Example sentences of "[modal v] [be] set [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The object here is to make the model fly as smoothly as possible and , ideally , the control movements should be set to the absolute minimum , while the gyro gain should be as high as possible .
2 Our music should be set in an outward discovery of difference and space .
3 If rate switches are in use , they should be set in the low position on the cyclic controls , since difficulties are usually pilot-induced ( unintentionally ) and it helps to make the model as docile as possible .
4 overall policy decisions of the organisation should be set by a ruling body of key individuals ( board of directors , the Cabinet of government ministers , or the supreme policy-making councils of other organisations ) ( power culture ) .
5 What follows is a description of a typical general practice , but this description should be set against the increasing stratification of legal practice in England and Wales .
6 In return the USA reportedly dropped its demand for a further $700 million from Japan , representing sums paid to the United Kingdom , France , and the Arab states which Japan had insisted should be set against the original pledge of $9,000 million .
7 The results of this analysis show that for a well.damped response the phase resistance ( winding + forcing ) must be set at an optimum value which depends on several parameters of the motor and load .
8 Although the disc 's sun is but an orbiting moonlet , its prominences hardly bigger than croquet hoops , this slight drawback must be set against the tremendous sight of Great A'Tuin the Turtle , upon Whose-ancient and meteor-riddled shell the disc ultimately rests .
9 Such shortcomings must be set against the big truth — that today 's CAP is a supremely insidious way of extracting $85 billion from consumers within the EC , and queering the pitch for farmers everywhere else .
10 Britain 's national energy strategy must be set within an overall European framework , with the aim of reducing pollution , improving energy efficiency and boosting the use of renewables .
11 ( The items might be set on a particular occasion as a test of the attainment of the criterion or they might arise in the context of more holistic tasks on separate occasions . )
12 The consultation paper outlines how objectives for water quality could be set on a statutory basis and determined by actual use , for example fisheries , sport or water supply .
13 She , like her trainer , could be set for a good season .
14 VIRGIN tycoon Richard Branson is moving into computers and could be set for a head-on clash with Amstrad chief Alan Sugar .
15 Apart from this type of building , attempts had been made in many countries to provide an adequate base for the circular section of the dome so that it could be set upon a square section building .
16 They may be set in the everyday life of 2000 years ago and , therefore , seem somewhat remote from modern times but the meaning of them is still true .
17 The Paris auction market received a welcome fillip in the first week of April with the announcement that buyer 's premium would be set at a flat rate of 9% .
18 The financial framework and policy objectives would be set by a Labour government .
19 Pitch will be set to a negative figure which is suitable for an autorotation descent .
20 Recommended US price is $1,000 for a single licence , going down to $600 per user for 100 concurrent users on the network : UK prices will be set by the various sales channels .
21 The findings will be set in a temporal and continental framework — material from earlier and later time periods and also from French and German sources will be used for comparison purposes .
22 From this information the design limits for any manufactured item can be set to the economic optimum .
23 From this information the design limits for any manufactured item can be set to the economic optimum .
24 The rotary input gain control can be set to the optimum level so that the overload light flashes momentarily on for the loudest peaks of signal .
25 In this way , legislative bounds can be set to the common law principle , as Mr. Glick insists that they should .
26 The traditional essay-type question can be set for the whole class and pupils can respond at their own level .
27 Neumann 's statement about the air brakes is anyway very misleading , for they in fact can be set on a sliding scale , so that the speed of the machines can be gradually modified either up or down .
28 You will find that each sheet then has a small black mark in the centre of the long side , and this can be set against the centralising mark that your punch must have ( if it does n't , do n't buy it ) .
29 The organization of competitive pupil participation thus avoids excesses of boredom and inattention especially where false questioning trails can be set in the early stages and the ‘ answer ’ or ‘ point ’ of the lesson delayed so that pupils have to work hard to discover it .
30 The key elements of the political approach identified earlier in the chapter , those of incremental budgetary approaches , micropolitical factors and satisficing behaviour of groups , can be set in the following framework to provide factors that can be used as indicators of the existence of political decision-making processes :
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