Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] sets the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alternatively , there is the example of some churches overseas , where an instrumental prelude sets the mood and is the beginning of the service . |
| 2 | This was because the higher pressures and temperatures required more advanced materials engineering , which was often only worthwhile if there were also economies of scale ( the 200MW sets with advanced steam conditions built later , for example , used less than half as much steel per MW as the simple 30MW sets the BEA were installing ) . |
| 3 | The following function sets the print control variable to the parameter passed and returns a null string . |
| 4 | 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 ) . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The softgrained , ponderous opening sets the tone for a lifeless , long drawn out haul . |
| 7 | The contagious A Little Love sets the scene with a biting chorus , while Lonesome Cavalier and Bridge of Dreams would n't be out of place in the charts . |
| 8 | Great longing sets the mind free of concern for trivialities . |
| 9 | Remedies for the poverty of single mothers and their families in an economy where the two-income family sets the norm in both the production and consumption systems would need to be more far reaching than those proposed by Wilson . |
| 10 | This dopant layer sets the voltage at which the transistor turns off and on . |
| 11 | There has rarely been a clearer example of the extent to which a Conservative leader sets the keynote for the party the extent to which it is moulded round its leader . |
| 12 | for harmony within the family — a disobedient child or revolting adolescent sets the scene for an unhappy home and disharmony between the parents ; |
| 13 | As well as the Coronation , the crowds lining the rain-soaked streets of London , and at street parties and gathered round the spate of new television sets the Coronation had sparked , were also celebrating some news from the other side of the world . |
| 14 | A ground-floor display sets the scene , with an AV show on The Way They Lived and an invitation to Meet Our Edwardians . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | A horrid jingle sets the tone . |