Example sentences of "setting [noun pl] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thulani Davis describes policemen setting dogs on black women and children campaigning for the right to buy a cup of coffee at the local Woolworths , and educated black men being asked to abandon French courses at university . |
| 2 | Just loading the committee with responsibility for everything inevitably means setting priorities with some subjects receiving less attention than others . |
| 3 | It is then only of use in setting problems for next time . |
| 4 | The foreshore at low tide was indeterminate territory , setting problems of similar complexity to those posed by property rights in the seashore below high water mark . |
| 5 | This , for Nelson , is the soul of Berlioz 's art , the musical equivalent of jeweller setting gemstones in precious metal , not merely to hold them in place , but to show them off to their greatest advantage . |
| 6 | They are setting standards of good practice that we in the Save The Children Fund can then help to spread . |
| 7 | Instead , it looks like a recipe for setting ministers at each other 's throats . |