Example sentences of "as [pers pn] set a " in BNC.

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1 So long as you set a limit to the essay you will have confidence and control .
2 As soon as you set a limit to your endurance , you are lost .
3 However , Hamilton 's day ended on a high as she set a new Ulster Junior and Senior record in the 100m backstroke and lifted the O'Neill Tray .
4 Vogel 's book entitled Japan As Number One ( 1979 ) is the epitome of this trend , as he sets a scenario in which he not only predicts that the Japanese economy will be the biggest in the world before the end of the century , but also that Japanese society should henceforth be the model for post-industrial societies .
5 Detectives who at first treated the death of Mr Peter Jowett as murder said they now believed he was killed as he set a snare .
6 Looks of surprise were exchanged all round them as he set an arm round Lachlan 's shoulders that stiffened and then relaxed ; and then the cheering erupted .
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