Example sentences of "[be] set at " in BNC.

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1 The trimpot used to set the first stage gain , should be set at maximum resistance and the multi-turn zero offset trimpot to the centre of its range before this check .
2 It was safe to assume , he said , that no more than a dozen MPs knew whether they should be reaching for the champagne or the shotgun when the Government announced last month that the business rate was to be set at 36p in the pound last month .
3 Mr Chris Patten , the Environment Secretary , yesterday moved to mitigate the effects of the Inland Revenue revaluation by announcing that the poundage will be set at 34.8 pence in the pound instead of the provisional figure of 36 pence in the pound announced last month .
4 From the beginning of 1991 , prices for everything except sugar are meant to be set at world market rates , whatever they may be .
5 Indeed the political theme for the day should be set at the morning 's press conferences , and local candidates and VIPs fully briefed and able to talk about or answer questions on that topic wherever they may be .
6 Although a plan oblique projection can be set at any angle to the horizontal , the other common form is 60° , 30° .
7 All these gains in individual freedom , every advance towards putting the consumer first , will be set at terminal risk by Labour 's proposed policies .
8 Once the school aims have been stated in general terms , objectives will be set at middle management level within a school and will relate to the achievement of these aims .
9 The environmental conditions with which the system is in equilibrium may shift , and only so long as the equilibrium can be set at new and workable positions can the species survive .
10 However the aperture will probably have to be set at 5.6 and the shutter speed at
11 There are also two ‘ pad ’ settings , one which puts the ground lift on or off and another which can be set at 40dB , 12dB or 0dB .
12 For instrument approaches airfield QNH is to be used until approaching the Final Approach Fix or Final Approach Point , as appropriate , when QFE is to be set at the Initial Point and all flying in the visual circuit is to be conducted on QFE .
13 The tips can be set at three reduced angles from neutral , but only one increased angle .
14 • It is adjustable for height and can be set at any angle you choose
15 The minimum length of such a re-entry programme should be set at 144 hours throughout the UK .
16 It contains a fluorescent tube and can be set at different angles and at varying distances from the working surface .
17 The Paris auction market received a welcome fillip in the first week of April with the announcement that buyer 's premium would be set at a flat rate of 9% .
18 Whatever type of camera you use , for hand-held wildlife shots the camera speed should never be set at less than unc second .
19 Prices will be set at the May announcement .
20 But bail should be set at a level which effectively deters flight .
21 In retrospect , we can see that there were strong economic reasons to do so , certainly by the canons of modern public sector pricing theory which suggests that prices should be set at the ( long-run ) marginal costs of supply .
22 Within a year he had given detailed and authoritative evidence to the House of Commons and been instrumental in the passage of two bills which abolished gaolers ' fees and enabled counties to pay for a proper service ; which allowed discharged defendants to be set at liberty in open court ; and which not only improved sanitation and health arrangements but made it obligatory for justices to have a concern for the health of prisoners .
23 Each of these can be set at 1 , 2 or 3 .
24 Instead I seemed to be set at the centre of a largish halo of believable ambience .
25 It is possible that the boundary between mastery and non-mastery might be set differently for different educational purposes , but it is much more likely that different purposes will prescribe whether a boundary needs to be set at all .
26 After 13 weeks of inpatient care the health authority would charge a fixed fee , which could be set at the eightieth percentile of the fees charged by the private sector within a set area , or £500 per week .
27 In April of the same year it was clear from the interim report of the committee that recommendations would be proposed whereby building development would be controlled throughout the country and that compensation for the public acquisition of land would be set at the standard of 31 March 1939 .
28 My equipment can be set at a frequency to emit sound waves that will obviate that effect .
29 A pollution tax could theoretically be set at a level that would exactly match the external costs involved .
30 The revised tenancies and those they replaced differ from the regulated tenancies under the 1977 Rent Act in that there is a weakening of security of tenure and other rights , and most rents will be set at market level .
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