Example sentences of "setting [adv prt] [noun] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Besides the intermediate stage of setting up protectorates over local political units , there was considerable open interference in the affairs of some formally independent countries . |
| 2 | But as long as he is setting up things for other people , that 's fine by me . ’ |
| 3 | Papinian 's doubts , therefore , are not about the validity of setting up trusts in indirect words , but about the use to which the testator is putting these words . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , Balcon did take practical measures of his own to develop more technically sophisticated films , by setting up productions in German studios , and working with European technicians whose superiority to their British counterparts was recognized . |
| 5 | The work in setting up sanctuaries for threatened chimps began when she was asked by the American ambassador in Burundi to design a conservation plan . |
| 6 | More recently , the Department has commissioned an awareness campaign whose major aims are : ensuring everyone who needs to know about EMC does so ; ensuring that UK industry is well equipped with information to tackle the directive ; setting up mechanisms for British industry to acquire the necessary technical know-how ; helping industry to implement EMC measures with minimum cost and disruption ; and finally , promoting the positive aspects of competitive advantage in Europe as well as explaining the pitfalls of non-compliance . |
| 7 | They could not grasp the value of setting up refuges for Asian women and to these men consulting with the community always meant consulting with other men . |
| 8 | Soviet spokesmen accused ‘ NATO circles ’ of distorting the idea of non-alignment through relegating ‘ to the number of the ‘ non-aligned ’ states those few newly free countries whose leaders are presently … regarded as ‘ friends of the West ’ and share the concept of the ‘ strategy of a united front ’ , that is are in favour of setting up alliances with imperialist powers , first of all the United States ’ . |
| 9 | The ‘ beware ’ is aimed most urgently at women , the chosen workforce of the multinational corporations who have begun setting up shop in Western ‘ enterprise zones ’ . |
| 10 | The first test consisted of setting up portfolios of equally-weighted stocks in the seven main macroeconomic sectors in the American economy . |
| 11 | We will publish later this year new proposals for the inspection of social work in England , setting up arrangements for systematic independent inspection of all care services and every local authority social services department . |
| 12 | The French Green party Les Verts and the ruling Parti Socialiste in the Nord — Pas-de-Calais region have reached an agreement setting out guidelines for economic development in the region . |
| 13 | The following are fairly typical : Diaries told of assaults on children ( in which the court heard that ‘ an unemployed kitchen porter from Leamington kept diaries setting out details of indecent assaults he committed on young children ’ ) or Jail for man who lured boys to factory . |