Example sentences of "setting [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A light touch and not even a mouse could have scuttled through that ballroom without setting off the alarm all over the house — and the city . |
| 2 | In front , a broad cab-drive , also balustraded , swept round in a wide semi-circle setting off the entrance to perfection . |
| 3 | This easement does not by any means apply to all developers and is in any case temporary : setting off the charge against the claims in this way will not be possible when the fund has been distributed and the money has been spent or locked up in some investment . |
| 4 | That means an educated working class , understanding the needs of socialism or communism and setting about the task of achieving it by getting rid of capitalism and introducing socialism , or communism . |
| 5 | By ten-thirty , Beth had cleared away the breakfast things , washed the dishes and stacked them into the big dresser , wiped down the kitchen table , taken the coconut matting from the floor and hung it over the line outside where she beat every speck of dust from it before replacing it over her freshly scrubbed quarry tiles ; all that done she was now enjoying a cup of tea , before setting about the drawing room . |
| 6 | Clifftop setting for the Miramalfi |
| 7 | The secure order of our classrooms provides one setting for the fulfilment of these needs , but daily Assemblies reinforce the moral , behavioural and spiritual values of the School . |
| 8 | This done , you are almost ready to take your first shots on video , but before you do , check first that you have the correct white balance setting for the lighting conditions so that the recording will be made with the true colour values . |
| 9 | We said , as soon as the disability occurs , deferred period kicks in , after that will then start setting of the payment . |
| 10 | The captain was becoming worried by the amount of ice setting into the bay and was anxious not to be trapped . |
| 11 | What could be simpler than the ball carrier going in , turning and setting with the support player going in low and hard and stripping the ball as he turns ? |
| 12 | The opening of the play saw lovely mood setting with the lighting creating the effect of oil lamps . |
| 13 | To help his awareness of his affected side , you can arrange his place setting with the plate or bowl in front of him and his glass or cup in front of his hemiplegic side . |
| 14 | BRITTEN 'S Miss Wordsworth , primmest of Suffolk schoolma'ms , would no doubt have balked at setting before the public eye any but her most promising music pupils . |
| 15 | the results are impressive as the steam seals the meat and stops the protein oozing out as it is already setting in the joint . |
| 16 | Scott , revealing details of the 500-page bid document for the first time , insisted the big selling point was the proximity of the sports venues to the competitors ' village , which would be in a canalside setting in the heart of the city . |
| 17 | Orion is setting in the west ; Sirius is out of view , though Procyon and the Twins remain , and Aldebaran is still above the horizon . |
| 18 | Eliot Gardiner made three oratorio sets for Philips from the hall at Göttingen : Alexander 's Feast , Jephtha and Saul , setting in the process an up-hill task for McGegan with some pretty serious competition . |
| 19 | The film ended with Wayne assuming responsibility for an orphaned Vietnamese boy to the strains of The Ballad of the Green Berets and the sun apparently setting in the east , a scene which outraged his critics but apparently brought tears to the eyes of many less demanding viewers . |
| 20 | The weather was wet and chilly and this run underlines the standard that White is setting in the club this year . |
| 21 | And yeah another one connected to this whole lifestyle , aspirational argument the image the brochures give us of a couple si sitting on a terrace with , you know , you can almost hear the music in the background , the sun setting over the sea . |
| 22 | The late sun setting over the mainland lays a bright path over the water , coming right in at the small bay . |
| 23 | The sun had moved so that it was setting on the roof of the building on the western side of the yard . |
| 24 | Unless the sound setting at the press show was a mistake , I have seldom heard a noisier film nor one which seems to require its stars ( Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd again ) to bellow their lines so startlingly over the din . |