Example sentences of "setting [adv] in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ) . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Western PTTs are setting up in Eastern Europe , often initially to support their multinational clients ' operations there . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 ] . |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 8 | Spokesman Steve Parker explained : ‘ Since setting up in 1988 we have started a franchising operation . |
| 9 | The regulatory spotlight is unlikely to deter financial institutions from setting up in offshore centres if they perceive an advantage in doing so . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | We 're setting up in another hangar and hope to be back in business soon . |
| 12 | Do a dummy run if necessary , you will then be sure you are setting out in good time . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The United States responded by setting out in another letter its obligations to the parties . |
| 15 | 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 . |