Example sentences of "setting [noun pl] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Office of Fair Trading agreed that ‘ from a competition viewpoint there might be a great deal of benefit in combining the two funds and placing them on insurance principles , setting premiums on the basis of risk ’ . |
| 2 | Class of Year Three children The " Keeper " is a guard who has been blinded to stop him ever setting eyes on the magic jewels . |
| 3 | She had been determined to avoid Vitor setting eyes on the child , but now — |
| 4 | I mean , if somebody was petrified of setting eyes on the youth again , then it would n't do them much good , for him to be sent to make good what damage he 's done to their house , or , |
| 5 | For example , we would tax fuel according to emission rates and establish systems of tradable emission licenses for industry , setting ceilings on the permitted emissions , eg sulphur dioxide . |
| 6 | The overlap between Oakeshott and Hayek on the critique of rationalism , for example , sets the scene for setting limits on the ability of government sensibly to re-order society . |
| 7 | From the government 's point of view , the settlement complemented the ‘ Social Contract ’ between unions and state ; it accorded the unions considerably more leeway than the joint management-union training scheme proposed in 1972 by the Commission on Industrial Relations , with the stated purpose of ‘ improving industrial relations ’ through corporatism in the workplace , while setting limits on the scope and nature of the expansion . |