Example sentences of "[noun prp] set [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Weald set a formidable target of 239 for 2 in a match restricted to 40 overs . |
| 2 | During her first public visit to Britain , Kylie set the tone for two years of teasing and tantalising . |
| 3 | He had been told that he did n't know the first thing about it , that the young were all the same , destructive and careless , that Mrs Irving set a value on her privacy . |
| 4 | Williams from Didcot in Oxfordshire the champions of 92 are the favourites for 93 … but what will life be like without Mansell … will Prost be back to his best … can new boy Damon Hill set the world alight |
| 5 | The first Test at Brisbane set the tone for the series : Australia disappointed with 166 , routed by Bedi 's 5 for 55 , but redeemed themselves by dismissing India for just 153 . |
| 6 | Campbell cracked his first ever senior hat-trick after England ace Wright set the ball rolling with his 62nd strike in just 87 games for the Gunners . |
| 7 | Goals in the first five minutes by Dennis Greene and Keith Scott set the Buckinghamshire side on the path to victory , but they had to wait until the 68th minute before Simon Stapleton settled the issue . |
| 8 | Australian Peter O'Marley set the early pace with a 4 under par 638 . |
| 9 | Andy Roberts set the Caribbean fast bowling conveyor belt in motion . |
| 10 | Ceauşescu set the target : $10 billion had to be repaid by the end of the decade . |
| 11 | But when they reached the railway line and Mister Johnny set the goose down and said , ‘ Gurlyi , gurlyi , ’ she knew what he was trying to say . |
| 12 | It is high time that Scotland set a lead to the world by establishing a fixed date for Easter . |
| 13 | Tibbetts RN set the fuses on Campbeltown 's warhead . |
| 14 | The NDF , which wanted a nationwide truce , said that peace talks with the government would be useless unless Aquino set an agenda to solve the problems of US economic domination , inadequate redistribution of farmland , poverty and government repression . |
| 15 | Although speakers mentioned the ‘ enormous potential ’ to boost the economy , only British Telecom set an operational target : investment of up to £20billion over 10 years . |
| 16 | DeVore set the rose quartz bottle down and turned to face his friend . |
| 17 | The Church of England set an example in its semi-official Church Congresses which date from 1861 . |
| 18 | With the sale of the manor off her mind , Jane set the wheels in motion to find somewhere small to live , and treated herself to many walks with the dogs — more carefree , perhaps , than she had ever been . |
| 19 | If Schultz set the scene for the acceptability of the human capital theory , Denison provided the detailed , methodological framework for empirical studies to test the claim that the development of education or health services promotes economic growth . |
| 20 | Walsh set a record for the most economical bowling in a one-day international between Test-playing countries with just eleven runs off eleven overs , but 21 no-balls and wides sent down by his chums did not help the struggle , especially as Gooch was ‘ out ’ twice to no-balls . |
| 21 | Skippers Bistro in Dock Place set the example , but several others followed , on both sides of the mouth of the Water of Leith . |
| 22 | A design for a tapestry by Rubens set a record when it sold for £748,000 . |
| 23 | They rose 10 per cent on 2 August , and also moved up when the UN imposed sanctions , when Iraq refused the UN 's call for withdrawal and when the UN set the 15 january deadline . |
| 24 | Shouldering the door shut , Meh'Lindi set the Squat down somewhat abruptly , though not ungently . |
| 25 | In 1954 Butler set the aim of a doubling of the standard of living within twenty-five years . |
| 26 | BANBRIDGE youngster Peter Mulligan set a possible British record when he won the junior gents barebow category in yesterday 's NI Indoor Target Championships at Craigavon Leisure Centre . |
| 27 | Adam set the twelve sherry glasses that were cut in a greek key pattern round their rims in the middle of the moonlight and said he would put them in a box tomorrow and try to sell them in Sudbury to the man who had the antique shop in Gainsborough Street that they had passed . |
| 28 | Doncaster and Liverpool set the agenda last year and the pot is to be kept boiling with a Sunday point-to-point near Warwick on 26 April and a mixed flat and hurdles meeting at Lingfield on 1 August . |
| 29 | 3–0 to West Indies set the tour back on its path towards normality after the Test aberrations in Jamaica and Trinidad . |
| 30 | Mr Lamont set an inflation target of between one and four per cent , excluding mortgage costs , with the aim to keep the figure at the lower end of the scale . |