Example sentences of "to [be] set [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each replied that he did not wish to see him without consulting his solicitor as the depositions had been taken and it was understood that nothing further was required other than a date to be set for the trial . |
| 2 | It was the custom when a foreign invader stepped on French soil for the relics of Denis and his companions to be set on the altar , from which they personally conducted the defence of the realm . |
| 3 | While the local residents might tolerate the noise and disruption from an occasional late night party , some limitation needs to be set on the number of such functions that can take place . |
| 4 | Instead I seemed to be set at the centre of a largish halo of believable ambience . |
| 5 | Place a layer of the mixture in the base of the prepared mould , then arrange the melon balls on top , if they are to be set into the mousse . |
| 6 | Well in these days your your sponges had to be set in the afternoon for the men coming in in the morning . |
| 7 | This debate , however , has to be set in the context of our world , of nation-states and transnational corporations , technologies of power and social movements . |
| 8 | However , all of this has to be set in the context that whilst still at school children were dependent for their own basic economic support upon the parental generation . |
| 9 | Political analysts noted that Bush 's problems were compounded by the absence of non-economic issues to be set against the recession . |
| 10 | And obviously some compromise must be struck as , for example , in the case of transport , where undoubtedly the need and desire for mobility and the distances involved in travel have to be set against the knowledge that roads pollute and fast cars kill . |
| 11 | The benefits in earnings terms from devaluation have to be set against the increase in these liabilities . |
| 12 | Moreover all of them have to be set against the background of the changing pressures on industry deriving from wider changes in the national and international economy . |
| 13 | The role of day care needs to be set against the background of other services . |
| 14 | There is , however , no evidence that Ali Kuscu succeeded Molla Husrev , and Uzuncarsili 's statement that he had been transferred to the Ayasofya medrese ( which is not mentioned in the needs to be set against the report that Ali Kuscu accompanied Mehmed II on the campaign against Uzun Hasan ( began Shawwal 877/March 1473 ) and was appointed to the Ayasofya medrese only on their return ( mid-878/autumn 1473 ) . |
| 15 | You will need to warn management of the potentially adverse effects of refusing to appear or to comment and this will need to be set against the fact that having a valid argument does not always guarantee a sympathetic audience . |
| 16 | Illicit drug use also has to be set against the context of prescribed drug-taking . |