Example sentences of "[prep] setting [noun] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | £5,000 damage in school arson attack ARSONISTS caused £5,000 worth of damage after setting fire to a Cleveland comprehensive school . |
| 3 | Using a ‘ time out ’ procedure for managing hitting , biting , and destructive behaviour is an effective way of setting limits for the child . |
| 4 | Not even her fear of setting foot in a boat again would keep her from making the crossing to the mainland the moment the trip to Brides Haven was feasible . |
| 5 | The case against a schoolboy accused of setting fire to a teenage girl while she inhaled an aerosol spray has collapsed because of lack of evidence . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | An airman accused of setting fire to an RAF hanger has been jailed for five years for arson . |
| 8 | For his part , he conceived a plan of setting fire to the St Louis off Beachy Head , which would compel the rescuing nation to take his passengers in . |
| 9 | One reason given for the termination at Machynlleth was the risk of setting fire to the wooden Dovey Bridge ! |
| 10 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that nothing is more insulting to women — whether it is said by women or men — than talk of setting targets for the number of women to be in top posts ? |
| 11 | I mean , if somebody was petrified of setting eyes on the youth again , then it would n't do them much good , for him to be sent to make good what damage he 's done to their house , or , |
| 12 | On Feb. 12 the Tadjik Communist Party ( CP ) headquarters was besieged by rioters who succeeded in setting part of the building on fire ; the Tadjik Supreme Soviet Presidium declared a state of emergency and a night-time curfew in Dushanbe ; and , fearing a pogrom , Armenians were reported to be fleeing the city . |
| 13 | The next chapter will discuss financial techniques used in setting criteria for the selection of project proposals to maximize profitability . |
| 14 | Iraq 's action in setting fire to an estimated 600 oil wells prior to withdrawing from Kuwait resulted in widespread air pollution over the northern Gulf region . |
| 15 | Asked for a possible motive in setting fire to the moors , Ken remarked : ‘ There is nothing stranger than human beings ’ . |
| 16 | But it also fulfils a wider social purpose in setting standards for the markets and in discouraging aberrant behaviour . |
| 17 | Data archives also have an important role to play in setting standards for the documenting of machine-readable data . |
| 18 | For Coventry , the issues had become clouded even before setting foot in the Tigers lair . |
| 19 | ‘ Someone 's inside setting fire to the manor . |
| 20 | It is a testimony to the magnificent holdings of the Centre 's Alexander Baykov Library , that much of this research could be done without setting foot outside the University Campus ( or , indeed , outside the Ashley Building ) . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Sutherland also pled not guilty to setting fire to the house , again allegedly with Mr Buckley , some two weeks earlier , on 30 March . |
| 23 | The overlap between Oakeshott and Hayek on the critique of rationalism , for example , sets the scene for setting limits on the ability of government sensibly to re-order society . |
| 24 | So why has WHO headquarters , which is funded by member states to give advice on setting health policy , used its limited resources to organise a meeting for setting policy on a controversial technology , and invited as participants , with one exception , people whose only qualification is that they develop and provide that same technology ? |
| 25 | Once upon a time a man could hang for setting fire to a hayrick ! |
| 26 | There are four just-past-pubescence Puressencers , fronted by nonchalant , sidied-up lead crooner James Mudriczki , and they have the demeanour of sociopathic fourth-formers put in detention for setting fire to the science lab . |
| 27 | Right-wing elements were also believed responsible for setting fire to the home of Juan Pablo Cárdenas , editor of the opposition magazine Análisis , on Nov. 24 , and for other attacks against journalists and the media . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | With these biases declared , the discussion starts by setting reading into the general theoretical context of the flow of information through an individual 's cognitive processes . |
| 30 | This was a formal process which focused on staff development by setting goals for the coming year . |