Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun pl] set [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 His boyhood feats set the pace for a long and successful career as an international grandmaster , but , though he scored some spectacular defeats , Reshevsky never became a close challenger for the world championship .
2 As Senior Clinical Research Associate you will play a key role in this pioneering phase , assisting in the design and implementation of programmes for clinical research and advising on the establishment of standard operating procedures to set the foundation for the future .
3 Put yourself in Fifties or Sixties costume , throw in a couple of vintage cars to set the scene , and you 've got it made .
4 Court architects set the fashion , and what used to be an essentially English style took on a strong foreign influence .
5 He urged his cabinet colleagues to set an example by swapping their luxury German cars for Tatra limousines .
6 In the following decades Cook 's eye-catching posters and brochure covers set the travel industry 's style for selling dreams , as did his first travel magazine The Excursionist which gave details of Cook 's tours and was published regularly in worldwide editions for almost a century .
7 We have now won 15 FA Cup ties against League clubs to set a record — but this was without doubt our most comprehensive performance .
8 From the 1850s , with stations moving to inner-city sites , station hotels assumed palatial aspects and the railway companies set the standard for others to follow .
9 The mark also edged higher against the dollar after the Bundesbank announced it would allow market forces to set the rate for the weekly cash injection today , signalling a potential rise in the ‘ repo ’ rate .
10 It 's an album that 's jammed full of placid love songs — the title track helps set the tone and , from there on , it can be a little difficult to know when one song finishes and the next begins .
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