Example sentences of "setting [adv] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | The CPV had made a number of errors in the past ; it had taken too much time setting forth the initial stage of the transitional period to socialism and had made " many mistakes " in reforming prices , wages and money and in ideological and organizational tasks . |
2 | Clearly he was against setting aside the international competition and had no particular liking for Gothic , but the chief reason was probably his relationship with Palmerston . |
3 | Setting aside the final volume as the copter 's blades slowed , Duroc mused that Gibbon was sending a message to the end of the 20th Century , a message he had never realized was implicit in his text . |
4 | The thing about community life is that even setting aside the actual word arts through the way in which community arts workers work with small groups of people who have come together because they 're doing something interesting because it looks something that they want to do , brings groups of people together . |
5 | Concern is growing that the 1985 decree setting aside the Yanomami Park — a large area of Brazilian rainforest inhabited by the Yanomami Indians — faces such massive opposition from Brazil 's powerful politicians , rich landowners and the military that it may never be enacted . |
6 | For the first years or so of the war , oil and gas operations , setting aside the damaged Gulf terminals and the dislocation of the northern pipeline , continued very much as during the previous decade . |
7 | Setting aside the physical hardware , in terms of power a Macintosh performs roughly the same as a PC/AT , there are other fundamental differences between the two systems . |
8 | Setting aside the important caveat about the reliability of these numbers in the absence of an audit , what conclusions can we draw about performance indicators such as these ? |