Example sentences of "set the world alight " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Britain , the equivalent is Prestel which , though stocked with stacks of useful information ( though no Madame Whiplashes ) , has failed to set the world alight . |
| 2 | His old classmate , Gil Kenny , who later became a local police chief , said no one thought Jack would set the world alight . |
| 3 | Sevens , through very popular in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres , does not set the world alight in Southern Africa . |
| 4 | The film itself did n't set the world alight , but critics and movie-makers were impressed with the young stars . |
| 5 | The English team are full of great players who could set the world alight . |
| 6 | The quality of the ball reaching Simon Geoghegan may have compromised his chances to make the Lions party unless the selectors are aware that the young London Irish winger could set the world alight if provided with a bit of time and space . |
| 7 | We have n't set the world alight , but we have seen a selection of the many kinds of birds and animals which choose to make Shetland their home . |
| 8 | They could have set the world alight . |
| 9 | Cram , who has hardly set the world alight this year with just one win in four races during a campaign disrupted by inevitable calf and hamstring trouble , has only flirted with the odd 5,000m race in the past . |
| 10 | Perhaps AM was worried that it might take some of the momentum away from their PostScript imagesetter but then they hardly seem to be setting the world alight with that either . |
| 11 | Pretty good this week but had a bad few weeks as well so not setting the world alight yet . |
| 12 | Williams from Didcot in Oxfordshire the champions of 92 are the favourites for 93 … but what will life be like without Mansell … will Prost be back to his best … can new boy Damon Hill set the world alight |