Example sentences of "setting out " in BNC.
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| 1 | But while she was setting out plates , a tongue of fury ripped along her spine . |
| 2 | John was setting out knives and forks . |
| 3 | British Gas , and the local electricity companies ( from the end of 1990 ) , each have a number of codes of practice , setting out their terms of supply , how you can pay your bill , and the services that they offer . |
| 4 | CAMRA , in conjunction with fellow beer consumer organisations in the European Beer Consumers Union , have produced a ‘ Euro-Beer Label ’ setting out exactly what beer drinkers would like to see declared . |
| 5 | The best way to practise your tiling skills if you 've never done any before if by covering just a small area such as a washbasin splashback , where setting out the tiles so they are centred on the area concerned is a simple job , and you have the minimum of tile cutting to do . |
| 6 | This is far easier than setting out wall tiling , because floors have far fewer obstacles than walls do . |
| 7 | Mr Saunders goes on to admit that broadcasters are not entirely blameless in this respect : ‘ More should no doubt have been done at an earlier stage in development of RDS to give the receiver manufacturing industry some guidelines setting out the minimum levels of RDS performance that should be achieved ’ . |
| 8 | Ashley Dobbs , an engaging young entrepreneur , is setting out to change that by creating a nationwide network of ‘ telecottages ’ . |
| 9 | A second legacy of Tiananmen has been increasing tension over the course of Hong Kong 's political development , with just six months remaining before China 's parliament is due to enact the mini-constitution , or Basic Law , setting out the pattern of post-1997 government . |
| 10 | Setting out Labour 's case for international co-operation to strengthen world security and combat environmental degradation , Mr Kinnock said : ‘ It is an argument for global citizenship — a recognition of the fact that in the world now and for the future , passive co-existence is not enough . |
| 11 | Setting out the philosophy which guides her policy , Mrs Thatcher said : ‘ I oppose absolutely political violence and terrorism from whatever quarter . |
| 12 | The FT-SE share index was down 31.7 points before setting out on a steady recovery , closing 4.1 points down at 2,277.5 . |
| 13 | Mr Harris , 51 , and his wife were setting out for church in Lisburn , Co Antrim . |
| 14 | But under cross-examination , he was accused of deliberately setting out to besmirch her character . |
| 15 | She said Mr Mandela told them that he had written a document setting out his views on negotiations , the prospect of which President de Klerk has been promoting since well before the National Party returned to power in the 6 September elections . |
| 16 | The heart of the book was a chapter on ‘ The Historian At Work ’ which I do believe was original in setting out the processes which historians go through , from discovering and analysing sources to producing written history at different levels . |
| 17 | He drew up an agreement in two copies , setting out the terms in ponderous detail : ‘ … referred to henceforth as ‘ the colony' ’ … which wheels shall be considered as handed over to the Economic Section of the Provincial Workers ' and Peasants ' Inspection after their reception by a special commission and the signing of the corresponding protocol . ’ |
| 18 | Frazer , through setting out to study an essential ritual of the primitive dead , had done what Eliot hoped modern literature , including Sweeney Agonistes would do . |
| 19 | In addition , his setting out the poet 's connection with the primitive gave him the status of a societal elder , one who , lecturing in America , would pronounce on literature and society as Arnold had done less than fifty years before him . |
| 20 | The official figures were revealed yesterday in the bill setting out the NHS proposals and the legislative changes for the community care white paper proposals , published last week . |
| 21 | The Education ( Student Loans ) Bill , published yesterday , comprises only one enabling clause setting out ministers ' broad intention to usher in loans and two schedules making plain that the Government will use regulations to dictate the size of the annual loan , level of interest rates , repayment periods , deferments and premiums to the banks administering the scheme . |
| 22 | Anyone setting out to keep tracks on Hazlitt must indeed find it a cat-and-mouse exercise . |
| 23 | Deliberately setting out to offer higher quality at lower prices , Wilson & Glick kitchens include many features normally found only in the most expensive European kitchens . |
| 24 | So he is setting out to change that . |
| 25 | Neil Kinnock launched another Labour manifesto , this time setting out the party 's plans for London , centring on a new elected authority . |
| 26 | ‘ The group has issued a communiqué setting out its general aims , but has not as yet made any specific demands . |
| 27 | When the bus started , they all crossed themselves , as I had seen nuns do in Ireland when setting out on a journey , however short . |
| 28 | Since it is setting out to achieve what it is not possible to achieve , uniformity ( always dangerous ) will be maintained only by the serious erosion of individual freedom . |
| 29 | ‘ It is occasionally indicated to us that we are apparently setting out to give the public what we think they need and not what they want — but few know what they want , and very few what they need , ’ Reith had pronounced . |
| 30 | Still no acknowledgement was made and it grew near the time when Gigia would be setting out on her journey . |