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

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1 What Miandad 's 59 did yesterday was to frustrate England 's struggling bowlers and to set a platform from which Pakistan can give themselves a match-winning lead today .
2 It is the task in front of humanity to arrive at a definition for all controversial acts and to set a value on them ; acts decided as ‘ good ’ contributing to the Godhead , acts decided as ‘ evil ’ detracting there from , and acts of an innocuous nature as ‘ neutral ’ — , and having no effect .
3 ‘ The rights issue will substantially increase our ability to fund recovery and to set the Group on course for long-term growth .
4 The tears are thought to be caused by her pain as she looks at the sins of the world , and are meant to inspire the watchers to repent and to set an example to others .
5 Editor , — As B W Lloyd and P Barnett emphasise , communication between general practitioners and hospital specialists is of utmost importance — the letter remains the most significant factor in this and often it is this initial form of contact which may determine the care a patient receives and set the tune of the partnership between the two doctors .
6 Julia waited to give Raffaella the bad news until she had delivered her lesson , led a halting conversation in English about the future of Italy , handed out the previous week 's exercises that she had marked , and set the work for the next lesson .
7 ‘ Besides , he 's wanting to take an army to England , to overthrow Henry Tudor and set the Duke of York on his rightful throne .
8 From that time until Henry 's death he printed all statutes and proclamations with exemplary skill and efficiency , on at least one occasion being required to work at night and set the type himself ( Letters & Papers Henry VIII , 7 , no. 1415 ) .
9 But Jones is a snappy player in every sense , and set the tone for an afternoon of petulant silliness with a Gatting-like finger-wagging retort to one of Keith Griffiths 's decisions .
10 Its success checked sanitary dominance and set the tone of moral regulation for at least a generation .
11 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 .
12 It would be up to God to wind up the clockwork and set the universe going in any way He wanted .
13 The Congress subsequently agreed to grant Yeltsin emergency powers to deal with the crisis situation in the republic and set the date for the direct election of a President of Russia [ see pp. 38130-31 ] .
14 John Major put the region 's candidates and campaigners out of their misery at 1.00 p.m. and set the date .
15 Of course , the marginal revenue of Division A is simply the transfer price as it can only sell to Division B. So we should work out A 's marginal costs at the required level of group activity and set the transfer price equal to that .
16 He advanced into the room and set the candle down on a desk .
17 This will clear up any mysteries from this morning 's lesson and set the scene for tonight 's exercise .
18 A Soviet writer argued in 1979 that the growing participation of Latin American states in the Non-Aligned Movement directly affected the character of relations in the inter-American system and set the question of its ‘ basic restructuring ’ on the agenda .
19 It 's true that no one came in , but I think someone must have lifted the latch and set the door ajar , and then after all drawn back and closed it again , hearing the voices within and not wanting to interrupt .
20 She retreated to one of the dressing rooms across the corridor , switched off the lights , and set the door to give her an angle of view without much risk of being seen .
21 Re-run LIFESPAN RDBI and set the MODULE DETAILS transfer category to INCREMENTAL .
22 Re-run LIFESPAN RDBI and set the MODULE DETAILS transfer category to INCREMENTAL .
23 Re-run LIFESPAN RDBI and set the MODULE DETAILS transfer category to INCREMENTAL .
24 For example , some assume that mastery is an all-or-nothing state and set the standard at 100 per cent although there is some flexibility depending on the nature of the errors made , if these are few .
25 The artistic ferment of the late sixth century led in sculpture directly to the abandonment of the central archaic convention , the formally posed frontal statue in traditional stance ; a change which inaugurated the Greek classical style and set the course for European art .
26 The objective was not outright dominance , it was posturing for who would head the table and set the agenda at the peace conference .
27 At an earlier meeting , in Turnberry ( Scotland ) on June 7-8 , the North Atlantic Council ( of NATO Foreign Ministers ) had announced outline proposals for improving co-operation with the Warsaw Pact and set the agenda for the forthcoming summit .
28 There is much still to discover , but Cable has laid the groundwork and set the agenda for future work in this developing field .
29 He covered her with a blanket and set the alarm clock to ring in an hour , wrapping it in a towel .
30 He locked his doors , cranked the seat back , and set the alarm on his wrist-watch .
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