Example sentences of "set the [noun] of [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At first sight , Luke , far more than Matthew , seems to be concerned to set the events of Jesus ' birth in a historical setting . |
| 2 | Tops soon set the convent of St. Francis on its ear . |
| 3 | ‘ Besides , he 's wanting to take an army to England , to overthrow Henry Tudor and set the Duke of York on his rightful throne . |
| 4 | Craigbarnet had been supported , at considerable inconvenience , by the Montrose interest , mainly in order to please the head of the Stirling family , Stirling of Keir , who was a relative of the Duke of Montrose , but no sooner was Craigbarnet out of the running than another potentially explosive dispute arose which might well have set the Duke of Montrose at variance with Lord Elphinstone or another valuable ally , Dundas of Lethem . |
| 5 | But once our hero was free and the villain disposed of , M always granted him ‘ passionate leave ’ , thus setting the seal of HMG 's approval on well-earned fornication , unthinkable in Colonel Buchan 's day . |
| 6 | In a television broadcast on April 3 President Chadli Bendjedid set the date of June 27 for Algeria 's first multiparty general election . |
| 7 | Reasoning that a circle has 360 degrees , MacArthur let geometry set the basis of Japan 's international trade . |
| 8 | This set the pattern of Anglo-Gascon administration for the rest of the Middle Ages , and there was little departure from its terms before the final débâcle of 1453 . |