Example sentences of "[be] set by " in BNC.
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| 1 | Number twos tend therefore to be passed over ( except for the top job in America , for which agreeably relaxed standards of industry have been set by a recent incumbent ) . |
| 2 | In all probability it was a combination of several factors , not least the suspected flaw in her stamina which made her vulnerable once that fierce early pace had been set by St Denis . |
| 3 | Determining how much is too much is debatable but authoritative ( if somewhat tough ) guidelines have been set by Alcohol Concern in consultation with the Health Education Council and the medical professions ( Alcohol Concern , 1986 , p. 5 ) . |
| 4 | Precedents have been set by the Trans-Pennine Movement ( with an all-party MPs ' group in support ) , by the powerful counter-action in the North East when Scottish devolution was in the air ; the developmental spirit of the regional economic planning councils abolished by government in 1979 is abroad again , though unconnected , in all three regions . |
| 5 | His mood has been set by what he has witnessed . |
| 6 | The TSBs have told us that their lending , started only in 1977 , is increasing rapidly ( within a quota which has been set by the Treasury ) . |
| 7 | Standards that have been set by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders . |
| 8 | This barn owl 's broken wing had been set by a vet who kept it in a cat cage for a week or two so that it could rest . |
| 9 | The standard has been set by Penny 's monumental work , and he is to be heartily congratulated for his achievement . |
| 10 | ‘ That week orchestras around the world programmed the Adagietto as an elegy to Lenny 's memory , ’ Kaplan recalls , ‘ and while the precedent had been set by Bernstein himself [ he had conducted the movement at a memorial service for Koussevitzky and later at the funeral of US Senator Robert Kennedy ] , I was afraid that these ultra-slow , sad performances were helping to a trend into a false tradition . ’ |
| 11 | The pattern for these accusations had been set by the young Liberal Charles Masterman in The Heart of the Empire ( 1902 ) where he had thundered out his warning of inevitable decline as the result of the ‘ perpetual lowering in the vitality of the Imperial Race in the great cities of the Kingdom through over-crowding in room and in area ’ : What was never entirely clear was whether it was merely a physical deterioration that was eating away at the ‘ Imperial Race ’ , or if a moral decay was not also in evidence . |
| 12 | The opening price for " Node Check " had already been set by the dealing manager , who had arrived a little earlier . |
| 13 | At this time the fastest anyone had yet covered the English mile distance had been set by the professional runner , William Richards , at 4 minutes 17¼ seconds in Manchester on 19 August 1865 . |
| 14 | Any suggestion of Italianism is stamped out by the steady march of the voices : Incidentally , one of Kittel 's Arien is a setting of the last three strophes of Opitz 's ‘ Nachtklag ’ , the first six of which had been set by Schütz as a madrigal , ‘ Itzt blicken durch des Himmels Saal ’ for five voices , two violins , and continuo . |
| 15 | One would also have expected the density fluctuations in such a model to have led to the formation of many more primordial black holes than the upper limit that has been set by observations of the gamma ray background . |
| 16 | A list of events for next year has already been set by organisers , planning manager Dave Sargeant , technical manager Dave Spruce and personnel officer Sue Petrulis . |
| 17 | The deadline of Dec. 15 had been set by the UN after Cristiani had tried to delay a purge of senior military figures [ see p. 39137 ] . |
| 18 | The previous record had been set by Fiorentina , who went 40 league games without defeat in 1955-56 . |
| 19 | Inside it looked a bit old-fashioned , as if the style had been set by the Festival of Britain and never changed . |
| 20 | Well I think in common with most local authorities we 've been playing a sort of cat and mouse game with Central Government over the last ten years , where we have attempted to continue to deliver the services that we believe we 've been elected to deliver , and Central Government has been trying to close off what it would see as loopholes and gain control of us and stop us doing what it does n't want us to do , but of course it 's a rather unequal struggle and the cat and mouse analogy is quite a good one in that Central Government has all the power and is able to erm take control of us to the extent now that the budget that both the City and the County Council have set for the coming year has effectively been set by Central Government . |
| 21 | Fees are set by the owners under Acts of Parliament , and vary widely . |
| 22 | Since the final stage gains are set by 1% tolerance fixed resistors , this completes the calibration , the output sensitivities being either 1000 gamma/volt or 100 gamma/volt . |
| 23 | Maximum rates are set by New York 's Department of Consumer Affairs , but the city 's 450 private garbage-disposal firms decline to compete with one another . |
| 24 | Approval and inspection fees are set by central government , which means that wherever you live in England or Wales , the price will be the same : planning permission £46 ; Building Regulations plans approval £35.25 ; and £105.75 inspection fees when the work commences . |
| 25 | For example , a number of studies have indicated the extent to which age limits are set by employers . |
| 26 | I strongly suspect the limits are set by social empathy in interactions with animals . |
| 27 | If more than half the parents are fairly well off and eager to expand facilities in their school , they can set levels for school charges which are beyond the means of the poorer parents ( fee levels are set by the government ) . |
| 28 | This quotation gives a vivid insight into how someone who is basically sympathetic towards black people can come to adopt a racialist language in order to conform to the expectations of the group , which are set by a minority of active racists . |
| 29 | Business parameters are set by the market ; the focus is the customer or client and their demands . |
| 30 | It is therefore crucial that standards are set by the EEC and that manufacturers , government and retailers should be forced to provide the best technology on the market . |