Example sentences of "setting the [noun] [prep] the " 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 | Despite this glimpse of vintage anti-Semitic paranoia , setting the tone for the new wave of anti Jewish action and propaganda which began in the last months of 1937 and continued throughout the following year , the ‘ Jewish Question ’ was scarcely touched upon in Hitler 's speeches throughout the critical year of 1938 . |
| 3 | The tone is produced by the action of the player 's lips ( technically known as ‘ embouchure ’ ) and wind pressure operating on a small conical mouthpiece , and setting the air in the instrument in vibration . |
| 4 | Unbeaten Surrey , setting the pace at the top of the table , were left with a target of 242 in 34 overs after bowling out Essex for 153 — and after some spectacular hitting required just 64 off 12½ overs when the skies opened up . |
| 5 | KENNY Dalglish yesterday brushed aside talk about the prospect of unbeaten Blackburn Rovers setting the pace in the Premier League . |
| 6 | In part two : Front runner : The driver setting the pace in the RAC rally . |
| 7 | However , Dunlop who has been setting the pace in the championship for most of the season and was successful at Tandragee , is the man they all have to beat . |
| 8 | The two sides are among a group of clubs setting the pace in the Bord Gais National League with four points apiece . |
| 9 | The plaintiff 's culpability was in setting the scene for the accident . |
| 10 | And he 's setting the scene for the Resurrection he 's setting the setting the scene for his triumph out of despair . |
| 11 | The impulse to cry can be controlled by setting the muscles of the face firmly ( adopting literally a stiff upper lip ) . |
| 12 | It was the Summer of Love and the young were setting the controls for the heart of the sun . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Such solutions must provide proper safeguards to protect the rights and interests of patients , their families and carers , while setting the framework for the provision of adequate and appropriate care . |
| 16 | The Commission , in setting the level of the fine , took into account , as it had with the shipping fine , the fact that this was the first time a fine had been imposed in this particular sector . |
| 17 | SETTING THE LIMITS AT THE CENTRE |
| 18 | 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 : |
| 19 | 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 : |
| 20 | J T Scoulding in Hudsons Ward spoke of housing , ‘ the immediate necessity of which is only too apparent and has been continually kept in the front of the Labour Party 's demands on the West Ham Council ’ , education ‘ free from the elementary school to the university thus give our class equality of opportunity ’ , and municipal employment , ‘ the local authority being model employers and setting the standard for the rest of the community in respect to wages and conditions of employment ’ ( Election leaflets , 1919 ) . |
| 21 | Protagon believes that , by offering its string adjustment facility , that it is ‘ raising the stakes ’ , so to speak … setting the trend for the nineties , and giving a new meaning to the term ‘ user-friendly ’ . |
| 22 | Doug felt that , as his head of department , Mary was setting the agenda of the meetings , even though she had not seen the videos he made while teaching : ‘ There may be conflict there . |
| 23 | Environmental issues are setting the agenda for the future of the household cleaning and care product market in Europe , but , according to a new report from Frost & Sullivan , some manufacturers and retailers have failed to exploit this in their marketing initiatives . |
| 24 | In the finale , as the whole orchestra was pronouncing the triple supplication ‘ Do-na-no-bis-pa-cem ’ , all at once a wonderful gesture escaped you : you plunged your left fist deep down as if you were setting the torch to the side of a funeral pyre . |
| 25 | We could take this illustration too far — but I would like you to look upon yourselves as conductors , setting the tempo of the class , listening and looking for every discordant note — and for every good one — helping by encouragement — and asking questions , for instance " Are you working as hard as you could ? " |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | She backed away , setting the width of the desk between them as she tried to work out what to say , although she doubted that he was in the mood to listen . |
| 28 | But by charging up these stores , the influx mechanism transforms the cytoplasm into an ‘ excitable medium ’ , thus setting the stage for the generation of the repetitive calcium spikes and waves described below . |
| 29 | An hour before games were due to begin , the club was plunged into darkness by a major fault at the local sub-station , just as officials were setting the stage for the event . |
| 30 | Remember to take this into account when setting the height of the boundary . |