Example sentences of "setting [adj] [noun] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Director of Studies : ‘ Setting high standards for the best will pull the others along . ’ |
| 2 | Director of Studies : ‘ Setting high standards for the best will pull the others along . ’ |
| 3 | By setting this film against a backdrop of the London Underground , Christine Halsall and Steven Sprung made us feel inextricably woven into this madness . |
| 4 | Setting clear boundaries for the child 's behaviour is essential as once the child realizes that the parents are being consistent and firm in their reactions the problem behaviour will disappear . |
| 5 | Massine interprets these chords by setting six dancers about the stage and on each chord the six men either singly or together , and in turn , rise into a tour en l ’ air finishing in a pose . |
| 6 | Certainly , according to Hardie , ‘ in the case of allocating insurance premiums on particular lines of cover when setting individual budgets for the following year , head offices could look at their operating units ’ past claims records and load them on the poor performers while even awarding the equivalent of no claims bonuses to the good ones . |
| 7 | NATO and the Warsaw Pact had on Oct. 17 reached agreement on the definition of artillery in a forthcoming treaty , setting 100 mm as the minimum diameter of artillery pieces to be included . |
| 8 | The National Rivers Authority ( NRA ) has recommended a new scheme to the government for setting future targets for a cleaner water environment . |
| 9 | In consequence , they seek to prevent democratic damage and state intervention by choosing to emphasise the desirability of setting legal limits to the powers of a democratically elected parliament . |
| 10 | The following three Chapters focus , therefore , on arrangements for the service of process and the taking of evidence abroad , setting international arrangements in the context of national practices . |
| 11 | Tested by setting various values of the width parameter and various numbers whose type is a subrange of 0 … maxint . |
| 12 | The Government welcome the European Commission 's draft directive setting new limits for the sulphur content of diesel fuel and other gasoil . |
| 13 | A Community directive setting minimum standards for the welfare of veal calves was agreed by majority vote at the October Agriculture Council . |