Example sentences of "[be] set [prep] the [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We 're set for the end of the century , ’ he says , ‘ but you ca n't look much further than that , can you ? ’ |
| 2 | A £2,000,000 target had been set for the Battle of Britain Wings Appeal in the full knowledge that our sister charity , the RAF Benevolent Fund was launching its £20,000,000 ‘ Reach for the Sky ’ Appeal , and that the Association would be offering as much support as possible to that . |
| 3 | No firm date has yet been set for the launch of the Trust and it has yet to be decided exactly how it will operate . |
| 4 | No date has been set for the launch of the agency , which will depend on the setting up of a continent-wide computer network . |
| 5 | When the experience itself arrives , the hazards will be attenuated because they have been made familiar by being anticipated , and the individuals will already have been set on the path of healthy coping responses . |
| 6 | Such plans will henceforth be subject to approval from CCMLR ; , A limit of 1.5 million tonnes has been set on the amount of krill that can be caught . |
| 7 | Signs for the cloakrooms and toilets were already in place , and two posts and a rope had been set at the top of the stairs to keep visitors out of the private apartments . |
| 8 | These are the highest within the EC , having been set at the top of the EC recommended range . |
| 9 | Standards that have been set by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders . |
| 10 | Inside it looked a bit old-fashioned , as if the style had been set by the Festival of Britain and never changed . |
| 11 | When the facts or events I mentioned above are put together in sequence , and when they are set into the background of recent developments , then a different and far more worrying interpretation begins to appear . |
| 12 | And stargazers who slavishly read those horoscopes are set for the sign of eternal damnation . |
| 13 | Bonuses are determined by the Management Development and Remuneration Committee for the achievement of budgeted profit targets and personal objectives which are set at the beginning of the financial year . |
| 14 | In other words , prices are set at the end of every even period ( 0 , 2 , 4 , and so on ) to cover the next two periods . |
| 15 | Some further exercises , which include non-cyclical time-paths , are set at the end of the chapter . |
| 16 | If clarification requests are divided into just two categories , potential ( being those categories where the listener actively contributes to the negotiation by introducing new information ) , and simple ( the remaining categories ) , and these are set against the number of inadequate messages produced , a number of interesting findings emerges . |
| 17 | These are set around the edge of a disc which can be tilted in any direction by a central knob . |
| 18 | This power brings with it the responsibility to ensure that decisions are made and priorities are set upon the basis of the best educational advice available . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Instead I seemed to be set at the centre of a largish halo of believable ambience . |
| 21 | In April of the same year it was clear from the interim report of the committee that recommendations would be proposed whereby building development would be controlled throughout the country and that compensation for the public acquisition of land would be set at the standard of 31 March 1939 . |
| 22 | Although the numbers will not apparently be limited at the briefings , a notional limit may be set on the number of climbers admitted to the range on any one occasion . |
| 23 | While the local residents might tolerate the noise and disruption from an occasional late night party , some limitation needs to be set on the number of such functions that can take place . |
| 24 | A time-scale should be set for the achievement of each of the steps identified , accompanied by a system of monitoring which is independent of those concerned with accomplishing the aim . |
| 25 | CHC had been saying for a long time , and it seemed to be falling on deaf ears that a date should be set for the closure of Friern and that money should not be spent on the hospital but on services in the community . |
| 26 | A particular timescale would be set for the implementation of the appropriate strategies . |
| 27 | Limits might be set for the amount of animal manure put on the land , and for inorganic fertiliser application , based on crop and soil types . |
| 28 | If governors are to be helped to perform their duties under the 1981 Act effectively , these duties must be set into the context of the responsibilities imposed by the 1986 and 1988 Acts . |
| 29 | They must begin teaching a syllabus this September to pupils who will sit their exams in 1994 , but the exam fee will not be set until the end of next year . |
| 30 | The rejection by the Buid of any form of legitimate hierarchy or aggression within their society must be set within the context of a larger cosmological system in which humans are under constant attack by both predatory spirits and lowlanders , and in which they must commit parallel acts of aggression against their animals . |