Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] are set [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 During a study of the various styles , it became apparent to me that if the back legs are set into the seat rails at an angle , this angle , together with the curvature of the rear legs and backward slope of the chair back can regulate the flair : if the legs are mounted at right angles to the rear seat rail , there would be no flair .
2 Some implements are set with the heads at different angles to make them easier to manoeuvre with one hand .
3 Because of the need to respect the sensitivities of foreign States , careful limits are set to the power to make orders :
4 Yet these contexts are set by the parameters of political discourse in exactly the same manner as the conceptual vocabulary of academics and practitioners structures their own treatment of the same issues .
5 If all outputs are set top the minimum pulse width of 0.75mS , the frame rate will be 14.2mS ( 8 × 0.75mS + 8.2mS ) whilst if all outputs are set to the maximum pulse width of 2.25mS the frame rate will be 26.2mS ( 8 × 2.25mS + 8.2mS ) .
6 One large dome and two smaller ones with twisted columned drums are set over the narthex which has 12 columns to support them inside .
7 And stargazers who slavishly read those horoscopes are set for the sign of eternal damnation .
8 er all agricultural prices are set with the B C U and er what we 're er hold on do we just try and organize myself .
9 The Inner Kingdoms are set within the twilit ring of the Annulii , shielded from contact with the outer world by the mountains and buffer states of the Outer Kingdoms .
10 Catch quotas in the open seas are set by the North Atlantic Fisheries Organization , but the EC set its own , higher , quotas in 1986 in response to pressure from the depressed Iberian fishing industry .
11 As different layers are added sequentially we see how the proportion of available land shrinks ( Pl. 10.3 ) ; for instance , when geological criteria are set in the search for a deep repository , 25 per cent of land area remains and the addition of the population density layer reduces this to 24 per cent .
12 But on the whole it is easy to value paintings by Japanese artists as they paint similar subjects , and new prices are set by the dealers ' auction which takes place once a month at the Tokyo Bijutsu Club , of which most big dealers are members .
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