Example sentences of "[be] set [prep] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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% . |
| 2 | The choice does not have to lie between unanimity and a simple majority of the partners : frequently the required majority will be set at a higher level than 50 per cent plus one to reflect the importance of the matter under discussion . |
| 3 | THE new poll tax for Darlington is likely to be set at a special meeting on Thursday . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ( 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 . ) |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | She , like her trainer , could be set for a good season . |
| 8 | VIRGIN tycoon Richard Branson is moving into computers and could be set for a head-on clash with Amstrad chief Alan Sugar . |
| 9 | For example , some programs will express that the Files and Buffers have to be set to a certain number for that particular program to operate correctly . |
| 10 | Pitch will be set to a negative figure which is suitable for an autorotation descent . |
| 11 | Before embarking upon a review of some of the findings from my survey , the scene needs to be set with a brief summary of the main arguments and counter-arguments concerning assessment . |
| 12 | I would therefore propose that September 1993 be set as a tentative deadline for the confirmation of events , dates and locations . |
| 13 | In Aids to Scoutmastership ( 1919 ) Baden-Powell likened his movement to Montessori 's system of education applied to older youths , recommending this as ‘ the line that eventually education will take when it comes to be set upon a right footing ’ . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Yet , such criticism has to be set against a long-term investment programme — including direct job creation — worth four times the value of the federal payroll cuts . |
| 16 | A strategical handicap of increased dependence on imported food and the incalculable cultural loss involved in commitment to an overwhelmingly industrial society were other results to be set against a higher standard of living for the majority . |
| 17 | It is generally argued , however , that the meaning " world " of is a post-Biblical development , and a mere possibility in the relationship of parallelistic lines ( " greater precision " ) can not be set against a linguistic certainty . |
| 18 | Baldwin 's reluctance had therefore to be set against a formidable opposition which had been allowed to solidify and organize itself in his absence . |
| 19 | The financial framework and policy objectives would be set by a Labour government . |
| 20 | 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 ) . |
| 21 | Enclosed bus/ tram stops that shelter and welcome the passenger need to be set in a traffic-calmed environment , with pedestrian priority across surrounding roads and –unctions.43 in residential areas , these pedestrian networks and public transport stops should be so organised as to provide ‘ safe routes to school ’ , as in the Danish examples discussed in Chapter Ten . |