Example sentences of "[verb] set the pace " in BNC.
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| 1 | RUSSELL ATHLETIC HAS SET THE PACE IN CLASSIC AMERICAN SPORTSWEAR SINCE 1902 . |
| 2 | First in the world to deploy an ICBM , it took the Soviet Union ten years longer than the United States to develop a reliable guidance system ; it has also taken 25 years to develop a quiet nuclear submarine , and having set the pace with anti-satellite weapons , the USSR may already have fallen behind the United States in this field . |
| 3 | She laughed out loud , since it was he who had set the pace . |
| 4 | Dunlop took over the lead in the 125 championship race on lap 13 , which proved unlucky for Italian Ivan Cremonini , who had set the pace for eight laps . |
| 5 | Dunlop took over the lead in the 125 championship race on lap 13 , which proved unlucky for Italian Ivan Cremonini , who had set the pace for eight laps . |
| 6 | For some two decades , from the solemnity of 2001 : A Space Odyssey to the broad spoof of Spaceballs ( 1987 ) and the engagingly camp whimsy of Earth Girls Are Easy ( 1988 ) , space movies have set the pace for the development of special effects . |
| 7 | They 've got stronger since then and have set the pace in the championship race this season . |