Example sentences of "[noun] that set the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , during 1943–44 Albert played in every outfield position at least once and he still scored goals that set the fans ' interest alight . |
| 2 | Why , said Pumlumon , had n't there been a time , not so very long ago either , when he could rattle off the words that set the Draoicht Suan working with no more ado than you might make in the squashing of a flea , always supposing you wanted to do something so pointless , which Pumlumon himself never had . |
| 3 | His sleeves were rolled up — which was what led me to make such an assumption — but really it was his hair that set the tone . |
| 4 | The computer that sets the type for this page altered ‘ privileged ’ to ‘ privileged ’ last week . |
| 5 | Upstairs Downstairs , World at War , Edward VII ( in the 1970s ) ; Brideshead Revisited , Jewel in the Crown ( 1980s ) — all were ITV programmes that set the elitists purring . |
| 6 | I am quite aware it would take a far wiser head than mine to answer such a question , but if I were forced to hazard a guess , I would say that it is the very lack of obvious drama or spectacle that sets the beauty of our land apart . |
| 7 | Undoubtedly the product that set the pace was Aldus PageMaker . |
| 8 | One bomb , not three , and a tearing , screaming explosion that set the lights swaying on their wires and filled the air with choking dust . |
| 9 | For only on foot does one detect the subtle rise and fall of ground to which the earliest settlers were so sensitive , or alignments in the town scene that may throw light on some fundamental change of plan : or the names of streets and lanes that set the mind working at once . |
| 10 | Business Assignments is designed for the centres that set the standards in executive language training … |
| 11 | In fact , one of the features that sets the goat-antelopes apart from their relatives is the relatively thin and fragile skull . |
| 12 | We 're a good mix of people that set the trends , the ‘ see and be seen ’ generation … |
| 13 | Michael Crawford 's career , until now , has been a series of brilliant firework bursts which have never quite ignited into an enduring setpiece that sets the sky alight . |
| 14 | Though much of the 48-minute speech was devoted to outlining policies Labour had for Britain and the wider world , it was his attacks on Mr Major that set the Blackpool Labour Conference alight . |
| 15 | Add to that all manner of other goodies — like fitting your spreadsheet to the printed page , automatic formatting ( in other words choosing colour schemes and text styles in order to make the sheet look better ) and so on , and you have an application that sets the standard for others to follow . |
| 16 | But clearly it was imperialistic palaeontologists rather than imperialist fossils that set the pattern in both cases . |
| 17 | In two minutes we had created the excitement , fun and audience involvement that set the atmosphere for the afternoon . |
| 18 | Yes , I 'm sure what you say is true and , knowing as many people as we are privileged and glad to know , I agree with you that there is a wide spectrum , but it 's always the case that the vociferous ones are the ones that set the tone , and often in wrong light . |
| 19 | THE FUTURE of Antarctica turns on the outcome of an international conference which Michel Rocard , the French Prime Minister , opened yesterday with a speech that set the tone for what will be a fiercely political debate . |
| 20 | Which presents enthusiasts of Rossi 's work with a dreadful dilemma : we want to see more and more of his photographs that set the standard for aerial work , equally we 're convinced that his sub-aqua images would be equally ravishing . |
| 21 | This biologic fact was intricately connected with other climatic and geophysical events that set the mould for future cycles of evolution and extinction . |
| 22 | It has been important to review the establishment of a binary system and some of its implications , as although the CNAA was created in 1964 , it was the binary policy and its implementation that set the seal on the CNAA 's operations for the next two decades . |
| 23 | He again sat down on the settle opposite her , and sipped a glass of beer before saying thoughtfully , ‘ Funny , when you come to think about it , but it 's what happens when you 're a bairn that sets the pattern for a man or woman , in most cases anyway . ’ |