Example sentences of "[am/are] set [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ We 're set for the end of the century , ’ he says , ‘ but you ca n't look much further than that , can you ? ’ |
2 | Night netting requires that your nets are set between the rabbits ' home ground and their feeding areas . |
3 | During a study of the various styles , it became apparent to me that if the back legs are set into the seat rails at an angle , this angle , together with the curvature of the rear legs and backward slope of the chair back can regulate the flair : if the legs are mounted at right angles to the rear seat rail , there would be no flair . |
4 | When the facts or events I mentioned above are put together in sequence , and when they are set into the background of recent developments , then a different and far more worrying interpretation begins to appear . |
5 | Beside the front doors of the houses at this mining settlement near Peterlee , slates are set into the walls . |
6 | The church has other features too that come from the Moorish Spain of the Middle Ages : above all , the queer openwork stone screens that are set into the window embrasures , hewn crudely but winningly into geometric patterns . |
7 | Stanza three , the fox 's nose touch twig leaf and its footprints are set into the snow . |
8 | One large dome and two smaller ones with twisted columned drums are set over the narthex which has 12 columns to support them inside . |
9 | Some implements are set with the heads at different angles to make them easier to manoeuvre with one hand . |
10 | er all agricultural prices are set with the B C U and er what we 're er hold on do we just try and organize myself . |
11 | On every release , targets are set for the whole sales force by the sales manager or director , in consultation with the marketing division . |
12 | 1.6 The assessment framework adopted by the Government requires that : ( a ) attainment targets are set for the knowledge , skills , and understanding normally expected at the ages of 7 , 11 , 14 and 16 ; ( b ) pupils ' performances in relation to attainment targets should be assessed and reported on at ages 7 , 11 , 14 and 16 . |
13 | 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 . |
14 | attainment targets are set for the knowledge , skills and understanding normally expected at the ages of 7 , 11 , 14 and 16 ; |
15 | And stargazers who slavishly read those horoscopes are set for the sign of eternal damnation . |
16 | Individual limits on emissions of pollutants are set for the 29 coal and oil-fired power stations , and operating conditions and standards are laid out . |
17 | In other words , prices are set at the end of every even period ( 0 , 2 , 4 , and so on ) to cover the next two periods . |
18 | Bonuses are determined by the Management Development and Remuneration Committee for the achievement of budgeted profit targets and personal objectives which are set at the beginning of the financial year . |
19 | Some further exercises , which include non-cyclical time-paths , are set at the end of the chapter . |
20 | The lovely ruins of 13th-century Valle Crucis — where white-robed Cistercian monks once worshipped — are set beside the Eglwyseg stream in a narrow valley . |
21 | I hate to see ‘ Guernica ’ in a museum whose sights are set on the future , having left once and for all its mausoleum in the Valley of the Fallen , to prove to the world what it is : an extraordinary composition suffocated by an excess of sentimentality , distorted by the deranged howls of the media . |
22 | At low capacity , prices will frequently be high since they are set on the vertical part of the short-run marginal cost curves . |
23 | His sights are set on the British Supercup and British Championship in 1993 , riding an ex-Niall Mackenzie 250 Yamaha , which has been purchased by Charlie Smiley of Carrickfergus . |
24 | The interior is lit partly by the 16 windows in each dome which are set above the springing line , but this has been less effective since the thirteenth century when the outer cupolas were constructed . |
25 | If all outputs are set top the minimum pulse width of 0.75mS , the frame rate will be 14.2mS ( 8 × 0.75mS + 8.2mS ) whilst if all outputs are set to the maximum pulse width of 2.25mS the frame rate will be 26.2mS ( 8 × 2.25mS + 8.2mS ) . |
26 | With a monochrome viewfinder. use ‘ auto ’ or remember to check that you are set to the correct preset . |
27 | Because of the need to respect the sensitivities of foreign States , careful limits are set to the power to make orders : |
28 | 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 . |
29 | The Inner Kingdoms are set within the twilit ring of the Annulii , shielded from contact with the outer world by the mountains and buffer states of the Outer Kingdoms . |
30 | Three long rows of chairs are set before the stage , and there are tables with candelabras , goblets and punch bowls ( the glass is cracked and filthy ) . |