Example sentences of "[be] set [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The precedent has thus been set for countries to participate in certain areas of common European interest without accepting all EEC structures and policies in their entirety . |
| 2 | No date had been set for pesticides to meet the MACs in Severn Trent . |
| 3 | Hair has been set on rollers to achieve loose curls . |
| 4 | A trend had already been set in textiles , where the comparative advantage of cheap labour was becoming important . |
| 5 | Also standardisation of interpretation can be ensured if objectives have been set in terms of a specific number of faults . |
| 6 | One would also have expected the density fluctuations in such a model to have led to the formation of many more primordial black holes than the upper limit that has been set by observations of the gamma ray background . |
| 7 | A list of events for next year has already been set by organisers , planning manager Dave Sargeant , technical manager Dave Spruce and personnel officer Sue Petrulis . |
| 8 | They will have to assimilate from the syllabus guidelines and from class teachers what objectives are set for children in each of the assessment modes-talking , reading and writing . |
| 9 | type which has vertical stems as distinct from italics or oblique which are set at angles . |
| 10 | As may be seen in Fig. 3.1 the coordinates of the wire element are x' , y' , z' , whereas the coordinates of the point where we wish to determine the magnetic field are set of coordinates . |
| 11 | We sit on wooden boxes round the heavy tables with their curling iron legs , and because the lollies are set on sticks splintered from firewood you sometimes get a skelf in your mouth as you suck , intent on the Lone Ranger . |
| 12 | In psychology , the process where limits are set to generalisations , or summing up . |
| 13 | Fathers are set against children and children against parents . |
| 14 | Either keep an astute cat , or make sure traps are set inside drainpipes where pets and birds ca n't get at them . |
| 15 | In the centre of all this activity are our tents and caravans which are set among shrubs and trees and provide accommodation for 2–4 persons . |
| 16 | The spectacular Botanical Gardens in Edgbaston with their tropical glasshouses , giant lily pool and fantastic palms are set in acres of landscaped grounds just minutes from the city centre . |
| 17 | Performance targets are set in terms of numbers of exhibitions and attendances , although Mrs Muldoon insists that these do not influence the choice of exhibitions which include some demanding contemporary work . |
| 18 | For example , a number of studies have indicated the extent to which age limits are set by employers . |
| 19 | Drug costs are rising worldwide and price controls are set by governments |
| 20 | These targets are due to be set during negotiations for a " sulphur protocol " to be added to the UN Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution . |
| 21 | The Government propose to Brussels that the same upper limits be set on dosages of dietary supplements for ordinary consumers buying off the shelves as for professional practitioners of alternative medicine , even though such practitioners may have good reasons for recommending higher doses to their patients . |
| 22 | No ceiling was to be set on prices , except for essentials such as milk , bread , transport , communications and fuel , whose rise in price would be controlled by the government . |
| 23 | With such a framework of authority , which is clearly a top-down one , objectives and targets can be set for managers , and indeed all in the enterprise . |
| 24 | Preferably targets should be set for individuals where the bonus earned is directly related to personal effort . |
| 25 | Time limits would be set for appeals , with a right to representation and eligibility for legal aid to get advise in bringing a case . |
| 26 | Dr Wheeler recommends that new standards should be set for beaches , with a system of grading for levels of contamination , so that bathers would be more aware of the dangers . |
| 27 | Thus , accountability requires test results on pupils , schools , LEAs ; testing requires attainment targets which are to be set within programmes of study ; and these make sense in terms of the subjects which are , in the view of lay people , the essence of the curriculum . |
| 28 | Similarly , examples of ‘ analytical montage ’ ( the Beatles ' ‘ Penny Lane ’ ? the Specials ' ‘ Ghost Town ’ ? the whole aesthetic of ‘ scratch ’ and ‘ dub ’ ? ) must be set alongside tendencies to use new techniques to revive an old aesthetic , to ‘ mix down ’ rather than separate out , in order to synthesize an all-embracing individual vision ( Phil Spector ? ) . |
| 29 | This self-evaluation ( which would be undertaken by every member of the school staff ) would then be set against priorities within the school . |
| 30 | This is seen most clearly in the song of Eliot 's Blackshirts , whose bitter irony should be set against remarks concerning the undesirability of too many free-thinking Jews in After Strange Gods . |