Example sentences of "setting [adv prt] of [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | To compare the total realisable value of stocks with the total cost could result in an unacceptable setting off of foreseeable losses against unrealised profits . |
2 | If in fact very few young people are actually ‘ into ’ heroin , then all the media coverage , the ‘ war on drugs ’ , the setting up of new clinics and drugs squads , is all overreaction and should be stopped in its tracks now . |
3 | But the arrival of punk and the flood of self-produced records led to the setting up of new distribution networks which enabled the new labels to keep their distance from the bigger companies . |
4 | The Act also provides for the setting up of new procedures for the identification of children with special educational needs and for the establishment of a new definition for the term . |
5 | The growing importance of Central and Eastern European markets was recognised through the setting up of new bilateral associations which will encourage relations with the Baltic States and the Ukraine . |
6 | Economic and cultural relations with the Soviet Union had improved steadily during 1989 , with the setting up of new joint ventures and improved shipping and air links . |
7 | For this reason , the report has recommended the setting up of new agencies to monitor government spending and environmental impact . |
8 | This inertia in accepting the need for change was , however , amply compensated for by an extremely effective programme of design , the setting up of new manufacturing facilities and by the retraining of assembly workers to handle the new electronic technology . |
9 | Nor does the setting up of separate households necessarily imply a weakening of social and caring relationships . |
10 | Hence , in recent years , we have witnessed the publication of the Gulbenkian Report , the report by the APU Working Party on Aesthetic Development , and the setting up of various national arts organizations , such as the National Association for Education in the Arts , all of which have argued the philosophical justification for arts education . |
11 | Among their other recommendations were : the inclusion of human rights issues at all levels of education ; the promotion of genuine participatory democracies ; the setting up of regional courts for human rights as part of a network to promote human rights in Africa . |
12 | Since then , due to the stimulus and support given by the Centre to twentieth-century art , the setting up of regional funds for acquiring contemporary art , and the emergence of a new generation of museum curators , the landscape has completely changed . |
13 | In Scotland , a major drive involving the county associations , which included the setting up of regional training squads has already paid dividends with the emergence of teenage players of the calibre of Myra McKinlay and Janice Moodie . |
14 | The setting up of regional Membership Interest Groups was endorsed and efforts were made to enhance their powers to recommend names to Portland Place in order to effectively tap regional talents . |
15 | Measures have included the setting up of regional development agencies , private- public partnership schemes and privately organised enterprise trusts . |
16 | confirming their readiness to reinforce security , in particular by adopting effective arms control , disarmament and confidence-building measures ; their willingness not to regard each another as adversaries but to work for a relationship of trust and co-operation ; and accordingly their readiness to consider positively the setting up of appropriate institutional arrangements within the framework of the CSCE ; |
17 | the setting up of continental ( or regional ) courts for human rights are part of a network(s) to promote human rights in Africa . |
18 | As well as kinder practices at parish level there was a more marked emphasis by reformers on finding alternative methods of helping the poor , for example in facilitating the setting up of friendly societies , the most popular vehicle for self-help . |
19 | It calls for the setting up of political , socio-economic and cultural institutions that are ‘ truly democratic and that reflect an equitable distribution of power ’ . |
20 | The ruling Military Committee of National Salvation ( CMSN ) on July 25 adopted a law which allowed for the setting up of political parties , with the exception of specifically Islamic parties or parties based on race or region . |
21 | David agreed to relay the feelings of the Programme Group that subsidy should be considered to the group set up by the Open College to negotiate with the denominations and with suitable trusts concerning the setting up of financial support for courses , training , etc . |
22 | So far as terminals are concerned , the trend of the 1980s has been overwhelmingly towards the setting up of private distribution depots , so running down BR 's own facilities . |
23 | The Committee of 100 Against the Poll Tax in Scotland was supported with a call for the setting up of similar groups across the country . |
24 | The problem of lack of time has been eased to some degree by the setting up of communal kitchens like those in Lima , Peru . |
25 | Indeed , the setting up of secondary banking subsidi-aries by the primary banks is indicative ofthe slippage that was occurring . |
26 | Another important area of discretionary power arises in the setting up of special squads — fraud , obscene publications , robbery and so on — to concentrate on particular crimes . |
27 | The Act also provides the setting up of duty-free zones and perhaps for our present purpose it is sufficient to say that companies established in a duty-free zone are treated in every way as if they were established outside of the borders of the Hungarian Republic . |
28 | The commission goes on : ‘ Until such security has been achieved , the commission will have severe reservations about the setting up of high-capacity name-linked data stores . ’ |
29 | The result was that though his reign saw a growth in popular literacy , the setting up of Jewish and Protestant schools and the supply by the government of free textbooks for elementary teaching , it also witnessed a serious attack on secondary education and the universities . |
30 | Vodafone Group Plc said yesterday it is to encourage the setting up of retail outlets that will offer a full range of cellular phones and after-sales service : it is not allowed to sell direct itself , but will jointly fund refurbishment and shopfitting of high street outlets with service providers and hopes to have 170 stores operating across the country by summer next year ; it looks to spend £10m over two years and aims for a shop on every major UK high street and up to 25 within the M25 London orbital motorway . |