Example sentences of "as set [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Beethoven , among others , could not comprehend how Mozart could have stooped so low as to set to music such an apparently frivolous text , dealing with the fickleness of women ; and the prudish moral climate of the later 19th century made sure that Così was conveniently ignored as a little aberration . |
| 2 | Most social and political theories formulated in the period immediately after the Second World War tended to view the industrialised societies of the West as set on a path of continuous economic and social development . |
| 3 | It was large , cold , uninhabited — a place as set for arrivals or departures as any railway station . |
| 4 | If there are a number of nominations for the position of trustee , then a vote is taken in accordance with the rules as set in section 3 above but if there are three or more nominees , the chairman must continue taking votes until one nominee has a clear majority with the nominee obtaining the least support dropping out each time ( r 6.88(2) ) . |
| 5 | I do not regard the United Kindom constitution as set in concrete . |
| 6 | While he has his backers the nature of Mr Birt 's shake-up at the corporation , introducing distinctly Thatcherite market-forces into an organisation at least as set in its ways as the civil service , but many times more internally political , means there are many ready to use the episode to raise other questions against him . |
| 7 | Last but not least we give you the chance to pit your wits against a selection of the ‘ Aquarian ’ PFK Aquachamp questions as set by Dr DAVID FORD . |
| 8 | The ‘ shutter ’ signal indicates when the High Speed Shutter is on , and the cursor-type indicator above it shows the brightness of the scene being recorded and hence the lens aperture as set by the automatic exposure system . |
| 9 | Under this procedure the prisoner could discover what his tariff was as set by the judges , by simply adding three years to the date of the first reference to the local review committee . |
| 10 | The Anglican ‘ Service ’ as set by Tallis , Byrd , and the elder Mundy consists of Morning Prayers with responses , litany , ‘ Te Deum ’ and ‘ Benedictus ’ , Kyrie and Creed for the Communion , and the Evening canticles ‘ Magnificat ’ and ‘ Nunc dimittis ’ , or some portion of these ( e.g. Byrd 's second and third Services consist only of the evening canticles ) . |
| 11 | Of the nine republics which officially took part in the referendum , five ( Azerbaijan , Byelorussia , Kirghizia , Tadjikistan and Turkmenia ) asked only the question as set by the USSR Congress of People 's Deputies . |
| 12 | The decision came against a background of growing public anxiety over the capital 's air pollution levels , which had reached nearly four times the recommended limits as set by the World Health Organization . |
| 13 | Work systematically around the paving until the blocks are flush with the desired level as set by the edging blocks . |
| 14 | The government was warned by scientists of the UK Photochemical Oxidants Group , responsible for the report on nitrogen oxides , that many urban , and some rural areas , have atmospheric concentrations of nitrogen dioxide greatly in excess of critical levels as set by the UN Economic Commission for Europe . |
| 15 | The decision came against a background of growing public anxiety over the capital 's air pollution levels , which have reached nearly four times the recommended limits as set by the World Health Organization . |
| 16 | A survey carried out by local health workers showed that about 20 per cent of Faroese children had levels of mercury in excess of the safety limit as set by the International Programme on Chemical Safety . |
| 17 | James Stephen saw abolition in 1807 as having world-wide consequences as well as setting in train ‘ by slow but inevitable steps ’ the extinction of British colonial slavery . |
| 18 | It set the tone of the renewed debate which in the coming decade was to divide Western Europe even further , at the same time as setting in motion a groundswell that eventually produced the European Community . |