Example sentences of "setting [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The new timetables will relate to the overall periods up to setting down for trial . |
| 2 | 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 ; |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The court file will record that setting down within the prescribed period if it takes place . |
| 5 | ( 5 ) Setting down within six months ( see below for the equivalent county court provisions ) . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 ) . |
| 9 | The last 20 minutes was scrappy with nerves setting in for Leeds . |
| 10 | Physical decay is setting in at 38 for Duran and 33 for Leonard , yet in the most hazardous of sports they persist , in the fashion of the times , in trying to defy the ageing process . |
| 11 | ‘ There is no sense of crisis , of panic setting in among businesses yet , but if interest rates go up again it could be very detrimental , ’ he said . |
| 12 | James Woodforde , ever a reliable source for the minutiae of late 18th-century life , wrote on 25 January 1794 that he could never remember having seen the barometer lower ; a savage and relentless winter was setting in throughout Britain and the rest of Europe . |
| 13 | The result is a forecast of much more rapid and pronounced warming of the globe than has previously been thought likely , setting in by the end of the present decade . |
| 14 | They said they were setting off at nine o'clock as if to go |
| 15 | The Pope , a conservative whose grip on the reins of power has never been firmer , is setting off on a tour of the Far East on Friday . |
| 16 | Why is it important to vent the fuel tank before setting off on a boat dive ? |
| 17 | Or suppose you 're setting off on a driving tour of Spain and you do n't speak the language . |
| 18 | Before setting off on a coastal paddle it is important to check the charts for military ranges , amongst other dangers . |
| 19 | August 1992 sees Tim setting off on a journey much nearer home and this time he 's inviting the wine-loving gourmets of Britain to join him . |
| 20 | Setting off on a crash course |
| 21 | I quoted out loud , light-headed with triumph as I opened a tin of lunch before setting off on the thirty-mile drive to the hospital . |
| 22 | There 's nothing worse than setting off on a day 's walking after a cold sleepless night when you feel as though you 've been trussed up in a straight jacket . |
| 23 | After a couple of moves I gained the crest of this and draped a big sling over its tip before setting off on a journey of discovery down the other side of the offending obstacle . |
| 24 | Henry had set his house in order but had no thoughts about setting off on crusade . |
| 25 | When you go and buy your ticket and you 're setting off on that day |
| 26 | After her husband told her they had been ruined by Wickens , she stormed off to confront him , only to see him setting off on his bicycle . |
| 27 | So , before setting off on my search , I resolved to check the existing evidence as critically as I could . |
| 28 | ‘ Now you are setting off on mad expeditions . ’ |
| 29 | Behind her Rose followed her at a wheezing trot , keeping up with her , until she suddenly mastered the antiquated machine , and sped away , feeling like a Swiss mountaineer with his St Bernard dog , setting off on his errand of mercy . |
| 30 | She is one of three Guinness people who are setting off on the Raleigh scheme next year — the other two work at Guinness Ireland and at head office in Portman Square . |