Example sentences of "set the [noun pl] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ah well you see that 's what I 'm talking about as well , Napier are saying if your guys want to set the exams fine but we did in fact in the last exam paper find a fundamental flaw . |
| 2 | The April 1991 Madrid agreement on a 50-year Antarctic mining ban [ see p. 38171 ] , tentatively scheduled for formal agreement in June , was jeopardized when the US government , although supportive of the moratorium , proved unwilling to sign the agreement ( a protocol to the Antarctic Treaty ) without acceptable procedures to set the rules applicable after the end of the 50-year period . |
| 3 | America might be a superpower , as the Iranians kept saying , but Iran — as Hakim put it — was a ‘ super religious power ’ , one that might easily find the pretext of some religious occasion to persuade Hizbollah to set the captives free . |
| 4 | Thirdly the cry to the Father was to set the captives free from the Devil , who ensnares and traps what goodness is left in human beings . |
| 5 | But , because an album released in CD-I format is n't likely to set the charts alight right now , a standard CD version of the album will also be made available — when Rundgren eventually gets to signing on the dotted , that is . |
| 6 | Inevitably , the lost that set the buyers alight were the North American and European imports , but it seems mere novelty value can no longer secure the top prices . |
| 7 | Nothing is actually bad , but nothing sets the heavens aflame and sends you screaming for the toilet with its bowel-opening magnificence . |
| 8 | The Trafalgar House Supreme Novices Hurdle , which sets the proceedings alight at 2:15 , could contain the meeting 's banker bet , for it is hard to oppose the Nigel Tinkler-trained Satin Lover . |
| 9 | The servants setting the tables ready for supper were summarily dismissed . |
| 10 | Through the glass shone God 's sun , setting the colours alight : blue , green , yellow , red . |
| 11 | He took the candle from the table and bent over the fireplace , setting the twigs ablaze . |
| 12 | Nael Mahfouz set the girls impossible tasks , then inflicted the kinky blows when they failed . |