Example sentences of "[noun sg] setting the " in BNC.

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1 With only the wind setting the course , a map is essential equipment .
2 The existence of this silent period is to be expected in virtually all natural acquisition settings , but in a formal classroom setting the individual may not be allowed to have a silent period .
3 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 .
4 Take a little trouble setting the situation properly .
5 It is easiest if the man carrying the stake walks behind the net and the man setting the net walks in front of it .
6 One of those involved in compiling the report , Terence Lee of the University of Surrey , argued that recent Soviet legislation setting the maximum permitted dose of radiation as 0.5 rem above natural background level , was " absurdly low " , and set a dangerous precedent which , if followed by the UK , would compel the evacuation " of half of Cornwall " .
7 Do not fall into the trap of trying to write an introductory paragraph setting the situation in context ; you are not writing an essay .
8 In part two : Front runner : The driver setting the pace in the RAC rally .
9 Pin 1 controls the data direction , a high logic level setting the direction from side A to side B. A low logic level reverses the direction .
10 Steam setting the powder base makes no difference either .
11 Dunlop averaged 93.35mph with Cremonini setting the fastest lap at 94.77 .
12 Dunlop averaged 93.35mph with Cremonini setting the fastest lap at 94.77 .
13 In fact in its original Hebrew setting the shepherd referred to a totally different picture — one who actually cared for and was perhaps even prepared to give his life for the sheep , protecting them from very real danger from which they could not be expected to protect themselves .
14 But , people , both like the Royal Family , do be er , veterans of debauchery , and at the same time setting the highest standards .
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