Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] set the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 My discussion has already set the parameter by the title above and I shall confine myself to these social issues of culture and education .
2 Mickey Duff , Wharton 's manager , has already set the stage for a sell-out contest with Sheffield 's Fidel Castro ( Slug O'Toole ) , with both Castro 's British title and Wharton 's Commonwealth crown on the line in what would be one of the biggest fights in Yorkshire for many years .
3 Cram , who has hardly set the world alight this year with just one win in four races during a campaign disrupted by inevitable calf and hamstring trouble , has only flirted with the odd 5,000m race in the past .
4 A partial ban has n't set the champagne corks popping on either side .
5 But if Rhodes has n't set the world on fire with his batting , he certainly has with his fielding .
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