Example sentences of "set [art] [adj] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since local councils borrowed to finance virtually all their capital expenditure , permission to borrow was used by central departments to set the total capital spending limits for local authorities , determine national service priorities for capital spending , and set common design standards and cost yardsticks which ensured a tight degree of economy in capital projects . |
| 2 | On 14 October Louis XV himself signed orders instructing Admiral Conflans to set the whole invasion scheme in motion by clearing the way across the Channel . |
| 3 | I think there was a feeling yesterday , certainly it 's it 's our view that what that paragraph in P P G three does is to set the basic ground rules . |
| 4 | Last year McCallen crashed out , leaving Robert to win , and Ian Newton to set a new lap record at 115.86 mph — but this time it should be a different story . |
| 5 | Foresters spokesman Raymond Bell of Newton Aycliffe , said members from around County Durham and Cleveland were hoping to set a new fundraising record . |
| 6 | At the same time , to set a New Testament canon beside the Old carried implications for the concept of ‘ inspiration ’ . |
| 7 | Disabled sportsman , Ian Hayden , to a rest from the golf course , to set a new world record in the shot putt . |
| 8 | Well we used to play that in the street you see , have the lampposts , the top of the yard and there , there and have to set a good target rounders . |
| 9 | And a breeze that failed to set a single leaf atremble . |
| 10 | 1983 ) , and legislation on ‘ rate-capping ’ was enacted in England in 1984 , enabling central government to set a maximum rate level for particular councils — just as later ( in 1988/9 ) the community charge ( popularly known as the poll tax ) and the uniform business rate were introduced there before the experiment was extended to England and Wales . |
| 11 | And Sadia has also introduced a small controller , allowing the user to accurately set the required temperature range . |
| 12 | At Edinburgh I hope we can set the new membership negotiations in train . |
| 13 | The base current is adjustable by means of potentiometer , VR1 and this will set the steady brightness level at the end of construction . |
| 14 | They have hitherto rejected Nauru 's claim , not least because an independent inquiry in 1986 set the appropriate compensation level at A$72 million . |
| 15 | The latter and associated rubber air pipes caught alight and set the main avionics loom on fire . |
| 16 | Also provided , and not before time , are independent horizontal and vertical rules which means that keeping track of the number of lines of copy on a page is extremely easy , you simply set the vertical ruler scale to be the same as the leading . |
| 17 | Restring the guitar and set the desired action height , checking the intonation and string alignment ; a certain amount of alignment correction is allowed by moving the neck laterally ( slacken the four neck bolts slightly , move neck , retighten bolts ) . |
| 18 | It was here that Brazilian television producers — intending perhaps to " enlighten " viewers on their natural heritage — set the racy soap series " Pantanal " . |
| 19 | Their rumbling vibrations set the whole valley quaking . |
| 20 | ‘ Imagine me in one of those , ’ she said , and laughter bubbled out in the way that normally set the whole bus tour laughing with her . |
| 21 | It will be introducing three fully integrated pre-loaded platforms it believes will set a new price/performance standard in the one-to-24 user Santa Cruz Operation Inc Unix marketplace . |
| 22 | Under this procedure the designer can set a simple design limit ( which is alarmed ) , and also define a complete design envelope for any chosen kinematic function to cover the complete operating cycle . |
| 23 | So loud are these calls that a single insect can be heard half a kilometre away and a chorus of them can set a whole forest ringing and echoing . |
| 24 | Hence the Government will set a national business rate . |
| 25 | The 13 member countries also set a new target date of October 1991 for the implementation of a common external tariff ( CET ) on imports . |
| 26 | Christie 's meanwhile set a new auction price record for a stamp in its New York dispersal of the Weill Brothers ' stock . |
| 27 | She really made Seles fight , in a hard-hitting baseline battle which at the same time surely set a new decibel record ! |
| 28 | Novotna really made Seles fight in a hard-hitting battle that surely set a new decibel record ! |
| 29 | Their arrest came only days after they set a new world record for cycling at altitude across the Himalayas . |
| 30 | Space Biospheres Ventures , the private firm that built and runs Biosphere 2 , said the bionauts set a new world record for living in a closed system . |