Example sentences of "set the [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The assassination of the heir to the Austrian throne in Sarajevo on 28 June set the European powers at each other 's throats , and in little over a month Great Britain was at war with Germany . |
| 2 | Everyone in local government would accept that central Government set the broad parameters for overall spending , which is perfectly legitimate . |
| 3 | Riding the PJ O'Kane Yamaha , which he will ride at next month 's TT races in the Isle of Man , Robert averaged 114.84mph , while second placed man McCallen set the fastest lap at 115.44mph . |
| 4 | Luke , especially , portrays Jesus as the perfect man , who set the perfect pattern of human life . |
| 5 | Hockley set the early pace with a one-over-par aggregate of 151 , three shots clear of Kate Egford , another England international from Kent . |
| 6 | Australian Peter O'Marley set the early pace with a 4 under par 638 . |
| 7 | In such ways , Hitler set the vicious tone for discrimination and persecution , providing the touchstone and legitimation for initiatives which largely came from others at various levels of the Party , the State bureaucracy , and not least the SS-SD-Gestapo complex , where the ‘ Jewish Question ’ had a key functional role . |
| 8 | French military estimates , reported in the Middle East Economic Digest of Jan. 31 , set the total number of Iraqis killed in the Gulf war at 50,000 . |
| 9 | This set the new tone of the UK 's argument : everything possible was being done and therefore any breaches of European law should be disregarded while ‘ things were brought up to scratch ’ . |
| 10 | That set the first targets for reduction of chlorofluorocarbons and halons but excluded HCFCs . |
| 11 | Keep close watch on the stitches , it is worth working a little slower to make sure that all the stitches have knitted and should you find that an occasional loop stays over the needle after knitting the row , set the main carriage for EMPTY and move it across the knitting to knit any unworked loop . |
| 12 | Many of the papers in this volume set the human agent within a cosmology , a total moral universe of meaning . |
| 13 | His knowledge of athletics , along with several other sports , was almost encyclopaedic , and together with fellow presenter David Coleman , he set the high standards for television coverage of athletics which have helped bring to the sport the huge audiences it enjoys today . |
| 14 | When all construction has been completed in accordance with the diagrams , check all interwiring etc. carefully , set the rotary switch to ‘ 2 Minutes ’ and then power up the unit . |
| 15 | Having removed the fireback and the associated rubble , set the bottom half of the new unit squarely in the opening , bedding it on fire-resistant mortar . |
| 16 | In the long run it may be correct to argue , as Patricia Branca has done , that doctors were ‘ the logical answer to the middle class woman 's increasing desire for self-improvement and self-control ’ , but evidence suggests that medical and scientific expertise set the basic framework for discussion and action within which women tended to respond — albeit not always in an anticipated manner — rather than initiate . |
| 17 | Zambia 's first development plan set the ambitious goal of providing primary school places for all children by 1970 . |
| 18 | She set the wayward Brats to School . |
| 19 | A sharp gust of wind set the whole tree in motion and he dung on desperately like a sailor in the rigging , remembering Dalziel 's jocular injunction to ‘ watch himself ’ . |
| 20 | Fast starting John Ferrin ( North Belfast ) set the previous record of 29.16 last year but yesterday it was Larne man Wilson who took the lead after only 800 metres and led all the way . |