Example sentences of "setting [adv] [adj] [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Head of Department : ‘ I 'll sound out the department on paint and the pupils on homework and think about setting more creative work over the two year ‘ A ’ Level course . ’ |
| 2 | And scientists interested in Antarctic research have reason to thank the Argentinians — the need to maintain a presence in those cold southern waters , and one that is not too openly military , has coaxed the government into setting aside more money for the British Antarctic Survey . |
| 3 | Setting aside adequate time for the discussion of purposes ( aim to identify a small number of common purposes as a starter ) . |
| 4 | Contingent economic agreements provided for a repeal of the US ban on the import of Soviet gold coins , the lifting of restrictions on Soviet borrowing from the US government 's Export-Import Bank ( which was expected to stimulate US companies ' interest in setting up joint ventures in the Soviet Union ) , and payment by the Soviet Union of a debt of US$674,000,000 owed for supplies furnished under the Lend-Lease programme during the Second World War . |
| 5 | The military council had re-established control in Kutaisi by Jan. 17 , setting up new headquarters in the city and bringing in major reinforcements without resistance . |
| 6 | He rejected the argument that the defendants had done something more by refraining from setting up certain answers to the claim permitted by the Dubai law ; as a matter of policy it was never their intention to do so and ‘ It is no consideration to refrain from a course of action which it was never intended to pursue ; see Cook v. Wright ( 1861 ) 1 B. & ss. 559 , 589 , ( above , p. 214 ) . ’ |
| 7 | The facts need to be set out , and I am guided in setting out these facts by the useful chronology with which I have been provided . |