Example sentences of "sets the [noun] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finally , the state sets the rules of the international system , and all other actors have to work within them . |
| 2 | The arbitrator , who may be the district judge , a judge or an ‘ outside arbitrator , ’ sets the date for the single substantive hearing of the dispute . |
| 3 | This quote from a chapter in the publication Innovations in Leisure and Recreation for People with a Mental Handicap ( Denziloe , 1990 , p. 317 ) sets the scene for the Startrac Project , established in April 1990 , which was initially planned and controlled by the three voluntary service organisations mentioned . |
| 4 | ‘ The UK is the No 1 volume market for New Zealand by a large margin and sets the scene for the other markets . ’ |
| 5 | It must be said that Cardus 's review expressed the reservation that there was , perhaps , some sameness of carriage and accent in each of the three performances , whether it was the First Symphony , the Seventh , or the Apollonian Fourth ( a reading Karajan later modified ) ; but his review characteristically paints a picture , sets the scene for the absent reader : |
| 6 | The indicative offer follows this stage and sets the scene for the formal eye ball to eye ball negotiations . |
| 7 | Since the keyboard instrument sets the tone of the entire performance in a Mozart Trio , this tips the scale in favour of the Mozarteans , even without their price advantage . |
| 8 | Hayez 's ‘ Pietro Rossi ’ , considered to be a key work in Romantic painting ( Bottega di San Luca ) sets the tone for the nineteenth-century section . |
| 9 | The Prologue ( DV 1 ) sets the tone for the whole document . |
| 10 | The chapter sets the tenor for the whole work in so far as it tries to examine the social conditions under which blacks became involved in sport , first in the USA and then in Great Britain . |
| 11 | Her visit sets the seal on the improved relations between Britain and Malaysia , following a period of extreme coolness . |