Example sentences of "set [art] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A hundred chairs ‘ disappeared ’ , the rows became a little more spacious , aisles were one seat wider , space was left for photographers — and the press conference was packed , creating the vital ‘ success ’ atmosphere to set the tone to launch an important strategic project . |
| 2 | Wolves play a similar style , and at times one yearned for someone to set the ball rolling … literally . |
| 3 | To set the ball rolling , President Reagan set aside $35 million for the centre in his 1983–84 budget . |
| 4 | They 've a revolutionary scoreboard for the fans and on the pitch soccer to set the sparks flying . |
| 5 | Drawings can be resized , flipped horizontally or vertically , stretched , compressed or rotated , and a useful feature is the ability to set the cursor to move only horizontally or vertically in order to draw straight lines . |
| 6 | It is the Hard Copy Manager 's responsibility to set the printer to match the volume attributes ; no printer setting codes are issued as the range of printers is diverse . |
| 7 | As a contest it was neither designed to set the pulses racing nor win converts . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The very notion of falling into that mass of water , as into unforeseen circumstances , and being swallowed — becoming an unconsidered mote and being swallowed — was enough to set the pulses racing . |
| 10 | As she bade me goodbye and began to walk down the drive , she used her left leg while walking to set the distaff twirling . |
| 11 | But first he has to set the number co-ordinates on his Scope before he can fire at any object . |
| 12 | To set the earth revolving around the sun was to set all hell on the move . |
| 13 | The formula for the earnings ratio is simply +B7/B6 entered into B9 and to show this as a percentage all that is necessary is to set the cells format to percent . |
| 14 | Another climb guaranteed to set the pulse racing , is to the top of Suilven , and the walk out passes one of our favourite fishing locations , Fionn Loch , which lies below Suilven 's towering heights . |
| 15 | It was a struggle to find a suitable term for these logical objects — the term ‘ logical object ’ is not in itself one to set the blood tingling . |
| 16 | This first part of a scholarly and sometimes challenging book contains plenty to set the pavilions buzzing with discussion . |
| 17 | Its programmable remote control enables you to operate all the key features such as Slow Motion , Tape Eject , Play and REcord , and allow you to set the timer to record as many as eight of your favourite programmes from the comfort of your armchair . |
| 18 | The initial requirement is a tension square in your own choice of yarn and stitch pattern and the stitches and rows are used to set the Knitleader to work to the appropriate measurements . |
| 19 | In the final stage , a combination of geographical and legal techniques will be used to set the data collected from the surveys against idealised patterns of both provision and demand . |
| 20 | The development of pub retailing has shown a corrective instinct for seeking to set a purpose built business in the right location . |
| 21 | The others will chip in if they agree , but they will they are , they are wanting to set a missile to move , they 're wanting to send a bullet , they are wanting to s to evoke emotion or anger or rage or frustration or political bias or to change attitudes now for example the interesting thing about the Princess Diana erm the headline on one of those tabloids which talks about exile is I suspect that they want to evoke the constitutional crisis which there was at the time of |
| 22 | ‘ As Luke wo n't be back in the office until around three o'clock , and as the party 's at such short notice , I 'd better go and set the ball rolling . ’ |
| 23 | The three of them , with four detective constables , would set the ball rolling . |
| 24 | The idea of ‘ revolution ’ can set the pulses racing , for a time at least , and in 1980 it was invoked by Catherine Belsey : ‘ Only by closing the doors of the English department against theoretical challenges from outside can we continue to ignore the ‘ Copernican' ’ revolution which is currently taking place , and which is radically undermining traditional ways of perceiving both the world and the text . ’ |
| 25 | Masses of willow warblers , chiff-chaffs , blackcaps , whitethroats and sometimes yellow-browed or Pallas 's warblers will set the pulses racing , and the flocks of chaffinch and brambling will be painstakingly examined in the hope of finding perhaps a little bunting , rustic bunting or Arctic redpoll . |
| 26 | I hope you can now set the carriages to do this for yourself , but if you 're stuck the carriage settings are shown in Figure 1 . |
| 27 | I suggested some simple exercises , to be done without knitting on the machine , that showed what effect the tuck and slip controls had on the needles and how we could set the carriages to slip or tuck in one direction and knit in the other . |
| 28 | The sun was shining and there was an east wind blowing which set the clouds tumbling and their shadows rushing across the shallow hills and the craggy outcroppings . |
| 29 | Set the cursor stops at 15 needles past both end working needles . |
| 30 | The highlight of the celebrations is the Centenary Trophy in June when the World champions , Olympic champions and England join Ireland , but the youths set the ball rolling in a series switched to Ireland from its usual four-year cycle to suit the occasion . |