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

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1 There was an air of intentness about him , a concentrated purpose that set a whole carillon of alarm bells ringing .
2 The event that set the modern Pacific on its unrelenting climb towards world dominion happened , by an entirely appropriate coincidence , to be the first ever shown clear across America , on coast-to-coast television .
3 Brindley died in Staffordshire in 1772 , and although he did not live to see the realization of his dream , his was the unlettered genius that set the great age of canal-building in motion .
4 In one unbeatable Collection — the starts and sounds that set the whole world rocking !
5 One other major development in the sixties was the founding of the Society 's headquarters at Balham and it was largely Edith 's housewifely flair and innate good sense that set the high standard and ordered the smooth running of what was inevitably a labour-intensive project .
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