Example sentences of "in setting [noun] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The next chapter will discuss financial techniques used in setting criteria for the selection of project proposals to maximize profitability . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Asked for a possible motive in setting fire to the moors , Ken remarked : ‘ There is nothing stranger than human beings ’ . |
| 5 | But it also fulfils a wider social purpose in setting standards for the markets and in discouraging aberrant behaviour . |
| 6 | Data archives also have an important role to play in setting standards for the documenting of machine-readable data . |