Example sentences of "setting [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Britten discovered early that the very act of setting words to music involves stylisation . |
| 2 | cylindrical pierced metal candle shades which , placed in a shallow dish of water , steadied the flame and prevented the candle from setting light to what it was standing on . |
| 3 | Indian-born Kiranjit , of Crawley , Sussex , endured 10 years of torture before dousing sleeping husband Deepak in petrol and setting light to it , the Old Bailey heard . |
| 4 | Some day there might be a time for setting light to both Carrog and Sycarth , and driving their households homeless into the hills ; but not now , that was to fritter away all these preparations upon a minor consideration . |
| 5 | The inquest jury returned verdicts of unlawful killing and one of suicide also challenged in the case of Trevor Carrington , 38 , the party guest said to have confessed to setting light to a sofa and starting the blaze . |
| 6 | In the latest attack , just before 4am yesterday , a brick was thrown through the window of the club secretary 's office and flammable material was pushed through the broken glass , setting light to carpets and furniture . |
| 7 | If the deceleration delay is greater than the acceleration delay , deceleration can be initiated by setting POINTER to the appropriate location ( DECEND -COUNT ) in the deceleration table . |
| 8 | In Grimes he also showed that the same is true of the act of setting drama to music . |
| 9 | ‘ You have lost no time in setting things to rights , I see , ’ she said in a carefully neutral tone . |
| 10 | Setting VD to 1.00V yields a linear V/F converter ( Fo=KVN ) , and setting VN to 1.00V yields a reciprocal V/F converter ( Fo+K/VD ) . |
| 11 | Setting VD to 1.00V yields a linear V/F converter ( Fo=KVN ) , and setting VN to 1.00V yields a reciprocal V/F converter ( Fo+K/VD ) . |
| 12 | A file opened with OPENUP may be extended by setting PTR# to its end ( PTR# = EXT# ) , and then writing the new data to it . |
| 13 | Scotland has led the way in setting limits to waiting-times for operations and will now be reducing these further . |
| 14 | The interview schedule or questionnaire mean that the researcher is setting limits to what the respondent can say . |
| 15 | The former contradiction , which Marx describes as ‘ the fundamental contradiction of developed capitalism ’ , is one between the social character of production , with its tendency towards unlimited development of the productive forces , and the private ownership of the means of production ( and therefore private appropriation of the product ) from which derives the aim of maintaining and increasing the value of capital itself , and hence setting limits to the expansion of production . |
| 16 | When setting medium to long hair ( left and above ) , start at the front : to get rid of flopping hair , wind away from the face , back towards the crown . |
| 17 | He had first been found guilty of setting fire to an armoured personnel carrier commandeered by students and a car during the 19898 pro-democracy demonstrations in Beijing . |
| 18 | Seven students have died after setting fire to themselves . |
| 19 | Different considerations press forward , however , when we move on to the various situations in which known risks ought to be guarded against : bad driving of a motor vehicle may carry an obvious risk of causing death or serious injury , as may bad navigation of a ship or an aircraft , bad driving of a train , setting fire to a residential building , and the handling of firearms . |
| 20 | You did right chopping the Governor down and setting fire to the forum — but do n't tell them I said so . |
| 21 | Soon after joining the WSPU in 1906 she had embarked on a campaign of disruptive action which by the time she went to Epsom for the Derby had brought her numerous prison sentences for offences such as obstruction , throwing bricks , setting fire to pillar-boxes and smashing windows in the House of Commons . |
| 22 | And the growth of these herbs was in turn encouraged by the Aboriginal people — paradoxically , by setting fire to them , and getting rid of whatever was rank . |
| 23 | That means that it 's practically impossible for a landowner to enforce restrictions unless you 're setting fire to his house or driving a JCB over his grouse moor . |
| 24 | John pulling crackers , and showing Jeremy the small fireworks inside — setting fire to the ‘ serpent 's egg ’ , waving a minute sparkler , making a flaming paper balloon rise to the ceiling , whilst Jeremy applauded excitedly . |
| 25 | Its unfortunate nineteenth century occupants varied from those guilty of setting fire to one of her Majesty 's ships , embezzling Queen 's stores and ‘ threatening to stab one Lorrazo Cielcovich ’ or breaking a door to the still familiar ‘ drunk and disorderly ’ . |
| 26 | Hooker , Thomas Huxley and their friends are in a local pub celebrating by playing darts , setting fire to the proprietor and , of course . |
| 27 | After setting fire to a collier and a house by the harbour , not very successfully , thanks to a sudden heavy storm , Jones successfully withdrew , despite the fire of a party of militia , and , when he had re-embarked , of cannon shot from some guns in the batteries which had escaped being spiked . |
| 28 | Sgt. Robertson , who was flying about fifth in the line of Hurricanes ( in V7495 ) , and who recorded that the success of the attack owed much to Lambert 's leadership and positioning of the squadron , attacked another Stuka from astern , setting fire to the starboard wingroot . |
| 29 | He did n't approve of smoking or drinking and my Dad was so dominated by him that he would hide his pipe behind a cushion — once setting fire to the chair — for fear of incurring his wrath . |
| 30 | The villain makes a run for it , knocking over an oil-lamp and setting fire to his evil lair , and the titles drift past a close-up of his silent scream and melting face . |