Example sentences of "setting [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An author is taking his revenge in setting down these judgements , begrudging the grudges of others — while uttering , this once , the cry of the deserted child . |
| 2 | Shadows have lengthened stealthily in the course of The Bellarosa Connection , gathering for what Martin Amis described in later Bellow as ‘ last things , leave-taking , and final lucidities ’ , and at the close there is a quietly affecting image of the narrator setting down his story , alone . |
| 3 | After walking in and setting down their pocket tape recorder , they soon reveal themselves as inarticulate and badly prepared and the whole encounter is punctuated with long , awkward silences . |
| 4 | In San Salvador , meanwhile , the FMLN issued a communique setting down its conditions for a truce . |
| 5 | In San Salvador , meanwhile , the FMLN issued a communique setting down its conditions for a truce . |
| 6 | Setting down the tray between Emily and Mungo she added : ‘ There we are , madam . |
| 7 | ‘ You must advise me , ’ Alida said , setting down her plate . |
| 8 | But , as he always found room in his life for north Oxfordshire and his family , he also enjoyed setting down some of his local preoccupations and irritations . |
| 9 | To Tom Poole that day , Coleridge wrote a farewell letter , setting down his sense of all that Poole had been to him since the beginning of their friendship more than four years earlier : |
| 10 | The fact that the Institute was setting down its objectives for the first time was seen as ‘ a move in the right direction ’ . |
| 11 | They perpetuate the great romances and adventure stories of the Middle Ages , setting down in simple and unadorned sentences the songs and tales formerly carried by minstrel and troubadour ; tales of the Seven Champions of Christendom , the great Bevis of Southampton ( twice quoted above ) , with his steed Arundel and his invincible sword Morglay , Arthur and his company of the Round Table . |
| 12 | any motor vehicle standing on a part of a road specially set aside for the parking of vehicles , or as a stand for hackney carriages , or as a stand for public service vehicles , or as a place at which such vehicles may stop for a longer time than is necessary for the taking up and setting down of passengers where compliance with this regulation would conflict with the provisions of any order , regulations or byelaws governing the use of such part of a road for that purpose ; |
| 13 | any motor vehicle waiting to set down or pick up passengers in accordance with regulations made or directions given by the chief officer or police in regard to such setting down or picking up ; |
| 14 | We believe that at least partial answers to these questions will emerge later in this book — we shall certainly return to them — but a few brief comments are worth setting down before closing the present chapter . |
| 15 | My method now is to take the tension setting down as low as the thickness of the yarn will allow , knit a couple of rows , then increase to the loose tension . |
| 16 | ‘ I think , ’ Anna said a minute later , setting down her brass burden on the kitchen table , ‘ I think I have had a little revelation . ’ |
| 17 | The discussion began with criticism of who is setting down the guidelines for development , and who is actually undertaking this community economic development work . |
| 18 | Eventually the desire continually to express concepts in terms of yet more " fundamental " ones led to Peano setting down in 1889 his symbolic and axiomatic description of the set of integers ( in terms of the undefined concepts : set , belongs to , zero , number , successor of ) . |
| 19 | The other thing I have done is setting down there is various amounts of stuff to go off to my father |
| 20 | Different agencies use different methods for actually setting down strategies , but an increasing proportion insist on using ‘ consumer language ’ , expressed in terms of the intended or desired reactions or responses to the advertising . |
| 21 | She bowed her head and , setting down her cup , went to bring the wine jug . |
| 22 | Pearce and Duvall were blurred figures beside the wreck , distinguishable only in that Duvall was carrying the paraffin containers , which he was setting down on the pavement . |
| 23 | In setting down and discussing that theory we are , therefore , dealing with the " official " view of British politics — with the view that dominates public discussion and the accounts in the media . |
| 24 | Coffee was made and she called them , setting down the pot to complete her shadow picture . |
| 25 | The court file will record that setting down within the prescribed period if it takes place . |
| 26 | Three months before the due date for setting down the court will issue reminder cards to parties in live cases stating the date by which their case is due to be set down . |
| 27 | The new timetables will relate to the overall periods up to setting down for trial . |
| 28 | Players do not like setting down an instrument that has just become nicely warmed up , and taking up a cold one , unless there is a very good reason for it . |
| 29 | Standard machines measure 600 mm ( 23⅝in ) deep by 595 mm ( 23⅜in ) wide , to fit between units and can be stacked one above the other , but , unless you have a separate utility room , that does not leave much space nearby for storing laundry supplies and accessories or setting down the just cleaned laundry . |
| 30 | This is often referred to as prudential regulation and it consists of setting down standards in respect of such matters as the capital reserves which have to be maintained by banks . |