Example sentences of "be set on " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the end of the year , Mrs Thatcher was in the chair of a new cabinet committee , Misc. 141 , which had been given the task of preparing for the fast-approaching day when limits would be set on greenhouse gas emissions . |
| 2 | The Empire was to be set on a ‘ new course ’ by a process of increasing the parliamentary content of the constitutional structure with a view to producing a more ‘ liberal ’ regime . |
| 3 | It was the custom when a foreign invader stepped on French soil for the relics of Denis and his companions to be set on the altar , from which they personally conducted the defence of the realm . |
| 4 | The challenge will be set on 7 December and has to be carried out by 22 December . |
| 5 | Time limits may be set on how long employees can leave their goods in storage and receive reimbursement from their employers . |
| 6 | The point , though , is that Neath never asked to be set on this pedestal . |
| 7 | Although the numbers will not apparently be limited at the briefings , a notional limit may be set on the number of climbers admitted to the range on any one occasion . |
| 8 | Between the torque control and the trigger sits the forward/reverse switch , a smallish device that can be set on neutral to stop the machine being accidentally turned on . |
| 9 | Any flimsy homesteads of clay and brushwood outside the defensive walls ( or even inside if those walls were breached ) were liable to be set on fire regularly , but their hardened inhabitants could usually manage a replacement within a few days ‘ provided we have five or six poles and boughs to cover them ’ . |
| 10 | ( The items might be set on a particular occasion as a test of the attainment of the criterion or they might arise in the context of more holistic tasks on separate occasions . ) |
| 11 | If , as we believe to be the case , powers are being so exercised , then the issue of constitutional legitimacy which arises is quite simple : what is the value or use of a constitution based on and designed to ensure the maintenance of a system of limited government if it can , quite lawfully and even constitutionally , be set on one side ? |
| 12 | A problem may be set on a statute as well as on a case . |
| 13 | Targets can , in such cases , be set on a unit basis because the tradesmen can utilise previous experience as a guide . |
| 14 | Bathing , for instance , had to be forbidden along the fashionable coastline ; some ecologists even suggested that Estonian drinking water was so polluted it could be set on fire ! |
| 15 | ‘ The fathers have eaten sour grapes , and the children 's teeth shall be set on edge . ’ |
| 16 | The Government propose to Brussels that the same upper limits be set on dosages of dietary supplements for ordinary consumers buying off the shelves as for professional practitioners of alternative medicine , even though such practitioners may have good reasons for recommending higher doses to their patients . |
| 17 | The number of shares and offer price will be set on June 8 to raise £10m , according to the pathfinder prospectus issued today . |
| 18 | No ceiling was to be set on prices , except for essentials such as milk , bread , transport , communications and fuel , whose rise in price would be controlled by the government . |
| 19 | While the local residents might tolerate the noise and disruption from an occasional late night party , some limitation needs to be set on the number of such functions that can take place . |
| 20 | I want to take you in my arms and kiss you and — ’ He looked to the side to where two people were approaching ; then dropping her hands , he said on a laugh , ‘ I 've only to be seen doing that in public , even holding your hands , and the place would be set on fire . |
| 21 | Neumann 's statement about the air brakes is anyway very misleading , for they in fact can be set on a sliding scale , so that the speed of the machines can be gradually modified either up or down . |
| 22 | The price of shares in the company , which is the largest ports operation in Scotland , will be set on March 12 . |
| 23 | The consultation paper outlines how objectives for water quality could be set on a statutory basis and determined by actual use , for example fisheries , sport or water supply . |