Example sentences of "setting the [noun pl] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Cook the British Columbia Court of Appeal also held that the former sexual offences should not be seen as setting the boundaries of the new sexual offences . |
| 2 | The impulse to cry can be controlled by setting the muscles of the face firmly ( adopting literally a stiff upper lip ) . |
| 3 | It was the Summer of Love and the young were setting the controls for the heart of the sun . |
| 4 | Often when talking with the girls she had noticed that whenever Moran entered the room silence and deadness would fall on them ; and if he was eating alone or working in the room setting the teeth of a saw , putting a handle in a broken spade on a wet day , taking apart the lighting plant that never seemed to run properly for long — they always tried to slip away . |
| 5 | Emil and his crew , including me , immediately began setting the tables round the passengers for dinner , and were soon serving warm goat 's cheese and radicchio salads followed by circles of rare Chateaubriand with snow peas and matchstick carrots and finally rich orange sorbets smothered in fluffy whipped cream and nuts . |
| 6 | It proved to be Gooch 's day ; with Slack he put on 89 for the second wicket in seventeen overs , setting the foundations for the later onslaught . |
| 7 | SETTING THE LIMITS AT THE CENTRE |
| 8 | Lord Denning in Dutton v. Bognor Regis UDC [ 1972 ] I QB 375 ( CA ) highlighted perhaps the most important issue in setting the limits upon the scope of the duty of care in Donoghue v. Stevenson : |
| 9 | That there were snags in setting the sons of the literate parent to the sea , Campbell was willing to admit , though with a little care these could be overcome : |
| 10 | Setting the horses to a brisk trot , Seb said , ‘ She 's very proud of you too , Carrie . |
| 11 | Doc Threadneedle parked his bike next to two Maniak sickles , and chained it to the hitching post , setting the boobycharges in the padlock to blow if anybody tried to tamper with it . |
| 12 | Thus the 1980s are seen as marked by the wholesale adoption of new technology replacing the legacy of the past and setting the terms of a future long boom . |
| 13 | Companies may have power in setting the terms of the employment relationship arising from a possible asymmetry in bargaining position , but they also possess power within the relationship . |
| 14 | Okay , but I just wanted to go on to say that I think in reviewing how the budget may be brought more closely under control in the coming year , officers will need to look at the erm size of the committees because we are working with committees at the moment that are larger than those committees which used to exist when this year 's budget was set and that has had some impact and we need to have the implications of any change of committee size whether that might affect the budget , how that would affect the budget , also whether there is any potential for reducing the number of committees further and also whether the rates might be changed , I particularly would like officers to report on what , whether there would be any significant saving from er setting the rates at the round figures they were at a couple of years ago erm |