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

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1 TEESDALE District Council agreed to set the poll tax at £242.23 compared to £169.66 last year a 42pc increase of £72.57 .
2 His arrival seemed to set the conveyor belt in motion , and she lost all track of time as she dealt with one actor after another , flinching every time the door opened , yet aware of a peculiar emptiness when Dane failed to show up .
3 There would be no singularities at which the laws of science broke down and no edge of space-time at which one would have to appeal to God or some new law to set the boundary conditions for space-time .
4 ON A SLOW pitch with little bounce , South Africa once again were unable to set the home side a testing target , and saw West Indies complete a clean sweep of the one-day international series with seven wickets and seven overs to spare .
5 If you are using LIFESPAN across a network , then you will also have to set the directory file ownership on each of the additional VAXs from which you intend to access LIFESPAN .
6 Why not do it and leave it ready the day before , then all that is needed is one minute to set the garter carriage in operation and you will come home to a sleeve which only has to be cast off .
7 To set the ticket price , the agent has to look at what is happening in the industry , what an average ticket price is , and what the touring artist is worth as an attraction .
8 NEXT loop is to set the loop variable to a value equal to the limit value and then GOTO to the NEXT statement .
9 Despite its recent upgrades to include support for the IBM AT , fast colour monitors and the ability to set the default colours of each accessory window Spotlight lags behind SideKick on friendliness and ease of use .
10 For this reason it seems best to concentrate upon the Mustakimzade tradition in order to be able to set the Katib Celebi tradition against the background of what is felt to be a more probable account of the origins of the Muftilik .
11 When you switch the Quad on , the only setting-up procedure that you have to follow is to set the memory function for the reverb , graphic and master effects loop .
12 Hitherto , the central bank had only been able to advise the Treasury on interest rate policy , whereas under the new legislation the bank would be free to set the discount rate itself .
13 A better and more accurate method is to set the edit-in point on the source-tape early by the amount of the backspace , so that the true edit-in point reaches the playback head just as the record-machine completes the backspace and starts to record .
14 In the UK auditors are required to set the materiality level by reference to each individual limited company in a group .
15 But he says the US farmer will tend to set the price level in world grain markets and those will remain low .
16 The ebbing tide swells to set the loin cloth flying .
17 Apart from the budget , Britain hopes to set the negotiating mandate for the new members queueing to join , probably initially Sweden , Finland and Austria .
18 The second component is the powerful sense of mission that underpins everything McDonald 's does — a mission to set the industry standard for quality , service and cleanliness through an unrelenting attention to detail .
19 Furthermore , ever since it became an independent department it has wanted to stop being merely a postman between the Treasury and the recipients of funds , and aspires instead to set the policy framework .
20 Mr Buchan is also a conoisseur of socialist folk-singing : he made it clear that he would find it hard to set the policy review to traditional music : ‘ I am a primeval socialist . ’
21 a London colloquialism has been used , Napier were saying that we 're doing the tutoring we would be happy to set the exam paper but with say
22 It makes no sense , for example , to try to set the file pointer with PTR# .
23 Mr Lamont has also attempted to set the 20p tax rate as the ‘ norm ’ against which other benefits and allowances are set .
24 It is usual practice for the management of the trust to set the bid price above the limit set by the formula .
25 And the government has lost a high court battle over the poll tax with one of the London charge capped councils ; the Court has upheld Lambeth Council 's decision to set the community charge at £521 rather than the £493 figure sought by the government .
26 Lexicographers change these values in the course of their work but the system will not allow them to set the status field to a value set initially by the system .
27 The many service companies , professional associations and various other firms and organisations host the traditional sausage sizzles , barbecues and Christmas drinks/cocktail parties , and all this corporate hospitality helps to set the Christmas mood .
28 It can also help to set the debate agenda if it is strategically planned .
29 In order to set the bonus targets it is necessary to establish the quantity of work to be done , the method of construction , and the calculation of the relevant man hours necessary to complete the task .
30 I also have an envelope tray for my LaserJet but can not find out how to get Word for Windows to send the right control code to the LaserJet III to set the envelope size .
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