Example sentences of "[be] [adv] set by " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where it is not supported , the reason is often , as suggested by Rundquist ( 1980 , 1983 ) , because the spending patterns are already set by the geography of demands ( one would not expect large spending on subsidies for cotton farmers in New Hampshire , for example ) and the goal of the pork barrellers is rather to get plenty of money for the programme than to direct it to certain areas rather than others . |
| 2 | Spending levels had been already set by democratically agreed initiatives ( such as Proposition 98 , which guaranteed that 40.3 per cent of state outlays be spent on schools ) , federal rules and court decisions . |
| 3 | Nursing homes are still registered by the health authorities , so their ability to meet , and setting of standards that they 're required to meet , are still set by the health authority , registered by the health authority , and monitored by the health authority . |
| 4 | It could be forgotten that these limitations are also set by environmental factors . |
| 5 | It was explained that this was because the company was perpetually producing new products with life-cycles of two to four years and that the product mixes over the narrow product range in current production were largely set by the available type of capacity over such periods . |
| 6 | This problem appears in a more or less acute form in many countries whose borders were arbitrarily set by colonial rulers or as the outcome of wars . |
| 7 | Limits to the individual accumulation of capital were also set by , for instance , the Asante state whose long distance trade was shared between state merchants and wealthy private traders . |
| 8 | Two of the lyrics set by Cavendish ( xix and xx ) were later set by Michael East [ q.v. ] in his Madrigales to 3. 4. and 5. parts ( 1604 ) and Cavendish 's only other extant work , besides his published book , is a contribution to The Whole Booke of Psalmes , published in 1592 by Thomas East [ q.v. ] , thought to be the father of Michael East . |
| 9 | These limits were originally set by phonographic performance Limited , representing the record companies , and the Musicians ' Union , to safeguard the viability of commercial recordings . ) |
| 10 | The rates are ultimately set by the individual authority , but usually within the bands laid down by the National Joint Council for Local Authorities ' Administrative , Professional , Technical and Clerical Services ( LAAPTAC ) . |
| 11 | As C. D. Burns remarked in 1924 : " We have … developed in England a compromise by means of which the educational system is in great part a State system and the standard of education is largely set by the universities free from state control . " |
| 12 | Community liaison committees tend to steer clear of contentious issues , and the agenda is usually set by the police . |
| 13 | However powerful or disruptive other actors become , the theoretical framework is still set by what states decide about guidelines or , in a systems perspective , what states are pressured into deciding by the demands of the system . |
| 14 | Each candidate has a score associated with it , which is initially set by the pattern recogniser and then updated by each of the analysers ( this score is not shown in the example below for reasons of clarity ) . |
| 15 | State policy is instead set by the impersonal logic which drives government in a capitalist society to develop the economic base and coercively maintain social stability . |
| 16 | The scene for the election to the Constitutional Convention was formally set by the British Government when it published its White Paper " The Northern Ireland Constitution " ( see above page 8 ) which was almost immediately followed by the passing of the Northern Ireland Act 1974 on 17 July . |
| 17 | The pattern was clearly set by which the extension of secondary education , because it was free , would increase the pressure effect of the exam whatever form it took . |
| 18 | But its tone was really set by its two paintings : both nudes , girls in sunlit interiors , pinks , reds , greens , honeys , ambers ; all light , warmth , glowing like yellow fires with life , humanity , domesticity , sexuality , Mediterraneity . |
| 19 | The UBR also represented a change in that the ‘ poundage rate ’ under this scheme was now set by central government and not by the local authority . |
| 20 | But I think in the few months that this administration has er , has been in office , it is encouraging to see that the county council is operating inside the budget , er , which I believe was actually set by the previous administration , erm , er over which we had no influence whatsoever . |