Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] set [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everyone who is made a priest is set the following ‘ weighty Office and Charge ’ at his Ordination Service : |
| 2 | Therefore part of the appraisal is setting the target to be competent in the job . |
| 3 | You also need to allow headroom by leaving a little space between the top edge of the frame and the subject 's head , except for big c.lose-ups when the rule is to set the head so that the eyes come at about two-thirds of the height of the picture . |
| 4 | You could make complicated calculations , but an alternative is to set the blade for cutting the segments flat , but to hold the plank at the desired angle as you cut . |
| 5 | My reference in the next ensuing paragraph to the general principles of responsibility of the principal for the acts of the agent was to set the context of the consideration that in that particular case the solicitors for the creditors were equally deceived by the dishonest conduct of the son as were his own parents . |
| 6 | Each department was set a minimum target of 52 per cent women and 10 per cent ethnic minorities . |
| 7 | I reassured him that this warning was unnecessary : my ambition was to set the record for the slowest lap of the circuit . |
| 8 | Against this version of criticism of law is set a vision of another mechanism of dispute resolution which is cosy and friendly , in which there are no winners and losers . |
| 9 | NEXT loop is to set the loop variable to a value equal to the limit value and then GOTO to the NEXT statement . |
| 10 | Now organiser Belfast City Council is setting a target of 110,000 participants for the challenge against Rostock . |
| 11 | The sun was setting a glittering scene for the first hole , enlivening the damp leaves on the backdrop of ancient and stately trees , whose different designs gave character to each and every hole on this , one of the loveliest golf courses in southern England . |
| 12 | His entrance test was to set a four-part antiphon ( in a locked room to prevent cheating ) : he completed the task — which took some composers four hours or so — in just over half an hour , and was unanimously elected a member of the Accademia . |
| 13 | Its aim is to set the terms by which countries would move reciprocally to a more open market in defence trade , eliminating discriminatory laws and procurement practices and introducing some openness into the awarding of contracts . |
| 14 | If , however , a group is set an ambiguous task with an uncertain outcome and with little previous experience to draw on it is unlikely to succeed unless it operates as a team at the skilful level . |
| 15 | An area of concern was identified and a project team was set the objective of finding a solution . |
| 16 | Prior to 1988 , the BBC 's licence fee was set every three years at a level that was mid-way between what the BBC wanted and what politicians thought was electorally acceptable . |
| 17 | For example , his belief that the leader 's job was to set a policy and leave his subordinates to implement it — the belief that he had expressed at the War College in the 1920s ( see page 4 ) — got him into deep water in Algeria . |
| 18 | Into recesses in the wall are set a range of marvellous and enigmatic gadgets , clearly the products of some sophisticated science . |
| 19 | When an election for the state assembly was set a year ago , after five years of direct rule from New Delhi , the militants threatened to kill voters as well as candidates . |
| 20 | Here the station was setting the tone for a new British self-image , one more related to the power of medieval romance than classical imperial rule . |
| 21 | Each authority is set a ‘ grant related expenditure assessment ’ ( GREA ) based on computation by the Department of the Environment of how much each authority needs to spend to achieve a common level of services with other authorities of the same type . |
| 22 | And their role is to set the objectives and priorities for the team and to impose shape or pattern on discussions and activities . |
| 23 | If no time limit is set the work tends to be unfocused . |
| 24 | A better and more accurate method is to set the edit-in point on the source-tape early by the amount of the backspace , so that the true edit-in point reaches the playback head just as the record-machine completes the backspace and starts to record . |
| 25 | based on inflation increases and previous authority expenditure patterns , each authority was set a volume expenditure target by the Department of the Environment . |
| 26 | Thirdly the cry to the Father was to set the captives free from the Devil , who ensnares and traps what goodness is left in human beings . |
| 27 | ‘ My visits to the church are to set an example to the brute population of Chiguana . |
| 28 | Round the floor of the valley are set the entrances to the tombs . |
| 29 | The second objective is to set an agenda for discussions ( in a seminar or workshop ) which will facilitate collaboration between existing bibliographic agencies and to suggest new means for the collection of data on African scholarship so that it might be more widely known . |
| 30 | Beyond that , he says that the rediscovery of the lessons of shamanism and the power of psychedelics is setting the scene for a general Archaic Revival , which will see a return to the magical knowledge of tribal times . |