Example sentences of "[noun sg] [modal v] [be] set [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The minimum length of such a re-entry programme should be set at 144 hours throughout the UK .
2 The keyboard setting should be set to British if you want to use the pound ( ) sign .
3 The picture about paid work must be set alongside that of the unpaid domestic work where the ratio of woman to man hours is reversed .
4 The discount for a single-person household will be set at 25 per cent .
5 Although a plan oblique projection can be set at any angle to the horizontal , the other common form is 60° , 30° .
6 The SRP60N ribber can be set like this , but you can also use the autoset lever to produce a fabric that has only a single colour on the reverse .
7 The minimum working age must be set at 16 years , and those over this age shall receive fair remuneration , and for a period of two years shall be entitled to vocational training in working hours .
8 If policy can be set to one side then it is set to one side and I think it enhances the reputation of of the system .
9 Mitre cutting selection : 1 : Aluminium allow box with replaceable wood insert ; 2 : Nobex 303 with saw and preset angles for 4 , 5 , 6 and 8-sided frames ; 3 : Nobex 505 handy mitre guide can be set between 45 and 90° , holds saw ( not included ) with magnets ; 4 : Record Marples mitre cutting guide clamps mouldings for sawing , gluing and pinning
10 The work of internationally known directors such as Malle , Godard , and Tavernier through Besson , Annaud and Akeman will be set alongside that of a new generation like Eric Rochant , Leon Carax and Diane Kurys .
11 Mr Chris Patten , the Environment Secretary , yesterday moved to mitigate the effects of the Inland Revenue revaluation by announcing that the poundage will be set at 34.8 pence in the pound instead of the provisional figure of 36 pence in the pound announced last month .
12 The uniform poundage will be set by Central Government and levied throughout the country .
13 The challenge will be set on 7 December and has to be carried out by 22 December .
14 The target date should be set against these events and progress monitored at each stage .
15 To keep within this ceiling it was agreed that the rate of growth of agricultural expenditure should be set at 74 per cent of the rate of growth of Community GNP .
16 As the boundaries of the relevant area are straight lines it can be evaluated quite simply : and so the average torque can be found from : To allow for slight changes in the load torque , due to wear of the components during the system 's working life , the constant frequency clock would be set between 90 and 100 steps .
17 Its tone would be set by those who were most distrustful of his leadership .
18 Having first made sure that the master volume is well back , Decimax recommend that the ‘ acoustic correction ’ equaliser should be set for flat response while the desired sounds are assembled .
19 It was often tedious ; and for every senator disposed to find it fun , there was another whose face would be set in grim outrage .
20 The environmental conditions with which the system is in equilibrium may shift , and only so long as the equilibrium can be set at new and workable positions can the species survive .
21 The step can be set at three different levels and each level increases the intensity of the work-out by per cent .
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