Example sentences of "[modal v] [be] set [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before the rabbit is taken out of the net , another net should be set over the hole in case other rabbits bolt . |
| 2 | The trimpot used to set the first stage gain , should be set at maximum resistance and the multi-turn zero offset trimpot to the centre of its range before this check . |
| 3 | Indeed the political theme for the day should be set at the morning 's press conferences , and local candidates and VIPs fully briefed and able to talk about or answer questions on that topic wherever they may be . |
| 4 | The minimum length of such a re-entry programme should be set at 144 hours throughout the UK . |
| 5 | But bail should be set at a level which effectively deters flight . |
| 6 | In retrospect , we can see that there were strong economic reasons to do so , certainly by the canons of modern public sector pricing theory which suggests that prices should be set at the ( long-run ) marginal costs of supply . |
| 7 | Since SMC measures the marginal social opportunity cost in the short run of the resources used to produce this good , price should be set at SMC to equate marginal social cost and marginal social benefit . |
| 8 | In the short run the efficient output is Q 1 and price should be set at c . |
| 9 | To sum up , prices should be set at short-run marginal cost . |
| 10 | He set no date , but the Constitution required elections within 90 days of the dissolution of parliament , and specified that the date should be set at least six weeks in advance of polling . |
| 11 | To keep within this ceiling it was agreed that the rate of growth of agricultural expenditure should be set at 74 per cent of the rate of growth of Community GNP . |
| 12 | A specified time should be set as a deadline when outgoing mail should be ready if it is to be despatched that day . |
| 13 | A time-scale should be set for the achievement of each of the steps identified , accompanied by a system of monitoring which is independent of those concerned with accomplishing the aim . |
| 14 | Having first made sure that the master volume is well back , Decimax recommend that the ‘ acoustic correction ’ equaliser should be set for flat response while the desired sounds are assembled . |
| 15 | This premise is in direct opposition to the view , currently fashionable , that defined and prescribed academic targets should be set for each stage of a child 's progress through school . |
| 16 | CHC had been saying for a long time , and it seemed to be falling on deaf ears that a date should be set for the closure of Friern and that money should not be spent on the hospital but on services in the community . |
| 17 | The fact is that unless you have a reasonable understanding of what advertising can and can not achieve , you have absolutely no way of deciding what its role in a marketing programme is , what objectives should be set for it , and how to measure whether it has achieved those objectives . |
| 18 | Preferably targets should be set for individuals where the bonus earned is directly related to personal effort . |
| 19 | Hocine Ait Ahmed , leader of the Socialist Forces Front ( FFS ) , declined to attend , and reiterated on Feb. 10 that a date should be set for a return to a " democratic process " which should include the FIS . |
| 20 | Dr Wheeler recommends that new standards should be set for beaches , with a system of grading for levels of contamination , so that bathers would be more aware of the dangers . |
| 21 | The Boundary Commission should be set to work immediately and told to report in time for new constituencies to be in place for the next election — to bring fair representation across the United Kingdom , ensuring that a vote in Scotland is no longer worth more than one in England , or a vote in one constituency worth more than one in another . |
| 22 | Shock and indignation jostle for position in the following quote from a speech of the president of the Royal Society , delivered in 1978 : ‘ Ominously , voices have been raised claiming that limits should be set to scientific inquiry — that there are questions which should not be asked and research which should not be undertaken . ’ |
| 23 | If a rudder rate switch is available , this should be set to high rate to encourage the model to turn as rapidly as possible . |
| 24 | The object here is to make the model fly as smoothly as possible and , ideally , the control movements should be set to the absolute minimum , while the gyro gain should be as high as possible . |
| 25 | The illumination of the background should be set to a somewhat lower level than that for the foreground to give depth to the scene and add prominence to the subject . |
| 26 | The holding lever(s) should be set to the knit position . |
| 27 | In any learning task , the proportion of cells in each chip which should be set to 1 is likely to be independent of the number of cells in the chip ; so the number of learning cycles will be roughly proportional to the size of a chip . |
| 28 | For example , set the text leading to 11 point and that 's what the rulers should be set to measure . |
| 29 | The keyboard setting should be set to British if you want to use the pound ( ) sign . |
| 30 | Our music should be set in an outward discovery of difference and space . |