Example sentences of "[noun] is set [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 a partly automatic system is better , in which the time for regeneration is set by the operator after tests to determine the water hardness .
2 Boswednack Manor is set between the Penwith Moors and the wild Cornish coastline , and combines natural history with meditation and organic food .
3 Dessert cutlery is set above the place mat ; butter knife is on the side plate .
4 Is a prisoner serving a life sentence entitled to make representations before his tariff is set by the Secretary of State ? 4 .
5 The voltage gain of the amplifier is set by the ratio of resistor R1 to R1 at 11 times .
6 St Gilgen is set on the north west shore of the Wolfgangsee .
7 The action is set in the kind of country house , all wood panelling and flickering firelight , that normally provides the setting for a creaky stage thriller .
8 The upper limit on the amount of data is set by the database that has to handle it all , rather than by the car code system .
9 The scene is set for the events leading up to the Crucifixion .
10 A complete candidate string is only allowable if the end-of-word flag is set at the node in the tree for the last letter of the string ( see flowchart D2 in Appendix D ) .
11 If all such letters are found , the algorithm checks whether the resulting string is a word ( i.e. the end-of-word flag is set at the tree-node reached by the search ) .
12 With 150cm Oppdal is set for the winter .
13 Imagine an economy in which the wage rate for half its workers is set at the end of every even period to cover the following two periods , while the wage rate for the other half is set at the end of every odd period , again to cover the following two periods .
14 While the final policy on all major legal and financial matters is set by the company 's managing director or president , the advice offered by these specialist executives improves the efficiency , profitability and overall performance of the company .
15 The renewal fee is set by the Council with the concurrence of the Master of the Rolls .
16 Imagine an economy in which the wage rate for half its workers is set at the end of every even period to cover the following two periods , while the wage rate for the other half is set at the end of every odd period , again to cover the following two periods .
17 The second theme is set by the title — the self-made man — which harks back to Gordon Childe 's Man Makes Himself ( 1936 ) .
18 In order to prevent boredom and give motivation a theme is set by the conductor running the session .
19 Wigan 's exciting 18-year-old Jason Robinson is set for the top .
20 It will be recalled from Chapter 3 that the Partnership Act provides that where no definite duration is set for the partnership any partner may " retire " by giving his co-partners notice , whereupon in the absence of any contrary agreement the firm is dissolved .
21 Since it was on 11th February in 1984 that I published the Apostolic Letter Salvifici Doloris on the Christian meaning of human suffering , I believe it is significant that the same day is set for the celebration of the ‘ World Day of the Sick ’ .
22 The comedy is set in the men 's and women 's loos of a 1970s nightclub in Liverpool .
23 A large , double bowl sink served by pressure hot and cold fresh water is set in the fiddles peninsula with a trash bin beneath .
24 ‘ Our product and service standards are geared to what the customer requires , not set in concrete , ’ says ‘ The standard of service is set by the guest .
25 Early shipments have already gone out ; general availability is set for the end of the year .
26 The IX register is set to the address of this parameter table .
27 The IY register is set to the address of the machine code subroutine being called .
28 San Babila is set on the ruins of a fourth-century church , and that itself was built on the foundations of a pagan temple to the sun .
29 In an offer for sale a fixed price is set for the shares to be offered to the public by an issuing house for the company concerned .
30 This miracle is set in the town of Capernaum in Galilee .
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