Example sentences of "setting to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Traditionally every hornpipe begins as the sailors come on deck and dance figures-of-eight round the bollards before setting to work . |
| 2 | Was this was ‘ a good example to be setting to the Chinese Government ’ ? |
| 3 | It was reminiscent of one of those terrifying cases in which a hospital porter appears in court after donning a white coat , insinuating himself into the operating theatre , and setting to work on an appendix . |
| 4 | Then reduce oven setting to 200°C , 400°F , Gas Mark 6 and open the foil so that the bread browns and crisps . |
| 5 | It is easy to cope with this in the TRP framework by setting to some large number K ( larger than the sum of the given s will do ) . |
| 6 | One or two helicopter radios are equipped with a second throttle hold option to allow the practice setting to be retained . |
| 7 | These can be made even more legible for visually handicapped pupils by turning up the print contrast setting to ‘ dark ’ . |
| 8 | Giambologna 's Fata Morgana setting to be restored ? |
| 9 | His face had grown so thin that as he spoke you could plainly see the elaborate machinery of his jaw setting to work with all its strings , sockets and pulleys . |
| 10 | ‘ What 's going on here ? ’ he would ask , setting to work a critical apparatus that left his students impressed . |
| 11 | Besides , ’ his features underwent a subtle change , setting to granite hardness , ‘ I paid your bail because I needed a crew as well as a cook . |
| 12 | Now they were all busily employed in setting to rights the big front saloon — a difficult task , for all its furniture was large and heavy and the carpets had not seen even a brush for years and years . |
| 13 | ( This solution is only suitable for older properties-investigate the structure of the wall in an unobtrusive corner before setting to work . ) |
| 14 | If these problems can be overcome by the planners who are now setting to work under the direction of the UN Secretary-General , the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal could be an important step in strengthening international law . |