Example sentences of "[modal v] [be] set [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The minimum length of such a re-entry programme should be set at 144 hours throughout the UK . |
| 2 | The trimpot used to set the first stage gain , should be set at maximum resistance and the multi-turn zero offset trimpot to the centre of its range before this check . |
| 3 | Having first made sure that the master volume is well back , Decimax recommend that the ‘ acoustic correction ’ equaliser should be set for flat response while the desired sounds are assembled . |
| 4 | This premise is in direct opposition to the view , currently fashionable , that defined and prescribed academic targets should be set for each stage of a child 's progress through school . |
| 5 | If a rudder rate switch is available , this should be set to high rate to encourage the model to turn as rapidly as possible . |
| 6 | Shock and indignation jostle for position in the following quote from a speech of the president of the Royal Society , delivered in 1978 : ‘ Ominously , voices have been raised claiming that limits should be set to scientific inquiry — that there are questions which should not be asked and research which should not be undertaken . ’ |
| 7 | The target date should be set against these events and progress monitored at each stage . |
| 8 | The minimum working age must be set at 16 years , and those over this age shall receive fair remuneration , and for a period of two years shall be entitled to vocational training in working hours . |
| 9 | Inside the manholes the open channels must be set in fine mortar or concrete ‘ benching ’ , with steep falls and smooth finishes . |
| 10 | Further — and this was where Kant moved decidedly beyond Hume and everyone else before him — even the most fundamental categories which we use to supply the framework of our knowledge of the world , those of space and time , must be set in this light . |
| 11 | Inevitably , however , pain will sometimes need to be inflicted , and in the absence of anaesthetic , which must be set against this point . |
| 12 | The search for an appropriate response to the problems of conflicts abuse in financial conglomerates , central to which is the increased need to protect investors , must be set within this context . |
| 13 | In theory , new commercial catch quotas could be set at next year 's meeting in Tokyo under a " revised management procedure " ( RMP ) , although any such decision might be so hedged around with qualifications as to make it impossible to fulfil . |
| 14 | So ninety one ninety two a married woman was entitled to a basic personal allowance of three four four five which could be set against any income erm or investment . |
| 15 | On the amount of damages , Mr Lightman said the Court of Appeal had a special responsibility to bear in mind the ‘ dangerous precedent ’ which could be set by such awards , and added that in this case the award was out of all proportion to the alleged libel . |
| 16 | Targets may be set for any parameter that can be measured as the project proceeds , such as cost , time and performance . |
| 17 | Alternatively , limits may be set to particular functions and alarms triggered whenever these are exceeded . |
| 18 | It was often tedious ; and for every senator disposed to find it fun , there was another whose face would be set in grim outrage . |
| 19 | To ensure that estates are motivated to take part , culling targets would be set by local deer management trusts ( LDMTs ) , developed from existing voluntary deer management groups and based around discrete deer populations . |
| 20 | Mr Chris Patten , the Environment Secretary , yesterday moved to mitigate the effects of the Inland Revenue revaluation by announcing that the poundage will be set at 34.8 pence in the pound instead of the provisional figure of 36 pence in the pound announced last month . |
| 21 | Once the school aims have been stated in general terms , objectives will be set at middle management level within a school and will relate to the achievement of these aims . |
| 22 | All these gains in individual freedom , every advance towards putting the consumer first , will be set at terminal risk by Labour 's proposed policies . |
| 23 | The challenge will be set on 7 December and has to be carried out by 22 December . |
| 24 | Higher insulation standards will be set for new buildings . |
| 25 | A uniform poundage , called a multiplier , will be set by Central Government and levied throughout the country . |
| 26 | The uniform poundage will be set by Central Government and levied throughout the country . |
| 27 | Administration will be done by self-appointed business men on boards of management , but the parameters of further education — the fee level , the overall funding and the policy — will be set by central Government . |
| 28 | Links can be set between different tables or data files , so information from more than one file can be included |
| 29 | Although a plan oblique projection can be set at any angle to the horizontal , the other common form is 60° , 30° . |
| 30 | • It is adjustable for height and can be set at any angle you choose |