Example sentences of "the [noun] set the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Firebird set the example fur many nationally styled ballets such as Petrushka , The Rake 's Progress and Rodeo . |
| 2 | But since the majority sets the standards , the differences of the majority are considered normal , those of the minority odd . |
| 3 | But later the deputies set the stage for possible compromise by agreeing to debate a referendum after all . |
| 4 | To that end this meeting will bring together the most prominent scholars in the field to set the agenda for the future direction of cultural studies . |
| 5 | The allegedly second class Scots gave an undeniably first rate account of themselves in a first half in which the Germans set the mood for the evening with the quality of their possession play . |
| 6 | The Chairman set the scene by immediately putting the College staff at ease and set the tone of the meeting as friendly , efficient , and business like . |
| 7 | The paradigm sets the standards for legitimate work within the science it governs . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'll agree that on the For side you could put the things you listed the other day , that he has all the skills to set the trap and the perfect place to do it . ’ |
| 9 | The fee for burial does not include charges for grave-digging , which may be carried out by a parochial officer ( in which case the vicar sets the charge ) , or by a grave-digger hired by the funeral director . |
| 10 | In part two : Front runner : The driver setting the pace in the RAC rally . |
| 11 | The Master of the Rolls sets the tone of the court and can control the distribution of business among his colleagues . |
| 12 | The second part of the chapter sets the concept of poverty within the gendered organisation of family life . |
| 13 | The chapter sets the tenor for the whole work in so far as it tries to examine the social conditions under which blacks became involved in sport , first in the USA and then in Great Britain . |
| 14 | The headline set the tone : ‘ Sure , It 's the Greatest Show on Earth — But Need It Cost the Earth ? ’ |
| 15 | With only the wind setting the course , a map is essential equipment . |
| 16 | Salvo Lima had been Mayor of Palermo in the building boom of the Fifties and Sixties , when the Mafia set the rules of many public contracts . |
| 17 | The race has an earlier than normal start time with the Wirral Mayor due to fire the cannon to set the fleet on its way at 5p.m . |
| 18 | The Council sets the level of Council Tax and Water Charge for a Band D property and charges for each other band are in accordance with the prescribed formula set out by the Government . |
| 19 | The waves lapped into the bay in a murmur , and the sun set the sea dazzlingly alight . |
| 20 | In the display window of Joy Jewels the sun set the rhinestone ropes and little gilt collarets ablaze , and the plane tree leaves shadowed the pavements in damask tablecloth patterns . |
| 21 | Since the companies set the price , they determined both the amount of profit per bbl from extracting it and the amount of tax the ‘ host government ’ could levy on the process . |
| 22 | Meanwhile the committee set the rules and obtained generous sponsorship through local industry , together with donors for the two trophies . |
| 23 | Given the Cold War political climate of the time and Sartre 's ideological need to be closely associated with the PCF , it is hardly surprising that the campaign to set the record straight on Nizan was given a low priority . |
| 24 | By the same token , revisionist work has tended to play down the extent to which the intelligentsia set the goals and moulded the aspirations of peasants and workers . |
| 25 | COMMENT the editor sets the world to rights |
| 26 | N. K. Sanders 's summary of the plot of the epic sets the scene : When the story begins he is in mature manhood , and superior to all other men in beauty and strength and the unsatisfied cravings of his half-divine nature , for which he can find no worthy match in love or in war ; while his daemonic energy is wearing his subjects out . |
| 27 | Whatever recording system was used by the parents to set the baseline should be maintained during the period of intervention . |
| 28 | This time the boy set the stone down in the south , in shang , only a hand 's length from Tuan Ti Fo 's knee . |
| 29 | Both in its reformist tendencies and in its underlying conservatism , the conference set the tone for France 's postwar colonial policy . |
| 30 | On the wall outside each of them was an array of brass knobs and gauges , with which the staff of the establishment set the jet speed and volume of the essences . |