Example sentences of "setting [adv] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 5 ) Setting down within six months ( see below for the equivalent county court provisions ) . |
| 2 | Eventually the desire continually to express concepts in terms of yet more " fundamental " ones led to Peano setting down in 1889 his symbolic and axiomatic description of the set of integers ( in terms of the undefined concepts : set , belongs to , zero , number , successor of ) . |
| 3 | They perpetuate the great romances and adventure stories of the Middle Ages , setting down in simple and unadorned sentences the songs and tales formerly carried by minstrel and troubadour ; tales of the Seven Champions of Christendom , the great Bevis of Southampton ( twice quoted above ) , with his steed Arundel and his invincible sword Morglay , Arthur and his company of the Round Table . |
| 4 | Physical decay is setting in at 38 for Duran and 33 for Leonard , yet in the most hazardous of sports they persist , in the fashion of the times , in trying to defy the ageing process . |
| 5 | They said they were setting off at nine o'clock as if to go |
| 6 | When you go and buy your ticket and you 're setting off on that day |
| 7 | ‘ Now you are setting off on mad expeditions . ’ |
| 8 | David 's application was successful and along with nine other students he will shortly be setting off for one of eight specially selected Earthwatch projects for two weeks of hard work , learning and fun . |
| 9 | On the other hand , there 's — setting off against that — there 's also evidence that doctors are sometimes too reluctant to use medicines , often because they are n't familiar with them . |
| 10 | Competitors started at staggered times but with the leaders all setting off within three minutes of each other , the competition benefited from an added edge . |
| 11 | Enhancement of visitor facilities and setting up of major displays . |
| 12 | He was actually in on the design and setting up of this hospital when Ocean Empress was still in the commissioning stage a few years back . |
| 13 | Ideally tanks should be as large as is possible when setting up for large fish ( not only cichlids ) . |
| 14 | The two most important areas to be considered when setting up with large fish , not just cichlids , or any fish for that matter , are the aquarium and filtration . |
| 15 | ‘ It would be another tragedy for the able child from the non-affluent home , but there are several places where parents will favour abandoning the state sector and setting up as economical day schools . ’ |
| 16 | Without such a measure , professionals in education and health can ignore government plans by setting up in private practice wherever they choose , with the active support of other sections of society . |
| 17 | Western PTTs are setting up in Eastern Europe , often initially to support their multinational clients ' operations there . |
| 18 | Gorbachev on Dec. 29 , 1990 , issued two decrees setting up in 1991 an all-union " extra-budgetary economic stabilization fund " , and introducing a sales tax . |
| 19 | The iron ore deposits in the Nimba mountains on the border with Côte d'Ivoire and Liberia , which had a 65-70 per cent iron content , were finally to be opened up to exploitation , it was announced in December 1989 [ see p. 35436 for setting up in 1986 of iron ore project ] . |
| 20 | ‘ Quite a few friends were starting families at that time and they were having real problems sorting out childcare , and I decided I 'd like to look at what opportunities there were for setting up in that field . ’ |
| 21 | Spokesman Steve Parker explained : ‘ Since setting up in 1988 we have started a franchising operation . |
| 22 | The regulatory spotlight is unlikely to deter financial institutions from setting up in offshore centres if they perceive an advantage in doing so . |
| 23 | On the completion of his articles in 1814 he moved to London to work as an assistant in the office of David Laing [ q.v. ] , architect to the customs and excise , before setting up in independent practice there in 1818 . |
| 24 | We 're setting up in another hangar and hope to be back in business soon . |
| 25 | Flicking the blaster setting back to normal , she stepped back and loosed a couple of shots at the right-hand side of the metal , which had n't yet been cut . |
| 26 | He found himself stymied by an old oppo of mine when setting out on one of the Bielefeld Viaduct sorties with Tallboys . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | ‘ ( a ) setting out with full particulars all dealings by the first defendant or anyone on his behalf with : ( i ) the moneys referred to in schedule 1 to this order ; and ( ii ) all and any sums or assets representing or derived from those moneys ; and … ( c ) exhibiting copies of all documents which relate to the receipt or transfer of , or dealing with all such assets , and in particular all such documents as are set out in schedule 3 hereto and are in the possession custody or power of the first defendant . |
| 29 | Do a dummy run if necessary , you will then be sure you are setting out in good time . |
| 30 | 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 . |