Example sentences of "set [prep] different " in BNC.
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1 | It would be no surprise if he too had clocks set for different time zones . |
2 | Links can be set between different tables or data files , so information from more than one file can be included |
3 | That is , when a cell divides , the daughter cells may be dissimilar and already set along different developmental pathways , and so no cell-to-cell interactions need be involved . |
4 | His search , mocked at every turn by events and other characters , sets up a tenuous connecting thread which links a whole series of episodes set in different places and periods . |
5 | ‘ I do n't see why the sun has to rise and set in different places , ’ said Gurder , who refused to even try to understand basic astronomy . |
6 | By contrast , the relative complexity of tasks involving the same mathematics set in different contexts or tasks involving a number of different mathematical ideas is not so easily established . |
7 | Sometimes the mirroring may comprise only the note-order , or ( conversely ) the rhythmic structure set to different notes , so that it is not strictly speaking a palindrome . |
8 | Waterpump pliers can be set to different jaw openings . |
9 | I had four cameras lying around me on the seabed , all set at different distances . ’ |
10 | It contains a fluorescent tube and can be set at different angles and at varying distances from the working surface . |
11 | A number of passes are then made with the saw set at different heights — it is well worth-while doing a dummy run on some scrap material of similar size . |
12 | For example , if the figure was a line diagram of a room with four windows set at different heights , the programme would ask me whether a line of sight from the far corner of the room would enable me to see a particular point outside the window nearest to me , a point that shifted on the screen at speed . |
13 | There were many temples , set at different angles , not orientated like the Greek ones . |
14 | Life gets even more complicated when the type is set across different widths , or ‘ measures ’ ( look at p 140 of last week 's issue ) . |
15 | Constraints set by different map projections , or by map borders , can be overcome by the computer . |
16 | Individuals use their radio and television sets in different ways and for different purposes , and expect different things of them . |
17 | What we may loosely term the formal/informal continuum is simply expressed in different code sets in different societies : by language choice in bilingual societies , by dialect switching in diglossic situations , and by style shift in monolingual societies . |