Example sentences of "to set the record " in BNC.
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| 1 | Permit me to set the record straight . |
| 2 | They have a duty to set the record straight , otherwise they are conniving at falsehood . |
| 3 | But Mr Vadim Medvedev also indicated there were no plans to set the record straight about what happened at the December 9 meeting of the Central Committee — which was by all accounts a turbulent one — by publishing the minutes . |
| 4 | After a long campaign to set the record straight , including an investigation by a House of Lords committee , Salter was eventually vindicated in 1990 when the Department of Energy agreed to adjust the figures in its official literature . |
| 5 | A member of Mr Dinsdale 's syndicate was particularly keen to set the record straight . |
| 6 | To set the record for 1981 straight , the weighted average capacity factors for the year 1981 were 75.1 per cent for CANDU ; 74.3 per cent for all pressurised heavy water reactors ( PHWRs , CANDUs plus two other reactor units ) : 58.0 per cent for Magnox reactors ; 53.7 per cent for pressurised water reactors ( PWRs ) ; and 53.3 per cent for boiling water reactors ( BWRs ) . |
| 7 | Although I 'm sure the article was of great interest to guitarists and bassists alike , I would like to set the record straight on a few points . |
| 8 | As fans we would plead with Morrissey to set the record straight . |
| 9 | We apologise to the Forbes family and are happy to set the record straight . |
| 10 | Trying to set the record straight and put Native Americans on the monument map is Crazy Horse , a massive new sculpture being blasted out of the mountains . |
| 11 | Last night , he gave himself another opportunity to set the record straight with a gutsy 9–7 win against Scotland 's Alan McManus . |
| 12 | Taylor was given the perfect platform to set the record straight at yesterday 's press conference . |
| 13 | ‘ We would do everything possible to set the record straight . ’ |
| 14 | Unix Labs did manage to walk away from Judge Debevoise 's courtroom with a minor victory : it got him to set the record straight as to how many copies of 32V were actually distributed . |
| 15 | Following last week 's confusing turn around over its OSF/1 for MIPS policy , DEC organised clarification sessions for journalists in Boston and Palo Alto last month ‘ to set the record straight . ’ |
| 16 | I wish to set the record straight on personal assistance schemes , raised by Malcolm Stone ( Letters , 8 April ) . |
| 17 | You mention your father 's tax case and you go to great lengths to set the record straight . |
| 18 | I picture the old man hopping and pacing to his cottage , finding the paper , finding the passage , transcribing it , bobbing back to the club and slipping the note under my door , in order to set the record straight ; I find myself close to tears . |
| 19 | I reassured him that this warning was unnecessary : my ambition was to set the record for the slowest lap of the circuit . |
| 20 | This interview had been granted to set the record straight . |
| 21 | Given the Cold War political climate of the time and Sartre 's ideological need to be closely associated with the PCF , it is hardly surprising that the campaign to set the record straight on Nizan was given a low priority . |
| 22 | For a moment Flavour Flav abandons his comical veneer , seemingly anxious to set the record straight . |
| 23 | I have to set the record straight . |
| 24 | ‘ Gina — I think the time has come for me to set the record straight about Lotta and myself . |
| 25 | I want to set the record straight . |
| 26 | It was this alleged inability to set the record straight which increasingly became the central focus of Republican attacks on the degree to which Clinton 's character was suitable for the highest office in the country . |
| 27 | I want to set the record straight . |
| 28 | For a moment Flavour Flav abandons his comical veneer , seemingly anxious to set the record straight . |
| 29 | Such delays do not help the plaintiff who wants to set the record straight , but they are equally unpleasant for defendants , who face escalating costs and witness difficulties . |
| 30 | I propose that honourable members of this council er would not wish to be associated with such a disgraceful campaign to oust councillor , even if he does have strongly held views and I would like to give councillor as chairman of the environment committee , this opportunity to set the record straight on that point . |