Example sentences of "sets [pron] up [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Another particularly odious corruption is the scholar who sets himself up as a unique authority on a certain painter , with the specific knowledge that , in cornering the market , his opinion will be essential for anyone dealing with works by that artist . |
| 2 | For Bürger ( 1984 , p. 48 ) it is specifically ‘ bourgeois art ’ that sets itself up as an autonomous realm . |
| 3 | He has to compose around something , so his isolating ( once strident ) individualism sets him up for a Bowiesque plummet into British nationalism and a flirtation with racism with overtures to the Nazis . |
| 4 | It was also a shot which sets us up for the glorious conclusion to the match in the Singles the following day . |
| 5 | There is no silver foil , so Crilly sets us up with an empty chocolate wrapping from his pocket . |