Example sentences of "setting [noun sg] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the deceleration delay is greater than the acceleration delay , deceleration can be initiated by setting POINTER to the appropriate location ( DECEND -COUNT ) in the deceleration table . |
| 2 | So why has WHO headquarters , which is funded by member states to give advice on setting health policy , used its limited resources to organise a meeting for setting policy on a controversial technology , and invited as participants , with one exception , people whose only qualification is that they develop and provide that same technology ? |
| 3 | Different considerations press forward , however , when we move on to the various situations in which known risks ought to be guarded against : bad driving of a motor vehicle may carry an obvious risk of causing death or serious injury , as may bad navigation of a ship or an aircraft , bad driving of a train , setting fire to a residential building , and the handling of firearms . |
| 4 | The case against a schoolboy accused of setting fire to a teenage girl while she inhaled an aerosol spray has collapsed because of lack of evidence . |
| 5 | One reason given for the termination at Machynlleth was the risk of setting fire to the wooden Dovey Bridge ! |