Example sentences of "[modal v] [be] set [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before the rabbit is taken out of the net , another net should be set over the hole in case other rabbits bolt . |
| 2 | Indeed the political theme for the day should be set at the morning 's press conferences , and local candidates and VIPs fully briefed and able to talk about or answer questions on that topic wherever they may be . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The holding lever(s) should be set to the knit position . |
| 6 | On the other hand , what Alcuin has to say must be set beside the respect accorded Aelfwald 's memory at Hexham where the king was buried ( ASC D , s.a. 788 ) , which shows that the community at Hexham thought highly of him in the twelfth century and probably earlier . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ For example , the £10 billion of revenue lost in supporting occupational and personal pensions for the generally better-off must be set alongside the £6 billion spent on means-tested benefits for the poorest old people . ’ |
| 9 | It is true that Robert Harley ( now Earl of Oxford ) and Viscount Bolingbroke seemed to flirt with Jacobitism in the period 1710 – 14 , but they were never sincere , and their actions must be set in the context of their attempts to rally disparate groups of Tories behind them in their own personal struggle for dominance within the party . |
| 10 | Similarly tomorrow 's hopes for the child must be set against the understanding shown today . |
| 11 | These benefits must be set against the costs , measured in both financial and medical terms , so that a judgment can be made on whether the benefits justify the cost . |
| 12 | But Mr Bull said the good news must be set against the closure of seven groups and the fact that the number of new members fell slightly short of the 1991 targeted figure due to the onset of the recession . |
| 13 | A strong balance sheet and attractive business mix must be set against the absence of any recovery in its major markets . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Performance standards could be set for the team based on a percentage reduction in those losses over a set period . |
| 17 | It has been suggested ( Knuth 1969 , pp. 199–201 ) that testing for floating.point zero is not appropriate , and that a more suitable test would be for any value in a small range about zero , the size of which could be set by the programmer . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Features include : Stopwatch — from th sec to 9 hrs 59 min 59.99 secs. 30 lap memory , countdown alarm that may be set to the second , pre-set split times for accurate analysis of race pace . |
| 20 | It will also evaluate a range of explanations which suggest that wages may be set above the market clearing level for efficient reasons . |
| 21 | ( 4 ) In the case of an offer which , if accepted in full , would result in the offeror holding shares carrying over 50 per cent of the target 's voting rights , the condition relating to the level of acceptances required ( " the acceptance condition " ) may be set above the minimum required by Rule 10 ( which is over 50 per cent of the target 's voting rights ) . |
| 22 | A particular timescale would be set for the implementation of the appropriate strategies . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | With the help of his mother and sister , he agreed to continue this work at home which would be set by the school and assessment centre jointly . |
| 25 | Fisheries Minister Jan Henry Olsen said a quota would be set after the meeting of the International Whaling Commission ( IWC ) in Kyoto in May but that he expected it to be in the range of a " few hundred " minke whales a year . |
| 26 | Prices will be set at the May announcement . |
| 27 | Study of a place 's people will be set within the context of both their physical and their built environment ( with the latter encompassing the entire human-created landscape and not just the pattern of buildings and settlements ) — with neither being determinate of the others , of course , but with all three inter-linked . |
| 28 | The uniform poundage will be set by the government in April 1990 at a level to ensure that , taking account of inflation , the total amount that the business sector pays nationally in 1990–91 figure paid in 1989–90 . |
| 29 | Erm , therefore we , to all intents and purposes , can not actually control the demand at that level , demand will be set by the people committing themselves to the health service , where the health service are assessing their needs , and saying this patient needs nursing home care . |
| 30 | But they tell us that it will be set in the world of cinema , and will plunder a rich vein of cinematic style to tell the story of a disgraced film star with a secret , a dilemma , and a host of bad memories . |