Example sentences of "[noun] to set [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Sherwood reacted by saying that the new terms from Temple had once again delayed SeaCo 's intention to set a date for the shareholder meeting . |
| 2 | If it is your intention to set a cat among the pigeons or let loose an eagle in the dovecote , you do n't send a postcard in advance announcing your intentions . ’ |
| 3 | In the short run , however , will the Secretary of State tell the House whether it is his intention to set a time limit beyond which talks will not be pursued by Her Majesty 's Government until after the next general election ? |
| 4 | All you have to do then is to take up the handles maintaining line tension , and either take two steps backwards smartly or pull the arms backwards and downwards in a smooth tugging action to set the kite aloft . |
| 5 | Now Mr Vafa 's only legal recourse to set the record straight is to take his case to the Nobile Officium of the Court of Session . |
| 6 | But I have to admit that with the exception of the quick GTi and certainly the new 2.8-litre VR6 , the latest Golf is not the kind of car to set the pulses racing . |
| 7 | ‘ It allows your enemy to set the terms of the debate . |
| 8 | It is the angel Gabriel who comes to Charlemagne at the end of the poem , just as Gabriel and Michael — the fighting archangel , whose cult was flourishing anew in the tenth and eleventh centuries — come to Roland to carry his soul to heaven ; the poem is definitely Christian , and an attempt to set a religious seal on knightly glory ; but the knightly glory has in its turn captured the Church , and harnessed it , in the person of the archbishop of Rheims , to the holy war against the infidel . |
| 9 | IF there was one occasion that summed up sporting attitudes in l992 , it was Carl Lewis 's bizarre attempt to set an Olympic record for the greatest number of journalists asphyxiated at a single press conference . |
| 10 | Put yourself in Fifties or Sixties costume , throw in a couple of vintage cars to set the scene , and you 've got it made . |
| 11 | Which is a nice promise to make but when you 've got so many thousand houses to get through it took about six months to set the scheme up . |
| 12 | The processor software — Fig. 8.10(b) -begins by issuing a step command to set the stepping motor in motion . |
| 13 | If you 've been thinking of making domestic changes or improvements , but lacked the money or momentum to set the wheels of change in motion use today to make a start . |
| 14 | We have now won 15 FA Cup ties against League clubs to set a record — but this was without doubt our most comprehensive performance . |
| 15 | Some of them sat on the grass , smoked cigarettes and watched the organizers ' bumbling attempts to set the rally in progress . |
| 16 | UTOPIA has ideas for the improvement of twentieth-century life while NUMEROSO is suspicious of attempts to set the future into a mould , however good it may seem . |
| 17 | WHEAT was cut , ground to flour and baked into bread in just 21 minutes to set a world record at Heckington , Lincs , yesterday . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'll agree that on the For side you could put the things you listed the other day , that he has all the skills to set the trap and the perfect place to do it . ’ |
| 20 | Last year McCallen crashed out , leaving Robert to win , and Ian Newton to set a new lap record at 115.86 mph — but this time it should be a different story . |
| 21 | In general , you will find it easier to use T to set the date and time . |
| 22 | The hardware handshaking is always active , so if you only want to use software handshaking , you will need to wire a cable to set the handshaking lines high at all times . |
| 23 | What Kinnock must say : Giles Radice on the Labour leader 's opportunity to set the political agenda |
| 24 | More usually , but no less spectacularly , the view is over the city and a visit to the roof offers a good opportunity to set the internal map and compass ready for walks of exploration . |
| 25 | Last night , he gave himself another opportunity to set the record straight with a gutsy 9–7 win against Scotland 's Alan McManus . |
| 26 | Very clearly , the Prime Minister saw the speech as an opportunity to set the agenda for an extended public discussion of educational issues . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | ‘ Home ’ in Victorian fiction , corresponding to the actual shift in population , is mainly in the city or its suburbs , where there are no great houses to set the standard ; and even when characters do live in the country , great houses no longer dominate rural communities in the same way . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | And the government has lost a high court battle over the poll tax with one of the London charge capped councils ; the Court has upheld Lambeth Council 's decision to set the community charge at £521 rather than the £493 figure sought by the government . |