Example sentences of "[noun] set the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Celie remains uncomplicated and straight forward but the childish brevity sets the right tone of gratuitous violence for Celie 's early vision of the world . |
| 2 | A sharp gust of wind set the whole tree in motion and he dung on desperately like a sailor in the rigging , remembering Dalziel 's jocular injunction to ‘ watch himself ’ . |
| 3 | Australian Peter O'Marley set the early pace with a 4 under par 638 . |
| 4 | What Kinnock must say : Giles Radice on the Labour leader 's opportunity to set the political agenda |
| 5 | More usually , but no less spectacularly , the view is over the city and a visit to the roof offers a good opportunity to set the internal map and compass ready for walks of exploration . |
| 6 | Zambia 's first development plan set the ambitious goal of providing primary school places for all children by 1970 . |
| 7 | Mother poured hair dye round the hoof ; even that did not act sufficiently as a lubricant to set the poor beast free . |
| 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 failure of this initiative set the firm back somewhat and it may find it difficult to recover . |
| 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 | Experience of cooperation during the war set the final seal . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | If that happened , the CAA would have the authority to set the maximum level of airport charges for each . ’ |
| 14 | The contract rate sets the maximum interest rate payable on an exposure . |
| 15 | Many of the papers in this volume set the human agent within a cosmology , a total moral universe of meaning . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Since local councils borrowed to finance virtually all their capital expenditure , permission to borrow was used by central departments to set the total capital spending limits for local authorities , determine national service priorities for capital spending , and set common design standards and cost yardsticks which ensured a tight degree of economy in capital projects . |
| 18 | Their rumbling vibrations set the whole valley quaking . |
| 19 | The government sets the local price of petrol absurdly low while imposing taxes of over 80% on the company 's revenues . |
| 20 | This normativist approach sets the principal agenda for , and method of , inquiry . |
| 21 | The novel sets the individual reader 's response above authorial determination of meaning , orthodox critical interpretations , and other ‘ closed ’ forms of response . |
| 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 | The Board sets the final examination from a detailed syllabus available from the NEBE . |
| 24 | I desire you will send by y bearer 2 quarts of Sugar Hotspur peas to set the first crop , & half a peck of Windsor Beans , & pray bring y Hammer with you w . |
| 25 | In sports , season tickets set the same price for all events , regardless of popularity . |
| 26 | that talk about the company of which I 'm chairman is that there is a personnel and compensation committee which in the absence of a chief executive sets the chief executive 's remuneration and with the presence of the chief executive , although he 's not , I 'm not a member of that committee we work on the other senior executives of the company , it 's quite similar to the process used here in your company . |
| 27 | If , however , the central bank sets the reserve ratio , then by simply increasing it , it can force banks to reduce their non-reserve assets ( mainly credit ) . |
| 28 | The most obvious test of television 's ability to set the public agenda was provided by its massive shift of emphasis on to defence in the third week of the campaign . |
| 29 | For the first time since he became leader , he is in the position to set the political agenda . |
| 30 | This chapter briefly reviews these trends , both generally and specifically in mathematics , with particular reference to low attainers , in order to set the NFER project in the context of current developments . |