Example sentences of "set [noun] to [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | Poor neighbourhoods , argues Mr Wilson , have lost great numbers of working people who used to set examples to local children . |
2 | The obvious interpretation was that Eric was going to set fire to some dogs , but I was too wise in the ways of the Factory to treat that as definite ; I suspected there was more |
3 | That spark can set light to further proposals , ideas and chances in the manager 's mind . |
4 | National legislation defines the powers of local authorities , and may set limits to those powers . |
5 | What 's more , this detonation ( which takes place on a remote beach , with only a dog as witness ) does n't set fire to other parts of the novel . |
6 | They have become a prime target for teenage joyriders who often set fire to stolen cars when they have finished with them . |
7 | In early April students had rioted in Kinshasa , the capital , showing frustration over lack of political reform , corruption in politics , and low levels of grants ; they set fire to 25 buses and called for Mobutu 's resignation . |
8 | Vandals sparked a blaze when they set fire to old tyres at the former Walker Tyres site , in West Auckland , early yesterday . |
9 | Riot police using tear gas and water cannons dislodged several dozen self-proclaimed " anarchists " who had set fire to administrative offices at Athens Polytechnic University on the night of Oct. 24-25 . |
10 | My own view of New Age used to be , and to some extent still is , not dissimilar to that of the performance artist Trevor Stewart , who under the alias of Ted Bunny , ritually sets fire to soft toys as a protest ‘ against everything New Age and holistic ’ . |
11 | According to some reports , the march was infiltrated by masked youths who stoned ground-floor windows of the Education Ministry and then moved through the city centre towards the Polytechnic , smashing shop windows and setting fire to two cars and a bus . |