Example sentences of "[prep] [be] set by " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Standards tend to be set by comparison with what is consistently achievable under the circumstances . |
| 3 | To be already known and understood gives an obvious head-start but since this is a particular sort of meeting , disciplined boundaries and clear objectives need to be set by both parties . |
| 4 | They came with fiddly switches and jumpers which had to be set by hand , arcane rituals of interrupt conflict avoidance , instructions written in terse technobabble . |
| 5 | From the perspective of the late 1980s , the latter two interpretations seem more plausible than the first ; the terms of the conjunctural negotiations , while by no means monolithic , seem to be set by chart pop , ‘ stadium rock ’ , disco , and middle-of-the-road styles . |
| 6 | Both in Lambeth and Liverpool councillors were seeking to exploit a legal loophole — the absence of any statutory date for setting a rate-subsequently removed by the Local Government Act 1986 ( which requires a legal rate to be set by 1 April ) . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Uniform national ambient air quality standards ( NAAQSs ) were to be set by the EPA to protect public health and welfare ( table 8.1 ) . |
| 9 | The area to be distributed was to be set by individual republics . |
| 10 | The summit also resolved to create " a programme to support development efforts in the Arab and Islamic world " , by setting up a fund expected to total some US$15,000-20,000 million , with contributions to be set by Finance Ministers at a forthcoming meeting . |
| 11 | In the agriculture and forestry sector the committee would set a target only for rice production , leaving export quotas for other major products such as rubber and coffee to be set by government departments . |
| 12 | He emphasised the need for standards to be set by those at the top of organisations . |