Example sentences of "be set a " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Oh livid , You 're setting a bad example to the troops , apparently . ’ |
2 | Back To The Planet might appeal to a section of the so-called dregs of society , but they feel they 're setting a different agenda . |
3 | The crown consists of two circlet crowns welded together and into which has been set a cloth-covered headpiece . |
4 | In this particular case , of course , I had been set a slightly extraordinary task , but I had nevertheless not been neglectful to incorporate ‘ margins ’ wherever possible . |
5 | The JMP-1 is an attractive 1U package , with what looks like a gold anodised front panel into which has been set a window for all the data controls . |
6 | Into recesses in the wall are set a range of marvellous and enigmatic gadgets , clearly the products of some sophisticated science . |
7 | Most of Mareuil 's vineyards are set a little distance from the village on south-east-facing slopes immediately beneath Mutigny . |
8 | And I say that because as Mr touched on in his introduction , the West Yorkshire districts are set a methodology for the definition of their housing requirement , buy R P G two . |
9 | Their purpose would be to set a timetable for the conversion of British cars to low-octane fuel . |
10 | One would be to set a test with items exemplifying the criterion . |
11 | Firstly , because the PRS has a carved top , the gap from the underside of the bridgeplate to the table may need to be set a fraction more than ″ , depending upon the amount of ‘ pull up ’ required on the tremolo . |
12 | A practice with more patients needing expensive medicines will be set a larger amount . |
13 | Against this must be set a non-response about twice that for a random sample involving house calls . |
14 | One strange thing about her books is that they nearly all tend to be set a little bit back in the past , so that the position of the women that she is describing and the society in which she is describing them is n't quite what 's actually going on a the time she 's writing . |
15 | The deputy mayor said confidently , ‘ While I am absolutely certain that he will be found , if he is not found , this will be setting a precedent ’ ; since the mayoral office was instituted this is normally only a formality , with the mayor-elect waiting downstairs to be ‘ found ’ . |
16 | The teacher supplying the push may be helping to launch the career of a future gold medallist ; but equally he may be setting a youth off down a path to nowhere . |
17 | In supporting this report we will be setting a future agenda which should go some way to extending working , workers ' protection for our members . |
18 | I hope you feel that I always let you follow yours , because , darling , your opinion on things affecting you and me , or either of us , I think important above all … you 're a bright star to march upon , and I 'm setting a steady pace . |
19 | ‘ I 'm setting a deadline to open the course in spring 1994 , but if we can have it open in the late summer of 93 that would be ideal , ’ he said . |
20 | The first things Dipesh Shah did when he became managing director of BP Solar in March 1991 were to set a target for the next two years and to articulate it to everyone in the company . |
21 | At the end of the session they were set a homework task and were invited to discuss their feelings . |
22 | Following a presentation given by Group environmental manager Jon Lawrence the children were set a questionnaire and asked to design a poster and come up with a project to help safeguard the environment . |
23 | Erm , and to look at the stories which are of a different time but are still relevant to our time and place , they have a , have a message for us , even though they were set a hundred years ago , they 've still got something to say us , so I think that 's an area we need to explore . |
24 | Two hundred young people were set a challenge — put on a full-scale opera , using nothing but rubbish to make the props and scraps of material to create the costumes . |
25 | If we were setting a nursery rhyme to music , it would be quite appropriate to use the verse metre and rhythms also in the music ; the result would be simple and naïve . |
26 | In front of the hut , several mothers were setting a trestle table with crockery and unwrapping polite little sandwiches . |
27 | Landlords not only were assessed on their directly occupied land but were constantly calling for relief for tenants , for whom increasing poor rates were setting a ceiling for rents . |
28 | I am setting a target of £9M for CAW 1988 . |
29 | It might still be a little premature to consign famous old clubs Nottingham and Rosslyn Park to relegation , but both have been well beaten by a resurgent Bristol — whose youthful side have been setting a blistering pace at the Memorial Ground so far this season — and their other results indicate that they face an uphill struggle to maintain their First Division status . |
30 | ‘ Breakthrough 2000 ’ warmed my heart because I think : here is vision , here is faith , and here are people who are setting a target and they are wanting to move towards it . ’ |