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

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1 The Firebird set the example fur many nationally styled ballets such as Petrushka , The Rake 's Progress and Rodeo .
2 But later the deputies set the stage for possible compromise by agreeing to debate a referendum after all .
3 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 .
4 The allegedly second class Scots gave an undeniably first rate account of themselves in a first half in which the Germans set the mood for the evening with the quality of their possession play .
5 The Chairman set the scene by immediately putting the College staff at ease and set the tone of the meeting as friendly , efficient , and business like .
6 ‘ I 'll agree that on the For side you could put the things you listed the other day , that he has all the skills to set the trap and the perfect place to do it . ’
7 The fee for burial does not include charges for grave-digging , which may be carried out by a parochial officer ( in which case the vicar sets the charge ) , or by a grave-digger hired by the funeral director .
8 In part two : Front runner : The driver setting the pace in the RAC rally .
9 The Master of the Rolls sets the tone of the court and can control the distribution of business among his colleagues .
10 The second part of the chapter sets the concept of poverty within the gendered organisation of family life .
11 The chapter sets the tenor for the whole work in so far as it tries to examine the social conditions under which blacks became involved in sport , first in the USA and then in Great Britain .
12 The headline set the tone : ‘ Sure , It 's the Greatest Show on Earth — But Need It Cost the Earth ? ’
13 With only the wind setting the course , a map is essential equipment .
14 The race has an earlier than normal start time with the Wirral Mayor due to fire the cannon to set the fleet on its way at 5p.m .
15 The Council sets the level of Council Tax and Water Charge for a Band D property and charges for each other band are in accordance with the prescribed formula set out by the Government .
16 The waves lapped into the bay in a murmur , and the sun set the sea dazzlingly alight .
17 In the display window of Joy Jewels the sun set the rhinestone ropes and little gilt collarets ablaze , and the plane tree leaves shadowed the pavements in damask tablecloth patterns .
18 Since the companies set the price , they determined both the amount of profit per bbl from extracting it and the amount of tax the ‘ host government ’ could levy on the process .
19 Given the Cold War political climate of the time and Sartre 's ideological need to be closely associated with the PCF , it is hardly surprising that the campaign to set the record straight on Nizan was given a low priority .
20 COMMENT the editor sets the world to rights
21 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 .
22 Whatever recording system was used by the parents to set the baseline should be maintained during the period of intervention .
23 This time the boy set the stone down in the south , in shang , only a hand 's length from Tuan Ti Fo 's knee .
24 Both in its reformist tendencies and in its underlying conservatism , the conference set the tone for France 's postwar colonial policy .
25 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 .
26 The program runs continuously in ‘ film mode ’ but at the beginning the teacher sets the level of difficulty and the time-delay before the correct answer appears ; a sequence of randomly generated fractions follows .
27 The EPLP is ideally placed to work alongside other Parliamentary groups in the Community to set the agenda for Europe and for its people .
28 The author set the context for his story with a lengthy but fairly conventional genealogy of the kings of France , tracing their origins back to the Trojans as Frankish historians had done since Merovingian times .
29 Price is then defined simply as : unc If we denote the profit margin as K , we can write this expression as : unc This pricing method is used in most cases where prices are determined by sellers rather than buyers ; that is , in nearly all manufacturing industry where the seller sets the price and the buyer accepts it .
30 A will have the right to set the contract aside and to demand the return of the goods .
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