Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] set [art] [noun] " 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 The April 1991 Madrid agreement on a 50-year Antarctic mining ban [ see p. 38171 ] , tentatively scheduled for formal agreement in June , was jeopardized when the US government , although supportive of the moratorium , proved unwilling to sign the agreement ( a protocol to the Antarctic Treaty ) without acceptable procedures to set the rules applicable after the end of the 50-year period .
4 Mart Kenney was a perfectionist , and his high standards set an example for scores of dance bands across the country .
5 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 .
6 As a growing child , three simple experiences set the pattern of joy for the rest of Lewis 's life .
7 Compton sale of Japanese swords sets a world record for total value
8 Yet at the same time local officers and shop stewards of the same unions were finding themselves party to local , enterprise-level agreements setting the terms under which temporary workers could for the first time be used , or under which their use could be expanded .
9 If you want to warm rooms in very cold temperatures set the heating to come on earlier rather than turning it up higher .
10 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 .
11 ‘ 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 .
12 Recommendations include stopping development in crucial habitat areas , providing protection for areas of special value , and increasing local jurisdiction over coastal activities and government support of international directives to set an example .
13 ELECTRICAL problems set a car on fire in the centre of Darlington yesterday causing traffic tailbacks on the inner ring road .
14 You mention your father 's tax case and you go to great lengths to set the record straight .
15 SIX YEARS AGO , at a conference in Argentina the United Nations set a target for the 1980s : clean water and sanitation for all .
16 Above left : Striped pastel fabrics and textured wallpapers set the scene
17 The US Federal Communications Commission is urging the four rival teams bidding digital systems to set the US high definition television standard to merge their rival systems into a grand alliance : the remaining contenders are AT&T Co with Zenith Electronics Corp , General Electric Co Inc 's National Broadcasting Corp unit with Philips Electronics NV , Thomson SA and the David Sarnoff Research Center , and two alternate bids led by General Instrument Corp and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ; if the rival contenders fail to strike an alliance , final testing on the four improved systems will begin in April and conclude in late summer .
18 Chintz armchairs and well-worn rugs set the tone .
19 British dealers bite the Big Apple : American collectors set the pace and the prices .
20 It was timeless : other contests set a date and trust to luck that nature will co-operate — the Triple Crown was already distinct in having a much longer window of opportunity than fixtures elsewhere on the Tour .
21 Some of them sat on the grass , smoked cigarettes and watched the organizers ' bumbling attempts to set the rally in progress .
22 Significantly , Melrose and Jed-Forest , border rivals who began developing local youth talent years ago , are today among four unbeaten teams setting the title pace .
23 In Islington the financial advisers set a maximum of £50,000 , but the council decided to invest five times that .
24 But the bursting grenades set the heather on fire , forcing the Highland right to withdraw , and after a brisk fire-fight lasting some three hours the whole Jacobite line took to its heels .
25 Local councils set the rents and nominate the tenants in this case and the Association has been willing to build relatively small-scale developments ( sometimes fewer than ten houses ) suitable for village settings .
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