Example sentences of "[prep] [be] set [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the North , Huddersfield car salesman Mohammed Sadiq is seriously ill after being set on fire in abrutal attack . |
| 2 | Half the class refused to go to the lessons , frightened of being set on fire or being thrown through a window , but Endill liked the suspense of waiting to see what each mixture did next . |
| 3 | A tradition is not a matter of being set in your ways . |
| 4 | ‘ Like the sonata , the concerto also has the same seriousness of purpose and it is very definitely large-scale in its emotional and musical content , in spite of being set in just one single movement . ’ |
| 5 | When work is not in progress on a module but the module must be accessed by a package , the module must be locked against being set to hard copy only and against modification . |
| 6 | The rules of the game , then , far from being set by society so as to ensure fair play for all , seemed to be set by the local authorities . |
| 7 | Was this was ‘ a good example to be setting to the Chinese Government ’ ? |
| 8 | Before embarking upon a review of some of the findings from my survey , the scene needs to be set with a brief summary of the main arguments and counter-arguments concerning assessment . |
| 9 | Achilles tired and veered towards the stands , seeming to some spectators to carry Pretty Polly wide , but once past she appeared to be set for victory . |
| 10 | If purposeful , goal-directed activity is to take place , clear objectives need to be set for all the organisation 's activities . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | A date has yet to be set for its release . |
| 13 | Austin , Texas-based Pencom Software Inc has kicked off a programme to offer prototype device drivers for NextStep 486 expeditiously , to help hardware and peripherals vendors to be set for NextWorld next month . |
| 14 | Looking at the total expenditure and the economic projections , ministers decided broadly and in a preliminary way what limits had to be set for spending in the next financial year ( then about nine months away ) . |
| 15 | One basket was for the house ; a different basket held larger eggs , chosen to be set for hatching . |
| 16 | Due to the continuing grave security situation in Transcaucasia dates had still to be set for local soviet and republican Supreme Soviet elections in Azerbaijan . |
| 17 | You will need to ensure that system-wide logical names etc. , are properly set up on system reboot , and you will also require some symbols to be set for all your LIFESPAN users . |
| 18 | When one colony is markedly smaller than the other and so can not field an imposing team , it is raided , the queen is killed , and workers , pupae and larvae are carried off to be set to work in the victors ' nest . |
| 19 | Some limits have to be set to any project . |
| 20 | Some limits had to be set to such claims ; and the selection of such limits , being essentially a matter of policy , was one which the legislature alone is equipped to make . |
| 21 | The vertical and horizontal rulers need to be set to a rigidly defined position , at least for the purposes of setting up the grids . |
| 22 | For example , some programs will express that the Files and Buffers have to be set to a certain number for that particular program to operate correctly . |
| 23 | And all to be set to her account , for she had driven him away ! |
| 24 | Earlier in the year Jordan had called for the homeless to be set to work on a state-run farm . |
| 25 | Bit 7 of the most significant byte is the sign bit and , for the purposes of calculating the magnitude of the number , this bit is assumed to be set to one . |
| 26 | There were also some difficulties in the supply of raw materials and a new target had to be set of 35 machine sets . |
| 27 | ‘ He might turn out to be set of sub-atomic particles bouncing around in a box in intelligent wave formations , ’ the Doctor fumed . |
| 28 | The Empire was to be set on a ‘ new course ’ by a process of increasing the parliamentary content of the constitutional structure with a view to producing a more ‘ liberal ’ regime . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | The point , though , is that Neath never asked to be set on this pedestal . |