Example sentences of "setting [noun pl] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Plan worked by setting targets for certain key sectors of the economy ( such as steel , electricity and cement ) rather than by close state direction , it tended to foster the return to industrial predominance of capitalist businessmen , and it relied on loans from abroad , particularly from America . |
| 2 | Or determining standards and then setting targets for all of your staff . |
| 3 | The latest draft of the European Commission 's plan for telecommunications seeks deregulation of cross-border services within the Community from January 1996 and of all services , domestic and international , by the start of 1998 , Reuter reports from Brussels , and phone companies expect it to press for deregulation of phone service despite the industry 's reservations — ‘ It 's far too ambitious — we 're not opposed to deregulation but this is too fast , ’ Charlotte Pins , a director of corporate communications at Belgium 's Belgacom said ; France Telecom said it backed ‘ setting sights on 1998 or 2000 ’ as a deadline for freeing the phone service , but Community-wide rules on access to national networks , costs , tariffs and public service duties would have to be agreed shortly . |
| 4 | Thulani Davis describes policemen setting dogs on black women and children campaigning for the right to buy a cup of coffee at the local Woolworths , and educated black men being asked to abandon French courses at university . |
| 5 | Just loading the committee with responsibility for everything inevitably means setting priorities with some subjects receiving less attention than others . |
| 6 | It is then only of use in setting problems for next time . |
| 7 | The foreshore at low tide was indeterminate territory , setting problems of similar complexity to those posed by property rights in the seashore below high water mark . |
| 8 | This , for Nelson , is the soul of Berlioz 's art , the musical equivalent of jeweller setting gemstones in precious metal , not merely to hold them in place , but to show them off to their greatest advantage . |
| 9 | Setting prices on average equal to marginal cost can be done in more than one way , and some will be socially superior to others . |
| 10 | They are setting standards of good practice that we in the Save The Children Fund can then help to spread . |
| 11 | Instead , it looks like a recipe for setting ministers at each other 's throats . |