Example sentences of "[noun] [is] set [adj] " in BNC.

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1 In this case , the terminal is set wide for interactive viewing , and the page size is adjusted to the screen depth automatically .
2 Torture boy is set free
3 The rate multiplier is set each year in England and Wales by central government and can not rise by more than the annual rate of inflation .
4 The price marginal cost margin on each product is set equal to ( 1 — 115 ) where S is the degree of scale economies appropriate to the total output mix .
5 Even though the relationship may be in its infancy , the current is set flowing and the Weaving Mother begins to spin her thread .
6 The resulting price and output combination for this period ( 1 ) is unc — price is set equal to short-run marginal cost SMC , and , it turns out in figure 4.1 , is less than long-run marginal cost .
7 The SDR interest rate is determined by reference to a combined market interest rate based on an average of rates on short-term instruments ; the rate is set weekly .
8 In 1984 it had to be amended further to follow the Euro-notion of ‘ equal pay for work of equal value ’ whereby the pay of women occupying jobs without immediate male comparison is set equal to men 's through the opinion of a judge rather than the operation of market forces .
9 Whashton Springs Farm is set high in the hills , with superb views of the Yorkshire Dales .
10 This chip is an octal tri-state non-inverting buffer type whose outputs are put into a high impedance state when either pin or pin is set high .
11 We keep the central heating off as long as possible and the thermostat is set low .
12 However , in a feedback circuit , if the 1kHz gain is set low , say 30 , or if the ‘ open loop gain ’ of the circuit is limited ( as opposed to very high ) , inaccuracies can creep in beyond the usual tolerances , and special consideration may then be necessary .
13 In each case , the beginning of the recession is set equal to 100 .
14 The index is set equal to 100 in 1980 .
15 Suppose that 1984 is chosen as the base year so that the price index is set equal to 100 in that year .
16 If this parameter is set high , SPHINX prefers longer words to shorter ones .
17 The social cost or dead-weight burden of imperfect competition and monopoly power arises because marginal cost is set equal to marginal revenue , which is less than price and marginal consumer benefit .
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