Example sentences of "[noun sg] are set [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Traditionally , and with good reason , large amounts of text are set in a serifed face ( that 's one with the little tick marks at the ends of the letters ) and headings are set in a typeface that does n't have them ; a sans serif face . |
| 2 | However , the zone bits of the right-hand ( least significant ) digit of a numeric field are set to " 10 " for a negative value and to any other pattern ( 00,01 , or 1 I , but usually 1 I ) for a positive value . |
| 3 | As may be seen in Fig. 3.1 the coordinates of the wire element are x' , y' , z' , whereas the coordinates of the point where we wish to determine the magnetic field are set of coordinates . |
| 4 | It is essential , for instance , that environmental standards for industry are set at a European level so that companies do not compete by seeking out those locations with inadequate environmental protection . |
| 5 | Holly Johnson 's and Paul Rutherford 's games with masculinity and male pleasure are set in remarkably old-fashioned contexts , in sixties-style ‘ liberated ’ party settings , women as available , threatening receptacles of desire . |
| 6 | Adult and community education , youth work , special educational needs , repairs and maintenance and central administration are set to be sacrificed to protect individual school budgets . |
| 7 | Hours of work are set for certain occupations ( e.g. 40 hours a week ) and overtime may or may not be an option . |
| 8 | Today , the remarkably well-preserved ruins of the church , Abbot 's House and Infirmary are set in an attractive , wooded park — though surrounded by an incongruous mass of streets and factories . |
| 9 | Colour for summer ‘ 93 is defined by the trend towards naturals — skin tones , neutrals and pale legwear are set against outerwear 's neutral classics . |
| 10 | Like its predecessors , it is structured around a simple thesis — in this case , that information and knowledge are setting in motion a profound shift in the nature and location of power . |
| 11 | In Britain , the political system is grounded in a fundamental consensus as to the desired ends of public policy and the means to attain them , and so the rules of the interest group game are set by society to ensure " fair play " and free access for all legitimate interests that want the ear of government . |
| 12 | With awareness of what is wrong , the corrective forces of democracy are set in motion . |
| 13 | ‘ During wind and rain ’ , in which memories of the past are set against present reality through contrasting images and metres , is one of the greatest of them ; but ‘ The oxen ’ , inspired by his nostalgia for the traditions of Christianity , is perhaps the most popular . |
| 14 | TOP-LEVEL talks to help save the closure-threatened Cammell Laird shipyard are set to be held in Wirral tomorrow . |
| 15 | The singers appear in a suitably concert platform balance ( not always the case , even in live recordings ) and the orchestra are set in a natural spread , only occasionally seeming to be boosted a little by the engineers . |
| 16 | Both church and rectory are set in a serenely tranquil site , partially secreted by a variety of lovely trees . |
| 17 | Security and cell directory royalties will be $400 to OSF and $80 to USL and global directory are set at $250 and $50 respectively . |
| 18 | If both printer and application are set to CR only , this would cause your problem . |
| 19 | NATIONAL Vocational Qualifications ( NVQs ) designed to introduce standards-based working practices throughout all areas of industry and commerce are set to be available for thousands of Group employees . |
| 20 | Extracts from the report are set in italic type : salient comments follow , verbatim . |
| 21 | AROUND 3,000 white-collar jobs at British Coal are set to be axed and more pits could close if the industry does not become more competitive , the corporation 's chairman admitted yesterday . |
| 22 | What happens in many of the significant films that emerge after the war is that the claims of the community and the individual are set against each other , bringing together Ealing realism and Gainsborough melodrama in a tremendously fruitful , if brief and explosive , relationship . |
| 23 | BLUNDERING builders who have made residents ' lives a misery are set to be hauled over the coals by angry councillors . |
| 24 | Types of loans : Some bank loans are made on a fixed interest rate basis which means the interest rate plus spread are set for the loan 's entire term when it is granted . |
| 25 | With the implementation of the present Call-slip analysis exercise it became possible to review the situation after an interval of almost ten years , and in the tables which follow , those findings of the present Survey which relate to foreign-language material are set alongside the broadly comparable findings of the earlier periods . |
| 26 | Pop culture thus works through an amalgam of attitude , inspiration , intuition and detail ( for nobody is as obsessive as the true pop fan , whose obsession is rarely given the respect it deserves ) ; crucially , it works best not in public , where the terms of discourse are set by the dominant culture , but in private space . |