Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] set [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we assume that the monetary authorities set the size of the nominal money supply and that for the moment the price level is fixed at , then the supply of real cash balances can also be illustrated in the figure . |
| 2 | But the old London was being destroyed around him , and on 29 December 1940 , incendiary bombs set the City ablaze : life was peculiar now , he told Mary Hutchinson five days later , and in the preface to an anthology published in the following year , he discussed the problems of a " changing and bewildered world " . |
| 3 | And three days before these lines were written , English Heritage set the seal on Eliot 's Kensington associations by putting a plaque on the block where he spent his last and happiest years . |
| 4 | Alternatively , there is the example of some churches overseas , where an instrumental prelude sets the mood and is the beginning of the service . |
| 5 | The second day , a Monday , saw the English team set a target of 185 to win , which was quite beyond the Frenchmen , who crashed to 26 all out . |
| 6 | In that case , the hon. Gentleman sets an example and shows that in a free society people can decide what they want to drink . |
| 7 | A new wave in British sculpture set the art world here bussing during the last two decades of the 19th century when the status quo of classically austere , cold , funerary white marble was disturbed by the throbbing emotional statements of talented young men like Alfred Gilbert ( who gave us Eros in Piccadilly Circus ) George Frampton , Alfred Drury , Hamo Thorneycroft and others . |
| 8 | In the opinion of many , the finest eighteenth-century French furniture set a standard of quality and craftsmanship that has never been equalled though much emulated , appearing in such widely divergent mutations as John Henry Belter 's high Victorian rococo revival to the sleek Art Deco refinement of Jacques-Emile Ruhlmann . |
| 9 | Mart Kenney was a perfectionist , and his high standards set an example for scores of dance bands across the country . |
| 10 | EC foreign ministers set a deadline of Nov. 5 , the date of the next full session of the peace talks , for Serbia to accept the EC peace plan . |
| 11 | But the pessimists include Edward Shevardnadze , whose sudden resignation as foreign minister set the tone at the meeting from December 17th to 27th of the Congress of People 's Deputies , the Soviet super-parliament . |
| 12 | The broad gauge set the standard for developments for half a century , largely because the greater stability permitted higher speeds than were then possible on the narrow gauge and hence led to engineering advances that would make such speeds possible , eventually in the narrow gauge as well . |
| 13 | The following function sets the print control variable to the parameter passed and returns a null string . |
| 14 | As a growing child , three simple experiences set the pattern of joy for the rest of Lewis 's life . |
| 15 | Compton sale of Japanese swords sets a world record for total value |
| 16 | Taylor was given the perfect platform to set the record straight at yesterday 's press conference . |
| 17 | The first national conference of the Cooperative Party set the agenda . |
| 18 | Put simply , the failure of economic management at the centre and the onset of economic crisis set a context in which the continued survival of a relatively independent or autonomous sphere of politics , reflected in the institutional form of local government , became less likely . |
| 19 | In a strong breeze set the traveller and play the mainsheet to relieve the helm |
| 20 | The softgrained , ponderous opening sets the tone for a lifeless , long drawn out haul . |
| 21 | On Nov. 13 , the National Assembly set the date for presidential elections for Jan. 12 , 1992 . |
| 22 | Take a little trouble setting the situation properly . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | A LARGE crowd set the seal on a highly successful stamp convention on Teesside at the weekend . |
| 25 | If you want to warm rooms in very cold temperatures set the heating to come on earlier rather than turning it up higher . |
| 26 | If you have decided on this as your opening sequence , you may like the idea of beginning it with a fade in on a close-up of some brightly lit seasonal decoration in a shopping precinct — the face of a life-size Santa would be an ideal way to set the mood . |
| 27 | A sudden cloudburst set the taxi windscreen wipers to work . |
| 28 | The trends outlined above are , of course , only broad averages to set the scene and so attention is now turned to more detailed and more specifically geographical studies . |
| 29 | ‘ Home ’ in Victorian fiction , corresponding to the actual shift in population , is mainly in the city or its suburbs , where there are no great houses to set the standard ; and even when characters do live in the country , great houses no longer dominate rural communities in the same way . |
| 30 | 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 . |