Example sentences of "be [verb] set [adv prt] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Turkey 's state-owned Posts , Telegraphs & Telephone Administration is inviting rebids for the contract to set up a Groupe Speciale Mobile digital cellular system : bids had already been received to set up the system on a revenue-sharing basis , but the tender was withdrawn after the PTT decided to set up the system on a concession basis instead . |
| 2 | The new clauses are designed to set out the structure for a funding council skeleton on which such structures would be built . |
| 3 | Further to our meeting last Friday , I am writing to set out the advice and assistance that we are able to provide in connection with the intended sale of Older Business Limited . |
| 4 | In connection with the role you have asked me to undertake in the dispute between Mr D Smith and the other directors of and shareholders in Smith & Co Limited , I am writing to set out the nature of the responsibilities which you wish me to perform . |
| 5 | Three other LEDs are used to set up the operating status , arranged in a horizontal ‘ traffic light ’ formation : red indicates that the input signal is below the Threshold level , yellow that it has reached Threshold , and the green that it is above Threshold . |
| 6 | The most common failings are to rely too much on words rather than extensively labelled diagrams , to use technical terms and concepts which the user may not understand , to focus on what it is at the expense of what it does and to fail to separate the needs of the operator from the details which are needed to set up the device , to locate faults , to provide remedies and to provide routine maintenance . |
| 7 | To revert to an old style would be to try to set back the clock and deny the progress which had been made and made under divine providence . |
| 8 | The money will be used to set up the trail and to produce a waterproof colour guide . |
| 9 | The cost of one SPS according to the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration was in 1979 put at $25 billion while $30 billion would be required to set up the project . |
| 10 | The Review recommended that there be a fixed period within which the parties would be required to set down the case for trial or to report to the court . |
| 11 | Watkins believed that natural markers were used to set out the ley system . |
| 12 | The mornings of Sunday and Monday were spent setting up the arena , putting in some dance and fight practice , and generally preparing for the show before the pre-show meeting . |
| 13 | She 's helped set up the protest group , Mothers Against Murder and Agression . |
| 14 | At the point where the program is trying to set up the tutorial files it reports that it is unable to find ‘ Festina Text ’ and skips the entire operation . |
| 15 | It was decided to set up the PMIS as part of an " on-line " system ( directly connected to the computer ) using a computer terminal for input and output . |
| 16 | An effort was made to set up the stud in a more favoured , not to say more conventional , site in the foothills of the Nilgiris . |
| 17 | I said we was sent to set up the seating and the pulpit . ’ |