Example sentences of "[conj] [noun sg] set [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 2.00am : The borough solicitor , barely comprehensible through a jungle of subordinate clauses , warns councillors that failure to set a rate by midday would make them personally responsible for losses incurred . |
| 2 | Brunel , no less committed than Hitchcock to an ‘ artistic ’ direction for British films , was later unstinting in his praise of a man who ‘ by his faith and support set the pace at a time when we most needed it ’ and credited him with contributing ‘ very considerably to the renaissance of the British film production industry . ’ |
| 3 | Thomas Cook 's confidence and enthusiasm set the pace . |
| 4 | AGED 14-16 : Traditional classics such as Eliot 's Silas Marner , Hardy 's The Mayor Of Casterbridge and Jane Austen 's Pride And Prejudice set the tone here , though there is still room for William Golding 's classic Lord Of The Flies . |
| 5 | With both the motive for the murder and the brave rescue Crime and Punishment sets the pattern for later Dostoevsky ; his post-Siberian notebooks swarm with admonitions like ‘ Decide the matter definitely one way or the other ’ , and with the X marks the spot of ‘ Here a podvig is achieved ’ ; and in the other novels , as in Crime and Punishment , the actual outcome of such promptings makes an interesting study . |
| 6 | Opening the summit , UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher announced a six-point plan to : ( i ) educate the young on the dangers of drug-taking ; ( ii ) start a high-profile anti-drug publicity campaign ; ( iii ) exert pressure on parents and society to set an example ; ( iv ) improve the early identification of drug takers ; ( v ) increase treatment and rehabilitation ; and ( vi ) campaign against any legalization of drug-taking . |
| 7 | In the late eleventh and twelfth centuries city after city set the bishop aside ( often with his consent ) and established committees of consuls , or some other ruling authority , not perhaps quite democratic — for they represented the powerful citizens , not the polloi — but reflecting a new and vivid aspiration . |