Example sentences of "of [noun] set [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 1982 Local Government Finance Act abolished the right of authorities to set a supplementary rate and the 1984 Rates Act empowered the government to limit the spending and rates of centrally defined overspending authorities . |
| 2 | UTOPIA has ideas for the improvement of twentieth-century life while NUMEROSO is suspicious of attempts to set the future into a mould , however good it may seem . |
| 3 | During training what we do in the training algorithm is is of course set a a link here or a weight here to one if the output of my decoder is set to one . |
| 4 | The two sides are among a group of clubs setting the pace in the Bord Gais National League with four points apiece . |
| 5 | A pair of spectacles and 40s. worth of books set the late ( graduate ) vicar of Whitchurch somewhat apart from his parishioners , who probably did not appreciate his erudition , yet his private collection was certain to be innocent of both profound and frivolous titles , limited to practical works such as collections of sermons , primers of divinity and apologetics , plus , naturally , his Breviary , perhaps too a copy of the Vulgate , or Latin scriptures . |
| 6 | A sharp gust of wind set the whole tree in motion and he dung on desperately like a sailor in the rigging , remembering Dalziel 's jocular injunction to ‘ watch himself ’ . |
| 7 | But I have to admit that with the exception of the quick GTi and certainly the new 2.8-litre VR6 , the latest Golf is not the kind of car to set the pulses racing . |
| 8 | The type of soil and quality of light set the parameters for every plan . |
| 9 | The Church of England set an example in its semi-official Church Congresses which date from 1861 . |
| 10 | All these analogies present a picture of God setting the process up ( creating ) , and then effectively sitting back and letting it continue of its own accord . |
| 11 | Earlier this month , the Department of Environment set a date for the public inquiry to commence on October 26 at a venue to be fixed in Liverpool . |
| 12 | The faith of Mary sets the pattern for all true believers . |
| 13 | But large numbers of people set a value by this differential service , by no means restricted to those one could regard as rich . |
| 14 | In the case of television sets the wheel has turned full circle , from intensive distribution to selective distribution ( for the reasons just mentioned ) and back to intensive distribution . |
| 15 | You can work out the column width by multiplying the point size you want to use by two or the lowercase alphabet length by 1.5 to give the number of picas to set the text across . |
| 16 | Am I the sort of man to set a child spying ? |
| 17 | His early choice of subject set the tone for his later work — — Goya 's Queen Maria Luisa , and Velázquez 's portrait of the dwarf Francisco Lezcano ( Fig. 3 ) — in other words , great Spanish artists ' handling of their arrogant , ugly , bizarre or idiotic sitters . |
| 18 | Some countries are keener on being cleaner than others and it has been left up to the badly affected states of Europe to set the best example . |
| 19 | Therefore it must necessarily be irrational , i.e. ‘ Wednesbury unreasonable ’ for the Secretary of State to set a tariff period longer than that recommended by the judiciary . |
| 20 | ( iv ) If a discretionary life sentence is passed , the minister of state sets the date for the first review strictly in accordance with the views of the judiciary , thus following the decision in Ex parte Handscomb , 86 Cr.App.R. 59 , and Mr. Hurd 's 1987 statement . |
| 21 | It is convenient to consider the third and fourth issues together : has the prisoner the right to make representations before the Secretary of State sets the date for the first review , and has he a right to be told the judicial view of his tariff ? |
| 22 | I conclude that the court should grant declarations in the following terms : ( 1 ) The Secretary of State is required to afford to a prisoner serving a mandatory life sentence the opportunity to submit in writing representations as to the period he should serve for the purposes of retribution and deterrence before the Secretary of State sets the date of the first review of the prisoner 's sentence . |
| 23 | Will the Secretary of State set an example to his Israeli friends and recognise the Palestine Liberation Organisation as a Government in exile ? |
| 24 | The Wallingfen court in the Vale of York set an upper limit for animals on the common in 1636 which was way above the actual carrying capacity of the land . |
| 25 | Young or old , going out or staying home for the evening , a glass of Scotch sets the scene , complements the mood , ensures complete enjoyment … never intrusive , always compatible … |
| 26 | As we have seen , the legacies of childhood set the pattern for the way in which we interpret and live our adult lives . |
| 27 | It caught on over here some years later with the Seven Men of Preston setting the trend . |
| 28 | His post of Prime-Minister of Poland set the seal on his reputation as a great patriot , and although the demands of affairs of state subsequently diminished his artistry , he always remained an important musical figure . |
| 29 | Lord Donaldson , Master of the Rolls , sitting with Lord Justices Nourse and Russell , yesterday reserved their judgment after Private Eye had rejected an offer from Mrs Sutcliffe to allow the Court of Appeal to set the amount of damages . |
| 30 | In the opposite direction , firmer in outline , more clearly separated from the cling of the sky , the darker mountains of Wales set the boundary of his vision . |