Example sentences of "[noun sg] [is] set by " in BNC.

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1 a partly automatic system is better , in which the time for regeneration is set by the operator after tests to determine the water hardness .
2 Is a prisoner serving a life sentence entitled to make representations before his tariff is set by the Secretary of State ? 4 .
3 The voltage gain of the amplifier is set by the ratio of resistor R1 to R1 at 11 times .
4 It will then remain like this until the circuit is Set by making S = 1 whereupon Q will become 1 and .
5 The posture is set by angling the body forward from the waist and flexing the knees to keep the weight even between toes and heels .
6 The renewal fee is set by the Council with the concurrence of the Master of the Rolls .
7 In order to prevent boredom and give motivation a theme is set by the conductor running the session .
8 The second theme is set by the title — the self-made man — which harks back to Gordon Childe 's Man Makes Himself ( 1936 ) .
9 A different kind of limitation is set by the third condition and it is this which we will look at now .
10 The work of the theologian is set by Schleiermacher in that context .
11 The standard charge is set by the local council , and can be zero , one half , equal to , one and a half or twice the cost of the personal community charge in the area .
12 The level of community charge is set by districts and boroughs after taking account of the precepts of other local authorities .
13 THE ‘ X ’ FACTOR Here are two examples of involuntary agenda emphasis , the situation where the agenda is set by events beyond the control of politicians .
14 The right hon. Gentleman will be aware that the agenda of the United Kingdom civil service is set by Ministers of the Crown , whereas the European Commission has the sole right of initiative .
15 ‘ Our product and service standards are geared to what the customer requires , not set in concrete , ’ says ‘ The standard of service is set by the guest .
16 If you then go within countries to the differences between individual areas or forests within a country , there are probably , the general policy is set by governments is more or less holds for all the different timber concerns in the country .
17 Long , graduated tails , in which all but the outermost feathers are elongated , generate the same lift as normal tails ( because maximum span is set by the outermost feathers and so does not change ) but substantially more drag , as elongation adds considerably to tail area .
18 These are known as tap bills and the rate of discount is set by the Treasury .
19 The wage is set by the union executive to maximize the expected utility of the median voter .
20 The variable in the DIM statement is set by BBCBASIC(Z80) to the start address of this memory area .
21 The standard of care is set by the statute .
22 These are swivel-mounted to facilitate cornering , and a constant working depth is maintained by a hydraulic accumulator , whose pressure is set by a hydraulic handpump .
23 The level of the annual contribution to the Compensation Fund is set by the Council .
24 Moreover , the direction is set by powerful clues or ‘ logics ’ gradually established in the organization which enable subsystems to bound their search for strategies .
25 ‘ The ‘ bottom line ’ is that the ground-state orbit is set by a dynamic equilibrium in which collapse of the state is prevented by the presence of zero-point energy .
26 The rate poundage is set by local councils and for Oxford in 1989–90 it is 291.1p in the pound .
27 In most companies , top people 's pay is set by a group of non-executive directors .
28 The governor 's pay is set by the bank 's remuneration committee of external directors .
29 The Ware Standard is set by the Potato Marketing Board in order to guarantee the quality and size of potatoes offered for sale .
30 A curious problem is set by the discovery of a few jade axes in England recently .
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