Example sentences of "[be] set [verb] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The valves are set according to the weather conditions , and the setting it was on was just enough to cause the tanker to leak slightly . |
| 2 | Field boundaries are set according to the tithe map of 1846 , with the old methods of dry stone walling and laid hedges . |
| 3 | Our plans to spread employee ownership and participation will encourage wages to be set according to the profitability of individual firms rather than to some national ‘ going rate ’ . |
| 4 | Text may also be set centred to the page leaving a ragged edge on both the left and the right . |
| 5 | A base price is set according to the area . |
| 6 | One of the players whose future is assured is 18-year-old Jamie Pollock , who is set to return to the side tonight after struggling to hold down a regular place . |
| 7 | West Indian Tony Gray has been signed at great expense while former Durham County stalwart , Johnnie Johnston , is set to return to the club for one final fling . |
| 8 | Thus we frequently have a pattern where a relatively difficult examination is set to conform to the entry standards someone hopes may be achieved , where a large number of candidates do very badly on it and some of the least bewildered are then selected for further education . |