Sentence examples for set a sort of from inspiring English sources

Professor Ben Polak: Right, you might be trying to set a sort of moral standard here.

The U.S. military set a sort of precedent in the 1960s when it tested "simulant" germ-warfare agents in the New York City subway and off the coast of San Francisco.

Forgan, who admits she is "ambivalent" about a staff ballot, said not only had the ballot when Rusbridger was appointed set a sort of precedent but that it reflected the unique and open nature of the Guardian.

It's an e-mail newsletter popular with the "Sex and the City" set, a sort of virtual clubhouse for fashionistas that reports on trends in fashion, culture, food and beauty -- and also publishes occasional lexicons of terms coined by staff members or heard along their trendy way.

In a move that seemed audacious circa 1920, he brought a wireless telegraphy set, a sort of radio, into the jungle and used it to keep up on current events.

Eventually, she set a sort of challenge for herself: committing to celibacy until she could find a relationship like the one she had before.

This is the play's last line, and an act of generosity and liberation that sets a sort of record for stage-managed redemption.

But for all the fine, lapidary surface of his prose, there is a void behind the facade of authenticity in this novel that makes the setting a sort of false front.

And knowing this, and knowing this George Zimmerman is merely the latest in a long parade of George Zimmermans, I chose to shoot my film in a surreal style-its setting a sort of indeterminate time in an indeterminate town.

You said that perhaps we should set up a sort of protest movement of friends.

Here they are in all their variety, set in a sort of Scotinavia.