Example sentences of "is set [adv prt] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For an artist to travel is to set out on a visual adventure which may or may not end in fulfilment . |
| 2 | If the cell is set up at an appropriate angle to the incoming light , then when the amplitude of the standing wave is zero the cell transmits the light in the usual way ; when the amplitude is at its maximum the light is deflected at angle equal to twice the incident angle ( Figure 2 ) . |
| 3 | As an example , we look at the case in which an initially isothermal column of liquid is set up with a stable salt gradient in it ; the base of the column is then heated . |
| 4 | His portable laboratory is set up in a small tent which is unbearably hot , and could well do without the added heat from his bunsen burner . |
| 5 | The current thinking of the Department of Trade and Industry ( DTI ) is set out in a Green Paper published in October 1993 . |
| 6 | Make sure the food is set out in an attractive way so that its appearance makes the children excited . |
| 7 | Here is a passage about a picture by Judy Rifka : ‘ In Square Dress , a dancer , seen from above , is set off against an exuberant field of abstract color patches and architecturally evocative lines and circles . |