Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun] set the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Masters champion Couples coasted to a 66 while Love , the US No 2 , chipped in with a 68 for the Americans to set the first round pace with a combined 10 under par total of 134 . |
| 2 | Editor , — Is it not time for the BMJ to set the same standards for the drug advertisements it carries as it does for scientific papers ? |
| 3 | Experience of cooperation during the war set the final seal . |
| 4 | N. K. Sanders 's summary of the plot of the epic sets the scene : When the story begins he is in mature manhood , and superior to all other men in beauty and strength and the unsatisfied cravings of his half-divine nature , for which he can find no worthy match in love or in war ; while his daemonic energy is wearing his subjects out . |
| 5 | One can invoke , too , Ricks 's insistence that the language of the agenda sets the terms of the debate : to speak of ‘ principles ’ and ‘ faith ’ is to offer an alternative discourse to the invocation of ‘ theory ’ and ‘ ideology ’ . |
| 6 | It is usual practice for the management of the trust to set the bid price above the limit set by the formula . |
| 7 | The Master of the Rolls sets the tone of the court and can control the distribution of business among his colleagues . |
| 8 | On the wall outside each of them was an array of brass knobs and gauges , with which the staff of the establishment set the jet speed and volume of the essences . |
| 9 | The second part of the chapter sets the concept of poverty within the gendered organisation of family life . |
| 10 | He took down the lengthy list of produce prices , all in US dollars and cents , eradicated the zeros or ‘ nulls ’ which indicated a space in the message , and according to the day of the month set the lines of figures against prepared lines of letters . |
| 11 | Drop in the orange and dust with the mixture to set the fragrance . |
| 12 | ‘ A day without an argument is like an egg without salt ’ : that fighting sentence from the introduction sets the tone . |
| 13 | For the first time since he became leader , he is in the position to set the political agenda . |
| 14 | To that end this meeting will bring together the most prominent scholars in the field to set the agenda for the future direction of cultural studies . |
| 15 | Gaselee had always regarded Party Politics as a Grand National type and decided early in the season to set the gelding , who stands more than 18 hands , for steeplechasing 's biggest prize . |
| 16 | Often when talking with the girls she had noticed that whenever Moran entered the room silence and deadness would fall on them ; and if he was eating alone or working in the room setting the teeth of a saw , putting a handle in a broken spade on a wet day , taking apart the lighting plant that never seemed to run properly for long — they always tried to slip away . |
| 17 | The EPLP is ideally placed to work alongside other Parliamentary groups in the Community to set the agenda for Europe and for its people . |
| 18 | Whatever recording system was used by the parents to set the baseline should be maintained during the period of intervention . |
| 19 | For example , fears of escalation expressed by the police set the tone for the Star headline BABY-FACED SEX BEAST ‘ SET TO KILL' — ‘ Detectives believe the same man carried out two earlier attacks and is becoming increasingly violent . |