Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb -s] set [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 But Kim Basinger has set a new standard by buying her own town .
2 The UN has set a tough target for developing countries to reach .
3 Britain has set the European Community on a course that I wholly applaud — an ever closer union of nation states .
4 Investors were heartened by news that Saudi Arabia has set the second phase of the Al-Yamamah arms deal in train by making a £1½ billion down-payment , ending months of uncertainty over the contract 's future .
5 Co-ordinator Andrew Smart has set the following schedule to the end of April :
6 On Clifton Hill 's dining room ceiling , presently the student ‘ drawing room ’ , Ware has managed to keep Joseph Thomas confined to solid geometrical compartments but within these Thomas has set a stiff breeze blowing to animate the acanthus leaves and there is a saucy tilt to the fruit baskets that perch on the heads of his goddesses .
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