Example sentences of "[prep] setting out [prep] " in BNC.

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1 AN RAF air-sea rescue helicopter today joined a massive search for three young men who disappeared in a small speedboat after setting out on a two-hour trip along the west Wales coast .
2 More and more they saw the folly of setting out with a medium in search of a message …
3 The disturbances on the borders of Brecon , whether officially encouraged or not , had grown to such proportions that the King had despatched his brother the Earl of Cornwall to the march in haste to try and suppress them , and was himself in the act of setting out from Windsor to join him there .
4 The journey was conceived and prepared through a Scottish winter with the idea of setting out in the spring .
5 ‘ There would be no point in setting out for a star if you did n't know how far away it was . ’
6 Murdock lost no time in setting out for London to take out a patent for his model .
7 The FT-SE share index was down 31.7 points before setting out on a steady recovery , closing 4.1 points down at 2,277.5 .
8 There he found a moment of illusory tranquillity with his stepdaughter and her two sons , before setting out on the journey which was to end at Saint Helena .
9 She was concentrating on her appearance , adding the finishing touches before setting out on yet another shopping expedition .
10 For this reason it is absolutely vital before setting out on a journey of this type , to plan as far as possible for this eventuality .
11 It was here that Grandfather Denknetzeyan had spent many hours in deep contemplation while the seeds of revolution were scattered all around him , here that he spent his last moments in Moscow before setting out on that final and fateful journey to Petrograd .
12 Before setting out on our binocular survey , it will be helpful to give a full list .
13 Every day , before setting out on tolly , the guru of the household prepares a detailed itinerary of addresses to be visited , and the eunuchs adhere strictly to this list .
14 This surely must be a trick , one to which she must find the answer before setting out with him .
15 Rosemary will be teaching others her skills in creating a market stall complete with special effects in the form of ‘ rosy ’ apples and ‘ muddy ’ parsnips at the Women 's Institute 's Denman College in Marcham before setting out for Staffordshire on a dolls-house holiday !
16 Harry Taylor , on the left , before setting out for the summit .
17 He urged holidaymakers to check with hotels before setting out for Llandudno , and for day-trippers to stay away this week-end .
18 Three weeks earlier they had flown out to Rome where they had been able to spend a few days as guests of the staff and students at the Venerable English College before setting out from St Peter 's Square on Wednesday , 30th September to cycle more than 1,700 miles across Italy , Switzerland and France , then up through England .
19 Mr Watts had phoned a Mull shopkeeper , David Howitt , 55 , minutes before setting out from Blackpool Airport .
20 Those who were influenced by this belief refrained from setting out on a journey or from starting a major task on that day of the week .
21 The note of personal ambition here is reminiscent of that zeal which the young professor-elect had felt , among other feelings , on setting out for Basle .
22 Apparently from the notes , a certain Fruchtbaum in the Times Literary Supplement has described Charles on setting out on the Beagle voyage in such terms , which is certainly an exaggeration , but I do not know anyone else who has ever subscribed to that opinion .
23 On the one hand it could concentrate on setting out in greater detail the education and training requirements for solicitors seeking higher courts advocacy as suggested by LCAC and leave until later the question of employed solicitors .
24 They grow fast when transferred into trays or pots in the conservatory , greenhouse , cold frame or on a window ledge , prior to setting out in the garden a week or two later .
25 There is a clear case for setting out in legislation other circumstances in which consent may be regarded as vitiated so that police officers may be encouraged towards a broader interpretation of the meaning of rape .
26 I consider it worth setting out in extenso the Commission 's position in that regard as it is set out in paragraph 3.1 of the communication :
27 The Consumer Guarantees Bill 1990 , would have included in the present s14(2) of SGA 1979 and its equivalent provisions under SOGIT 1973 ( as substituted by Sched 4 to CCA 1974 ) and the SGSA 1982 , the following provision which is worth setting out in full since it received Government approval and is likely to be re-introduced in the near future : ( 2A ) For the purposes of this Act , goods are of satisfactory quality if they meet the standard that a reasonable person would regard as satisfactory , taking account of any description of the goods , the price ( if relevant ) and all the other relevant circumstances .
28 The United States responded by setting out in another letter its obligations to the parties .
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