a tentative date of mid-1993 for her return , when her youngest child will be at playgroup .
9 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 .
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