Example sentences of "setting [noun sg] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eventually — and with some relief — we were out into open water and setting course for the other two large islands in the group , Barentsøvya and Edgeøya . |
| 2 | On Feb. 12 the Tadjik Communist Party ( CP ) headquarters was besieged by rioters who succeeded in setting part of the building on fire ; the Tadjik Supreme Soviet Presidium declared a state of emergency and a night-time curfew in Dushanbe ; and , fearing a pogrom , Armenians were reported to be fleeing the city . |
| 3 | It is strange to relate that this short stretch of water should be such a barrier but the hills of Wouldham and village are as foreign to some people of Halling as any parts of the world and in fact there are some who travel all over the country and to some places abroad , but have lived all their lives in the village without ever setting foot on the further banks of the river . |
| 4 | It is a testimony to the magnificent holdings of the Centre 's Alexander Baykov Library , that much of this research could be done without setting foot outside the University Campus ( or , indeed , outside the Ashley Building ) . |
| 5 | Not even her fear of setting foot in a boat again would keep her from making the crossing to the mainland the moment the trip to Brides Haven was feasible . |
| 6 | For Coventry , the issues had become clouded even before setting foot in the Tigers lair . |
| 7 | We watch him trying to master the pure theory of swimming — he has no intention of ever setting foot in the water . |
| 8 | The surprising point that has occurred with regard to my own business is that other supposed chartered accountants have been preparing fully audited accounts without ever setting foot in the premises that they are conducting the audit for . |
| 9 | Had I not been with Matt and Tony I would n't have considered setting foot inside the level . |
| 10 | The inquest jury returned verdicts of unlawful killing and one of suicide also challenged in the case of Trevor Carrington , 38 , the party guest said to have confessed to setting light to a sofa and starting the blaze . |
| 11 | If the deceleration delay is greater than the acceleration delay , deceleration can be initiated by setting POINTER to the appropriate location ( DECEND -COUNT ) in the deceleration table . |
| 12 | Most processes require AVAIL , but if you wish to prevent inadvertent use of a process , setting UNAVAIL in the configuration file will ensure that no action requests will be accepted by the process , at least until a LIFESPAN user with MANAGER privilege has used Option 7.5.0 to set Facilities Available . |
| 13 | So why has WHO headquarters , which is funded by member states to give advice on setting health policy , used its limited resources to organise a meeting for setting policy on a controversial technology , and invited as participants , with one exception , people whose only qualification is that they develop and provide that same technology ? |
| 14 | It was as if I owed him financially for everything he 'd given me , he 'd drawn up a sort of balance sheet , setting adoption against the chances he 'd given me ; because he 'd taken me on I owed him . |
| 15 | With these biases declared , the discussion starts by setting reading into the general theoretical context of the flow of information through an individual 's cognitive processes . |
| 16 | Different considerations press forward , however , when we move on to the various situations in which known risks ought to be guarded against : bad driving of a motor vehicle may carry an obvious risk of causing death or serious injury , as may bad navigation of a ship or an aircraft , bad driving of a train , setting fire to a residential building , and the handling of firearms . |
| 17 | After setting fire to a collier and a house by the harbour , not very successfully , thanks to a sudden heavy storm , Jones successfully withdrew , despite the fire of a party of militia , and , when he had re-embarked , of cannon shot from some guns in the batteries which had escaped being spiked . |
| 18 | Once upon a time a man could hang for setting fire to a hayrick ! |
| 19 | Yesterday the Mirror revealed that a similar model ‘ spontaneously ignited , ’ setting fire to a toddler 's carpet . |
| 20 | It does n't sound like Mozzer is going to have to explain himself ; last week I saw an Asian punk rock band called Cornershop articulate many people 's feelings by setting fire to a poster of the misguided buffoon . |
| 21 | French farmers recently sought to protect their markets by setting fire to a lorry load of live sheep being exported from Britain for slaughter in an abbattoir in mid-France . |
| 22 | The case against a schoolboy accused of setting fire to a teenage girl while she inhaled an aerosol spray has collapsed because of lack of evidence . |
| 23 | £5,000 damage in school arson attack ARSONISTS caused £5,000 worth of damage after setting fire to a Cleveland comprehensive school . |
| 24 | I mean , you imagine somebody breaking in and setting fire to a trailer . |
| 25 | He had first been found guilty of setting fire to an armoured personnel carrier commandeered by students and a car during the 19898 pro-democracy demonstrations in Beijing . |
| 26 | Iraq 's action in setting fire to an estimated 600 oil wells prior to withdrawing from Kuwait resulted in widespread air pollution over the northern Gulf region . |
| 27 | An airman accused of setting fire to an RAF hanger has been jailed for five years for arson . |
| 28 | You did right chopping the Governor down and setting fire to the forum — but do n't tell them I said so . |
| 29 | John pulling crackers , and showing Jeremy the small fireworks inside — setting fire to the ‘ serpent 's egg ’ , waving a minute sparkler , making a flaming paper balloon rise to the ceiling , whilst Jeremy applauded excitedly . |
| 30 | Hooker , Thomas Huxley and their friends are in a local pub celebrating by playing darts , setting fire to the proprietor and , of course . |