Example sentences of "[adv] [be] set [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After all , in Paris and Rome , Copenhagen and Amsterdam , I had frequently made a complete mess of whole sentences , much less place names , and had generally been set in the right direction , after a little bit of repetition and a lot of hand waving . |
| 2 | The first visible sign of his drive for progress has already been set in the nuclear field . |
| 3 | On the YC-6 , the yarn brake and the colour changer arm must both be set to the double bed position . |
| 4 | The argument that ‘ conversion ’ to tuberculin positivity by BCG may hinder diagnosis of tuberculosis should surely be set against the laborious surveillance by periodic tuberculin testing and treatment with ( not entirely innocuous ) drugs if positivity should develop . |
| 5 | The Soviet Union 's clear lead over the USA in manned , especially long duration , space flights on the Mir space station , the ninth of which began on May 18 , 1991 , was increasingly being set against the scientific value of cheaper unmanned space probes , even though these were also subject to financial cutbacks . |
| 6 | Financial behaviour data , such as that from Infolink 's consumer credit databases , may then be set alongside the geodemographic data to identify household financial profiles . |