Example sentences of "of setting [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Difficulties in the use of the ALARA principle ( as low as reasonably achievable ) and of risk cost-benefit analysis for decision-making are discussed , including the problem of setting a monetary value for health detriment and for loss of human life .
2 Molotov was opposed to the evacuation of any Soviet military bases for fear of setting a dangerous precedent which could apply to other similar and more important issues .
3 At the insistence of the USA , the Convention stopped short of setting a binding target date for emission reductions , but recommended that industrialized states should aim to stabilize CO 2 emissions at 1990 levels by the year 2000 ( a target already agreed by the European Community " see p. 37784 " and Japan ) .
4 At the insistence of the USA , the Convention stopped short of setting a binding target date for emission reductions .
5 Instead of setting the main carriage to Fair Isle , it is set to slip , so while the pattern stitches are knitted the background stitches are slipped and vice versa .
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