Example sentences of "[pers pn] is set [prep] " in BNC.

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1 At 21 she is set for stardom , but she still finds time for people who have fallen on hard times .
2 The implications of Festin in Palacio are realised in a particularly horrific version of Queen Mariana of 1963 , Perro devorando a la Reina Mariana ( Dog devouring Queen Mariana ) where she is set upon by hunting dogs who tear at her blood-red head gear ( Fig. 10 ) .
3 While you are experimenting with the zoom , note how much easier it is to hold the picture in the viewfinder steady when it is set to wide-angle .
4 If it is set to ’ write ’ then the addressed cell is over-written with the value supplied on the input data line .
5 If it is set to one , the record in question has this attribute .
6 If it is set to zero , the record does not .
7 A small button underneath the mouse can be pressed to reveal which channel it is set to by counting the number of times a neighbouring LED blinks .
8 If policy can be set to one side then it is set to one side and I think it enhances the reputation of of the system .
9 On an unexpanded machine , it is set to & 4000 .
10 Now it is set to be the unofficial mascot of staff at Harper and Harper furniture , Northgate , who have taken the bird to a taxidermist to be stuffed .
11 Certainly in broadsheet media like the Daily Telegraph , a 35cm × 4 col space is likely to be every bit as good as the far more expensive full page , not least because it is set into news matter , rather than merely facing it .
12 It is set for public release at Christmas .
13 It is set for volume in second quarter 1994 and is not yet priced .
14 It is set for April release , and the list price is to be £1,300 while existing users qualify for a free upgrade .
15 Although M&S may still come in second , the City believes it is set for strong future growth and the shares were marked up 6p to 355p .
16 It is set on a platform reached by seventy-four basalt steps , and its tall twin white towers , set each side of the main doorway , make it a landmark from Funchal way below .
17 This is called the fill light , and it is set on the other side of the camera to reduce the depth of the shadows and to soften the modelling of the subject .
18 Boasting easy access to the hinterland for those who wish to explore , about ten minutes walk from the centre of the city itself and around 50 yards from the sea and sand of the beach , it is set on a corner location .
19 Most annuals can be placed straight into the propogator , providing it is set at a temperature within the stated range , but some need to be covered with a polythene bag or sheet of glass .
20 ( At present , it is set at 0.66 , which reflects the relatively high frequency of function words in normal text . )
21 It is set at the junction of four minor lanes , none of which has any indications of antiquity .
22 The novelistic density of Andrien 's film makes the well-meant Canadian picture Bye Bye Blues ( director , Anne Wheeler ) , which touches on somewhat related themes though it is set during the war , seem merely novelettish .
23 However , I can tell you that the title is The Life & Times Of Henry Pratt and it is set during the years 1936 to 1953 .
24 Unusually for a city hotel , it is set around a lovely , lush private garden where sun-loungers are set out around the wonderfully secluded swimming pool .
25 It is set in a medieval castle in a historic town in Eastern Europe .
26 And then there is the international novel , which is particularly easy to translate because it is set in a generalised Nowhere and has no idiosyncratic language to disturb its translators .
27 Taken from a one-act play by Prosper Merimee , it is set in 18th-century Peru and focuses on a company of travelling players performing in the tradition of the commedia dell'arte .
28 Again , it is set in the most spectacular countryside and well worth taking your camera to .
29 It is set in a quiet and sunny spot just 12 minutes walk from the village .
30 It is set in Peru where the stunt man has been making a movie .
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