Example sentences of "[noun] set a [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Earlier this month , the Environment Department set a date for the public inquiry to start on October 26 at a venue to be fixed in Liverpool .
2 It is high time that Scotland set a lead to the world by establishing a fixed date for Easter .
3 For further help set a limit to the number of paragraphs you will use .
4 Walsh set a record for the most economical bowling in a one-day international between Test-playing countries with just eleven runs off eleven overs , but 21 no-balls and wides sent down by his chums did not help the struggle , especially as Gooch was ‘ out ’ twice to no-balls .
5 Others outside tried to dodge the fires as flaming high-octane aviation fuel set a parkland near the flats alight .
6 Earlier this month , the Department of Environment set a date for the public inquiry to commence on October 26 at a venue to be fixed in Liverpool .
7 Prince Charles set an example to the nation and banned all aerosols from Highgrove and ‘ ozone friendly ’ became an everyday phrase .
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