Example sentences of "setting [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The gardener , an honest youth of little imagination who was by now enchanted by the whole affair , remembered that the taste of strawberries was improved by setting them on a cabbage leaf , and strode down to the brassica beds to cut a broad green plate for the feast . |
| 2 | Moreover , it will not be long before common-or-garden programs can vary the weight and shape of letters instantaneously , as well as setting them on the page . |
| 3 | She picked it up and set it on her knee , then began taking out the yellow and black wooden pieces and setting them on the board . |
| 4 | By making crowns of the most precious metal , gold ( and in the case of that made for Queen Alexandra platinum ) , and setting them with the most resplendent stones available , a combination of the most precious substances proclaimed the supremacy of the state and its titular head . |
| 5 | In England , Wales and Northern Ireland , the government , while unifying some of these ( see below : Business and Technician Education Council ; Joint Board for Pre-vocational Education ) , plans to preserve much of the existing range and variety of qualifications , though setting them in a more coherent and intelligible framework ( see below : National Council for Vocational Qualifications ) . |
| 6 | In this time it became clear that the military and state security forces were not all solidly behind the coup , especially in the face of popular resistance , with Russian Federation ( RSFSR ) President Boris Yeltsin setting himself at the head of protesters apparently willing to fight for the new freedoms brought about by the reforms of perestroika . |
| 7 | In fact it was rather modernism , as its name implies ( from latin modo , just now , or hodie , today ) , that tried to awake from the nightmare of history , self-consciously setting itself against the past , and rejecting forms of historical understanding . |
| 8 | He is the star of the 45-second Yellow Pages plug of 1982 which was screened for the following eight years , setting something of a record in advertising circles . |
| 9 | In the case of the elder James Stephen 's commitment to antislavery , it came after the experience of working in the West Indies as a lawyer , but more precisely , that experience helped direct into antislavery the expression of his gratitude ‘ for the infinite mercy of God ’ in extricating him from the depths of sin brought on by sexual passion and setting him on the path of prosperity and happiness . |
| 10 | When the propeller is on you open and close your throttle to check it works before setting it to the correct position . |
| 11 | Notes towards the Definition of Culture supplements Arnold 's definition not by abandoning it , but by setting it beside a wider , basically anthropological definition of culture . |
| 12 | We were able to respond by making a play within a play , setting it on a remote Japanese island and doing a Noh play . |
| 13 | Left alone with Carrie , Joe sat watching her pour the boiling water into the earthenware teapot , and after bringing it to the table and setting it on a stand , she smiled at him and said softly , ‘ How are you ? ’ |
| 14 | Lewis leaned back in his chair as his mother came forward with the teapot , setting it on the china stand . |
| 15 | And he rattled a cornflake packet before setting it on the table nearest the door . |
| 16 | He pulled the drawer free and carried it outside for her , setting it on the desk . |
| 17 | Setting it on the saloon table , and inhaling the delicious combination of smells , Polly went up the companionway ladder to call Nathan . |
| 18 | For the next year , he says , his life will be all Aspects of Love — setting it on the rails along which previous vehicles have coasted with profitable ease — London , New York , Australia , Vienna , Hungary , Tokyo . |
| 19 | Benny was about to ask why , but before she could , Ace had produced her blaster and was busily setting it for a narrow beam to cut through the door . |
| 20 | We were very open to a range of ideas from big to little ; the mother of a mentally-handicapped child wrote in wanting to do something for mentally-handicapped children , and she had got an idea about setting it in the production office of a children 's comic . |