Example sentences of "set the [noun] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And on a cold , blustery night in Dublin his brand of delta blues with enough wah-wah to set the pulse a quiver , was as welcome as a soupkitchen to the indigent . |
| 2 | In fact , he had forced Bett to admit as much , but she had countered by claiming that nevertheless they should set the children a good example . |
| 3 | I says well you can if you set the alarm the clock ! |
| 4 | When machines provide the energy and set the pace the objective of the operator ( and consequently of ergonomics ) shifts from rates and amounts to quality , reliability and safety . |
| 5 | Next day , in a classic Boys ' Own move , Neame and two other Britons — Jonathan Tinker and Harry Taylor — set the Sherpas an example by trudging off up the mountain , loaded with supplies . |
| 6 | ‘ The theory is that if we set the lead the passengers will overcome their inhibitions and join in , ’ Niall added . |
| 7 | If one search misleads it and sets the weights a bit wrong , then later learning efforts can correct the mistake . |
| 8 | There is no reason to suppose that care in other branches of medicine has been more thoroughly validated , so Smith is setting the GMC an impossibly large task . |
| 9 | How about the BMA really setting the government an example by ( a ) encouraging all its disabled staff to register as disabled with guarantees of no discrimination , and ( b ) taking prompt action to move from its current level of 1.5% of workforce disabled , towards the 3% target as laid out in the 1944 Disabled Persons Employment Act ? |
| 10 | It is once again a matter of setting the patient an achievable and sustainable objective . |
| 11 | Mrs Pearson , the nice old lady who sold Belle Vue Cottage to me , set the controls a few days before she left and said the milkman understood how it worked and he would help me if I had need of it . |
| 12 | Higginson set the Governors an ironical choice : send the boys to Manchester deliberately or provide in Stockport " all the subjects necessary for the Matriculation " . |