Example sentences of "[noun pl] [am/are] set [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | The push-turn control knobs are set in a toughened glass panel with high visibility luminous indicator discs , graduated in colour from ‘ off ’ to ‘ full on ’ behind windows . |
2 | A COUPLE who suffered a catalogue of tragedies are set for a second honeymoon in the Austrian mountains . |
3 | If all outputs are set top the minimum pulse width of 0.75mS , the frame rate will be 14.2mS ( 8 × 0.75mS + 8.2mS ) whilst if all outputs are set to the maximum pulse width of 2.25mS the frame rate will be 26.2mS ( 8 × 2.25mS + 8.2mS ) . |
4 | His eyes are a little protuberant , and his lips are set in a faint smile , so that as he leans forward against the wheel , gazing straight ahead through the windscreen , he seems to be waiting for the green light with eagerness . |
5 | Close to the busy A48 , between Lydney and Aylburton , these beautiful rhododendron and azalea gardens are set in a peaceful lakeland valley . |
6 | Expectations are set at an early stage : that the therapist can only offer education and advice , and the client is responsible for assimilating and applying this information . |
7 | The Inner Kingdoms are set within the twilit ring of the Annulii , shielded from contact with the outer world by the mountains and buffer states of the Outer Kingdoms . |
8 | His sights are set on the British Supercup and British Championship in 1993 , riding an ex-Niall Mackenzie 250 Yamaha , which has been purchased by Charlie Smiley of Carrickfergus . |
9 | The wages of farm workers are set by the Agricultural Wages Board ( for England and Wales ) . |
10 | Bold stripes in any one of six colours are set against a crisp white background . |
11 | Costs are set against an annual Library estimate , currently totalling £500 , of which some £285 has been spent so far this year . |
12 | On every release , targets are set for the whole sales force by the sales manager or director , in consultation with the marketing division . |
13 | The flats are set around a spacious courtyard with shops at ground level . |
14 | Individual limits on emissions of pollutants are set for the 29 coal and oil-fired power stations , and operating conditions and standards are laid out . |
15 | When the fuselage surfaces , the wings will still be under water — you know how low wings are set on a modern jet . |
16 | THE BEATLES and other former pop stars are set for a new royalties bonanza under an artistes ' rights deal agreed by the EC yesterday . |
17 | The Council water charges are set by the Regional Council each year in order to cover the costs of providing a water service to domestic consumers , in this regard separate accounts must be maintained by the Council in respect of water costs and income from the Council water charges . |
18 | When this pin is held high , the output pins are set into a high impedance state , behaving as though they are , in effect , switched off . |
19 | TWO of Ireland 's best known Catholic priests are set for a bitter and unprecedented court war , it was revealed yesterday . |
20 | Sartre had initially been attracted to her work because it seemed to demonstrate his own concern with the inauthenticity of human relationships , yet he would later reject her fiction simply on the basis that her novels are set in an upper-middle-class Parisian milieu . |
21 | the top layer of blocks/copes are set on a suitable mortar bed such as Marshall 's M-fix as suggested by the manufacturer , |
22 | The invisible setting — a technique by which the stones are set in an unbroken mosaic of colour seemingly independent of metal support — was introduced by Van Cleef in 1937 . |
23 | Among many-celled animals , various types of worm and some shellfish have a similar arrangement , but the pigment-backed light-sensitive cells are set in a little cup . |