Example sentences of "the [noun pl] set [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 But later the deputies set the stage for possible compromise by agreeing to debate a referendum after all .
2 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 .
3 ‘ 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 . ’
4 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 .
5 Whatever recording system was used by the parents to set the baseline should be maintained during the period of intervention .
6 The regulations set a ceiling of 15 parts per billion .
7 The highlight of the celebrations is the Centenary Trophy in June when the World champions , Olympic champions and England join Ireland , but the youths set the ball rolling in a series switched to Ireland from its usual four-year cycle to suit the occasion .
8 The popular appeal of proportions and percentages is probably precisely because people understand that they can not go below 0 or above 1 ; the boundaries set a frame of reference in which people can interpret a particular result .
9 For example , fears of escalation expressed by the police set the tone for the Star headline BABY-FACED SEX BEAST ‘ SET TO KILL' — ‘ Detectives believe the same man carried out two earlier attacks and is becoming increasingly violent .
10 Charity workers are looking to the boys to set an example when they return to Beirut .
11 In East Berlin , the well-known opposition figure , Pastor Rainer Eppelmann , said the talks set an example for the whole country , and called for a two-week period of calm on the streets .
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