Example sentences of "be set [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If such a date can not be set during 1997 , then the union will come into effect on 1st January , 1999 , irrespective of the number of countries satisfying the convergence criteria . |
| 2 | These targets are due to be set during negotiations for a " sulphur protocol " to be added to the UN Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution . |
| 3 | Moreover , these successes have to be set beside the less successful regeneration projects attempting to replicate the well known formula in cities such as Richmond ( Virginia ) , Toledo ( Ohio ) and Flint ( Michigan ) , all of which are faltering ( Guskind , 1989 ) . |
| 4 | Conversely , Dawson and Parkinson ( chapter 3 ) argue that in Liverpool the unaccountable work of Merseyside Development Corporation has to be set beside the ineffectual work of the putatively democratic local state . |
| 5 | In any case , the importance of reciprocating has to be set beside other motivations which may underpin neighbourly acts as well as those in various forms of voluntary service . |
| 6 | On the other hand , what Alcuin has to say must be set beside the respect accorded Aelfwald 's memory at Hexham where the king was buried ( ASC D , s.a. 788 ) , which shows that the community at Hexham thought highly of him in the twelfth century and probably earlier . |
| 7 | The price can be set below the competitors to attract foreign buyers who have to pay in hard currency . |
| 8 | It will also evaluate a range of explanations which suggest that wages may be set above the market clearing level for efficient reasons . |
| 9 | ( 4 ) In the case of an offer which , if accepted in full , would result in the offeror holding shares carrying over 50 per cent of the target 's voting rights , the condition relating to the level of acceptances required ( " the acceptance condition " ) may be set above the minimum required by Rule 10 ( which is over 50 per cent of the target 's voting rights ) . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | From the beginning of 1991 , prices for everything except sugar are meant to be set at world market rates , whatever they may be . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Although a plan oblique projection can be set at any angle to the horizontal , the other common form is 60° , 30° . |
| 16 | All these gains in individual freedom , every advance towards putting the consumer first , will be set at terminal risk by Labour 's proposed policies . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | However the aperture will probably have to be set at 5.6 and the shutter speed at |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | The tips can be set at three reduced angles from neutral , but only one increased angle . |
| 23 | • It is adjustable for height and can be set at any angle you choose |
| 24 | The minimum length of such a re-entry programme should be set at 144 hours throughout the UK . |
| 25 | It contains a fluorescent tube and can be set at different angles and at varying distances from the working surface . |
| 26 | 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% . |
| 27 | Whatever type of camera you use , for hand-held wildlife shots the camera speed should never be set at less than unc second . |
| 28 | Prices will be set at the May announcement . |
| 29 | But bail should be set at a level which effectively deters flight . |
| 30 | 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 . |