Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] setting [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Harris conceded the first point in setting with an error , but then reeled off three classic winners , a volleyed kill and two drives which flashed past Martin in midcourt . |
| 2 | Mrs Chalk was nowhere to be found , so she made straight for the medicine cupboard in the spacious Georgian-style kitchen with its enormous , old-fashioned white-painted cupboards and scrubbed-elm table , and located the painkillers , swallowing the dosage with water before setting about making the tea . |
| 3 | Background material for the Development Zone release outlined earlier might include the full text of the minister 's speech , the government leaflet setting out details of the Development Zone scheme , a complete list the benefits to be gained by businesses from setting in Tadchester , and a list of addresses of relevant officials within the local council , the New Towns Commission and Tadchester Industrial Development Centre 0 might be able to help industrialists to take the decision to move . |
| 4 | You can cheer up an expanse of plain flooring by setting in borders and designs which can look very handsome , or make two-tone squares : black and white ; brown and white ; brown and cream ; or two shades of the same colour , like two blues or two greens . |
| 5 | Traditionally every hornpipe begins as the sailors come on deck and dance figures-of-eight round the bollards before setting to work . |
| 6 | If nothing else , the relative lack of action over the last couple of nights would ensure a good sleep before setting off home . |
| 7 | Switzerland made up for 500 years of neutrality by setting about the Canadian team , who were unsportingly thrashing them . |
| 8 | ( This solution is only suitable for older properties-investigate the structure of the wall in an unobtrusive corner before setting to work . ) |
| 9 | A light touch and not even a mouse could have scuttled through that ballroom without setting off the alarm all over the house — and the city . |
| 10 | I apologize for using the semimetaphorical terms ‘ hard ’ and ‘ soft ’ in this essay , but after puzzling over the matter for some time I can see no other way of setting about it . |
| 11 | When he left the house , he went down to the riverside , and spent some time considering the extent of the job they were about to tackle , the resources they were going to need , and the best way of setting about it . |
| 12 | This short book was written to help teachers and student teachers interested in researching what happens in their classrooms to identify what it is they want to investigate and the most appropriate way of setting about it . |
| 13 | It is easy to cope with this in the TRP framework by setting to some large number K ( larger than the sum of the given s will do ) . |