Example sentences of "setting a [noun] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was during that holiday that the notion had first come to Melissa of setting a novel in the region . |
| 2 | He had set out the costly paper , ink and pens with geometric precision on the table and was setting a stool for the scribe to sit on . |
| 3 | His objectives were to give a guide to the better choice of an animal ; to establish the true conformation of the racehorse , setting a standard for an ideal animal to achieve maximum speed , and at any given time to discover whether the breeds had improved or degenerated . |
| 4 | By determining a local council 's grant income from the centre and setting a ceiling to a local council 's revenue raising , central government acquired the capacity to set a limit on any council 's spending . |
| 5 | If this can be kept in a place that is accessible to teachers , along with a monitor ( a small black and white one would do ) , then it can be used for teacher viewing and for setting a tape at the right place before a lesson . |
| 6 | The court should take account of the fact that it could minimize the delay by setting a timetable for the action . |
| 7 | The principal points include : , setting a target for a 30 per cent reduction in global carbon dioxide emissions by the year 2005 ; , a total ban on the use of chlorofluorocarbons by 1994 ; , introducing an " energy tax " to encourage conservation of energy ; , adopting a system of marketable " permits to pollute " , which could be traded between companies ; , introducing road pricing and peak hour bans on cars in congested city centres ; , phasing out tax perks for company cars and replacing the Vehicle Excise Duty with a local authority tax on car use . |
| 8 | Instead of one side doing all their batting in one go and setting a target for the other side to beat , baseball 's innings are broken up into bits , with each side batting in turn until nine innings have been completed . |
| 9 | Evening light was slanting through the doorway , setting a sheen in the ancient spear-head . |
| 10 | well not posters , the horsewatch is a prime example where I wanted to look at setting a format in a particular way , and to sit at the side of either Alf or Tracey well now alter it to that or to that I 'm sure they 'd do it , but nevertheless it 's putting them off their work . |
| 11 | The initiative will seek to identify the best examples of environmental management to be used for setting a benchmark for the future . |
| 12 | It seems likely that the king profited directly from this by setting a charge for the conversion of currency : you brought in , say , West Saxon pennies containing 20 ounces of silver to the mint at Quentovic , and you got back pennies of Charles containing 19 ounces of silver . |
| 13 | In practical terms , therefore , cleanliness can be defined to suit various and different operations and areas within an operation by setting a limit on the number of faults permissible in each . |
| 14 | The Mendeleev Table appeared at first sight to conclude the study of the atomic theory by setting a limit to the existence of fundamentally different kinds of matter . |
| 15 | At that moment , Veronica returned , setting a tray on a small table which she moved in front of the fire . |
| 16 | A similar fate befell councillors in Liverpool who , although not rate-capped at the time , delayed setting a rate on the grounds that they would otherwise have to make large spending cuts or impose rate rises ( contrary to the ruling Labour group 's manifesto commitments ) to maintain expenditure within the block-grant regime ( Parkinson , 1985 ; Travers , 1986 , especially 164–77 ) . |
| 17 | Here is a step by step routine to follow when setting an objective for an interaction : |
| 18 | I hate this thing about you know you 're making a tt er er you 're setting an example for the rest of the school , you know . |