Example sentences of "[prep] set the [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 By 1970 the official limit , not for the first time , was set at no less than 12,000 kilograms , a fair bit up on the I935 maximum of 7,500 kilograms , while the average yield topped I3,800 kilograms per hectare and , after setting the official limit at I3,000 kilograms in 1973 , a law was passed the following year placing an absolute ceiling of 13,000 kilograms per hectare on all AOC Champagne vineyards , beyond which the so-called maximum could not be stretched .
2 Arie Luyendyk starts from pole position after setting the top speed of 223.967 mph last weekend in a Lola-Ford Cosworth .
3 Instead of setting the main carriage to Fair Isle , it is set to slip , so while the pattern stitches are knitted the background stitches are slipped and vice versa .
4 As noted in Chapter 1 extreme care must be taken in setting the monetary figure in order to pass the reasonableness test imposed by s 3 of the UCTA .
5 The test of difficulty in setting the appropriate standard of care poses problems .
6 A Quaker ironmaster , Darby was one of the key figures — perhaps the key figure — in the rise of modern British industry , having played a vital role in setting the Industrial Revolution in motion .
7 A woman of character and finesse and blessed with a total devotion to her new husband , she played a large part in setting the artistic tone at Tribschen , which Nietzsche was to remember with admiration all his life .
8 As outlined in Chapter 1 , LEAs will still be the employers of school staff ; governors of schools with delegated budgets , however , will now have control over setting the total number of staff at the school ; appointing and dismissing staff ; setting certain elements of pay and working conditions ; and controlling disciplinary and grievance procedures .
9 My third point is to remind you that fixing a criterion for non-intervention amounts to setting the moral agenda for the treatment of VLBW babies .
10 We are responsible for setting the overall budget for the Video and for making any decisions which affect this budget and which relate to the educational purpose of the Video as set out in Schedule A. We have the right to be present at any or all of the stages of production , shooting and editing in order to fulfill these responsibilities .
11 We are responsible for setting the overall budget for the Video and for making any decisions which affect this budget and which relate to the educational purpose of the Video as set out in Schedule A. We have the right to be present at any or all of the stages of production , shooting and editing in order to fulfill these responsibilities .
12 We are responsible for setting the overall budget for the Video and for making any decisions which affect this budget and which relate to the educational purpose of the Video as set out in Schedule A. We have the right to be present at any or all of the stages of production , shooting and editing in order to fulfill these responsibilities .
13 Finally , on the front panel , there 's the master volume knob and the controls for the onboard Alesis reverb/delay unit — a sixteen-notch rotary knob and a ‘ return ’ control for setting the required level of effect , from the tiniest hint of echo through to a nightmare in a bathtub .
14 Under the Williamson scheme , such misalignments are guarded against — first by setting the central rate at the FEER , and then by keeping it there .
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