He nuzzled her neck with his nose, "You realize you set the bar pretty high for next year."
Several first-person shooters released over the past year have really set the bar pretty high.
I feel we have set the bar way too low and in doing so have fundamentally cheapened life, everyone's life.
On the other hand, those spikes of intensity do tax your system so it is important to set the bar according to your abilities.
The Star Wars ships sound effects were ahead of their time and set the bar high for future generations of science fiction space travel film makers.