Example sentences of "setting [noun] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After setting hair on medium rollers , George at Cat 's Whiskers styled this 1940 's look |
| 2 | Dramatic curls were achieved by setting hair on medium-sized rollers and Herbs styling mousse . |
| 3 | A dream come true — this elegant style was achieved by setting hair on flexible stylers with Clynol 's Styleset . |
| 4 | He 's holding his hand out to me , yelling at me , but I 'm stuck there , terrified , screaming , and I do n't know what to do , ca n't think what to do , even while he 's yelling at me to help him , come out to him , get a branch , but I 'm petrified at the thought of setting foot on that white , treacherous surface and I ca n't imagine finding a branch , ca n't think what to do as I look one way towards the tall trees above the hidden gorge and the other along the shore of the loch towards the boat-house but there are no branches , there 's only snow everywhere , and then Andy stops struggling and slips under the whiteness . |
| 5 | Setting foot on Indian soil at the age of 32 , William Carey never again left . |
| 6 | ‘ How many times do I have to tell you I 'm not setting foot inside that house ? ’ |
| 7 | And setting foot inside Tuscan Club apartments you know that you 've made the right choice . |
| 8 | The traditional method of setting type on computer-based systems is not WYSIWYG but code driven . |
| 9 | The Plan worked by setting targets for certain key sectors of the economy ( such as steel , electricity and cement ) rather than by close state direction , it tended to foster the return to industrial predominance of capitalist businessmen , and it relied on loans from abroad , particularly from America . |
| 10 | Or determining standards and then setting targets for all of your staff . |
| 11 | The latest draft of the European Commission 's plan for telecommunications seeks deregulation of cross-border services within the Community from January 1996 and of all services , domestic and international , by the start of 1998 , Reuter reports from Brussels , and phone companies expect it to press for deregulation of phone service despite the industry 's reservations — ‘ It 's far too ambitious — we 're not opposed to deregulation but this is too fast , ’ Charlotte Pins , a director of corporate communications at Belgium 's Belgacom said ; France Telecom said it backed ‘ setting sights on 1998 or 2000 ’ as a deadline for freeing the phone service , but Community-wide rules on access to national networks , costs , tariffs and public service duties would have to be agreed shortly . |
| 12 | Thulani Davis describes policemen setting dogs on black women and children campaigning for the right to buy a cup of coffee at the local Woolworths , and educated black men being asked to abandon French courses at university . |
| 13 | Just loading the committee with responsibility for everything inevitably means setting priorities with some subjects receiving less attention than others . |
| 14 | It is then only of use in setting problems for next time . |
| 15 | The foreshore at low tide was indeterminate territory , setting problems of similar complexity to those posed by property rights in the seashore below high water mark . |
| 16 | This , for Nelson , is the soul of Berlioz 's art , the musical equivalent of jeweller setting gemstones in precious metal , not merely to hold them in place , but to show them off to their greatest advantage . |
| 17 | Setting prices on average equal to marginal cost can be done in more than one way , and some will be socially superior to others . |
| 18 | They are setting standards of good practice that we in the Save The Children Fund can then help to spread . |
| 19 | Instead , it looks like a recipe for setting ministers at each other 's throats . |
| 20 | IT IS a year since Sir Ronald Dearing unveiled his committee 's report on the way in which the accounting standards setting system in this country should operate . |
| 21 | ‘ Structure ’ sprays are a sort of setting lotion in natural spray form , allowing permed or curly hair to be scrunched into shape . |
| 22 | When setting medium to long hair ( left and above ) , start at the front : to get rid of flopping hair , wind away from the face , back towards the crown . |
| 23 | Its unfortunate nineteenth century occupants varied from those guilty of setting fire to one of her Majesty 's ships , embezzling Queen 's stores and ‘ threatening to stab one Lorrazo Cielcovich ’ or breaking a door to the still familiar ‘ drunk and disorderly ’ . |
| 24 | A similar system obtained in North America , where the Indians lived in villages , making clearings and foraging for firewood and other produce , setting fire to much of the forest to drive and enclose game . |
| 25 | According to some reports , the march was infiltrated by masked youths who stoned ground-floor windows of the Education Ministry and then moved through the city centre towards the Polytechnic , smashing shop windows and setting fire to two cars and a bus . |