Example sentences of "[noun] set the [noun] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 In the following decades Cook 's eye-catching posters and brochure covers set the travel industry 's style for selling dreams , as did his first travel magazine The Excursionist which gave details of Cook 's tours and was published regularly in worldwide editions for almost a century .
2 The ratcheted , rotating bezel sets the time limits for underwater and other action sports .
3 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 .
4 The hardware handshaking is always active , so if you only want to use software handshaking , you will need to wire a cable to set the handshaking lines high at all times .
5 And the government has lost a high court battle over the poll tax with one of the London charge capped councils ; the Court has upheld Lambeth Council 's decision to set the community charge at £521 rather than the £493 figure sought by the government .
6 There would be no singularities at which the laws of science broke down and no edge of space-time at which one would have to appeal to God or some new law to set the boundary conditions for space-time .
7 DeVore set the rose quartz bottle down and turned to face his friend .
8 In the display window of Joy Jewels the sun set the rhinestone ropes and little gilt collarets ablaze , and the plane tree leaves shadowed the pavements in damask tablecloth patterns .
9 As with the skip technique , we can allow instructions other than tests and comparisons to set the condition code , with the added advantage over skipping that the setting of the condition code can be ignored where necessary .
10 You then press the relevant patch pedal to set the bank number and repress the relevant patch pedal to activate the chosen sound .
11 On the wall outside each of them was an array of brass knobs and gauges , with which the staff of the establishment set the jet speed and volume of the essences .
12 Why not do it and leave it ready the day before , then all that is needed is one minute to set the garter carriage in operation and you will come home to a sleeve which only has to be cast off .
13 Significantly , Melrose and Jed-Forest , border rivals who began developing local youth talent years ago , are today among four unbeaten teams setting the title pace .
14 Later she helped Mr Priddy to set the dining table upstairs .
15 The absence of any atrocities or aggressive acts on the part of Joseph 's people sets the Nez Perce conflict apart from all of the other Indian wars .
16 There was a radiator behind the chairs with a protecting shelf above it , and Donaldson set the plastic cups down on this .
17 A new wave in British sculpture set the art world here bussing during the last two decades of the 19th century when the status quo of classically austere , cold , funerary white marble was disturbed by the throbbing emotional statements of talented young men like Alfred Gilbert ( who gave us Eros in Piccadilly Circus ) George Frampton , Alfred Drury , Hamo Thorneycroft and others .
18 It is clear from this expression that the difference between full information output and actual output can be made zero each period ; that is , perfect stabilization policy can be achieved , if the government sets the policy parameter γ 2 equal to - 1 .
19 The following function sets the print control variable to the parameter passed and returns a null string .
20 RESTORE followed by a parameter sets the data pointer to the first item of data in the specified line ( or the next line containing a DATA statement if the specified line does not contain data ) .
21 Sheldukher set the Cell case down and walked slowly about .
22 However , when you interpret the symbols correctly , you will find that the two arrows to set the lace holes will still occur .
23 It is usual practice for the management of the trust to set the bid price above the limit set by the formula .
24 Despite its recent upgrades to include support for the IBM AT , fast colour monitors and the ability to set the default colours of each accessory window Spotlight lags behind SideKick on friendliness and ease of use .
25 The second component is the powerful sense of mission that underpins everything McDonald 's does — a mission to set the industry standard for quality , service and cleanliness through an unrelenting attention to detail .
26 In order to set the bonus targets it is necessary to establish the quantity of work to be done , the method of construction , and the calculation of the relevant man hours necessary to complete the task .
27 Others set the death toll higher , at up to 1,000 fatalities .
28 Steam setting the powder base makes no difference either .
29 The Metro set the class standard in this area ; the Clio narrowly surpasses it , thanks to its longer wheelbase .
30 A sudden cloudburst set the taxi windscreen wipers to work .
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