Example sentences of "[noun sg] to set the record " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now Mr Vafa 's only legal recourse to set the record straight is to take his case to the Nobile Officium of the Court of Session . |
| 2 | It was this alleged inability to set the record straight which increasingly became the central focus of Republican attacks on the degree to which Clinton 's character was suitable for the highest office in the country . |
| 3 | Last night , he gave himself another opportunity to set the record straight with a gutsy 9–7 win against Scotland 's Alan McManus . |
| 4 | I propose that honourable members of this council er would not wish to be associated with such a disgraceful campaign to oust councillor , even if he does have strongly held views and I would like to give councillor as chairman of the environment committee , this opportunity to set the record straight on that point . |
| 5 | After a long campaign to set the record straight , including an investigation by a House of Lords committee , Salter was eventually vindicated in 1990 when the Department of Energy agreed to adjust the figures in its official literature . |
| 6 | Given the Cold War political climate of the time and Sartre 's ideological need to be closely associated with the PCF , it is hardly surprising that the campaign to set the record straight on Nizan was given a low priority . |
| 7 | Taylor was given the perfect platform to set the record straight at yesterday 's press conference . |
| 8 | A former television presenter who hit the headlines amid claims he was the Son of God has embarked on a lecture tour to set the record straight . |
| 9 | They have a duty to set the record straight , otherwise they are conniving at falsehood . |
| 10 | I picture the old man hopping and pacing to his cottage , finding the paper , finding the passage , transcribing it , bobbing back to the club and slipping the note under my door , in order to set the record straight ; I find myself close to tears . |