Example sentences of "be set the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once the standard has been set the court must decide whether the child 's health or development falls significantly short of this . |
| 2 | I mean we all know it , and we all know there 's a lot on this list which are most unpalatable , and they 're only there because we 've been set the task of reaching a particular sum of money , and er , if we had the choice we 'd be going in the reverse direction , and , and adding . |
| 3 | Against such examples of blatant petty mindedness must be set the tone of sympathetic understanding adopted by Lord Gorell and those closest to him in the RCM. the letter he sent out to regional chairmen and secretaries in December 1942 , is a fair indication of his philosophy : |
| 4 | Against these points must be set the fatalism with which Law watched his country drift into civil war ; the patriotic party became begetters of rebellion , the party of order suborned crime and mutiny , and the leader of the opposition in parliament approved and supported the destruction of both the practice and the authority of parliament . |
| 5 | Overall , the effect of the suspension of indexation will raise an additional £730 million in 1993/4 , although against this must be set the cost of the extension of the 20p band which will cost £370 million , leaving the Treasury £360 million better off in the coming year . |
| 6 | On that will be set the tableau . |
| 7 | Against this must be set the benefit of working with a consistent software interface , having better compatibility of data between programs and a simpler user interface . |
| 8 | Against the benefits has to be set the loss of sovereignty . |
| 9 | Against this can be set the fact that the following chapters present very full accounts of their lives and works which should at least allow readers to make their own judgments , especially as we have included ( in an appendix to the book ) details of our ‘ SADS-L ’ procedure . |
| 10 | Against this claim must be set the fact that many of the early ecologists were not , in any significant sense , evolutionists ; for all practical purposes they were still dealing with an essentially static world view . |
| 11 | Against this has to be set the fact that in times of high inflation the real value of company debt diminishes over time . |
| 12 | It is a particularly successful version compared with those produced by other pupils in the group who were set the task . |
| 13 | Teams representing a cross-section of housing interests were set the task of building a sandy estate incorporating a housing mix of family and old folks ' homes . |
| 14 | If no time limit is set the work tends to be unfocused . |
| 15 | I mean what we can do is set the oven . |
| 16 | ‘ That 's set the record straight , ’ said Winterbottom . |
| 17 | In brief , then , the EMS was set the twin objectives of reducing the volatility of intra-EC exchange rates and of effecting a permanent reduction in member countries ' inflation rates . |
| 18 | Thus was set the standard for my spell in the Production Department … |
| 19 | An area of concern was identified and a project team was set the objective of finding a solution . |
| 20 | This feature is illustrated in figure 5.2 , in which it can be seen that in period 3 ( odd ) w t was set the end of the period 2 ( even ) but was actually set two periods earlier in period 1 ( odd ) . |