Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [is] set [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Renaissance , an annual symposium , is earnest , slightly religious and very southern ; you get the feeling that its tone is set by the kind of conversations about family and country that businessmen in Greenville , South Carolina would have on a Sunday after church or a round of golf . |
| 3 | These are swivel-mounted to facilitate cornering , and a constant working depth is maintained by a hydraulic accumulator , whose pressure is set by a hydraulic handpump . |
| 4 | Is a prisoner serving a life sentence entitled to make representations before his tariff is set by the Secretary of State ? 4 . |
| 5 | This shows accuracy , however , not prejudice : most of his work is set before the English navvies and engineers descended on Normandy . |
| 6 | His face is set with the decisions he 's made . |
| 7 | So , whether your novel is set in the most distant parts of the world or in dear old Cornwall , be careful to omit the dull details of everyday living . |