Example sentences of "[det] [was/were] set [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The numbering limits on this were set at 32767 which might , at first glance seem an impressive number . |
| 2 | Many of the verses were in fact small poems , and some were set to music . |
| 3 | After discussion this was set at £2 a head for the weekend . |
| 4 | This was set at 1.2 per cent of the GNP of the EC by 1992 , with intermediate ceilings prior to 1992 . |
| 5 | when the word has been overlapped with all members of the filter set , take those weak overlap indices with a frequency greater than a certain threshold ( this was set to 1 for the example below ) and append them to the strong overlap list . |
| 6 | Middlesbrough Bears 41 Slangerup 47 THIS was set to be one of the most exciting challenges for the opening of a new season at Middlesbrough 's Cleveland Park last night , but wet and miserable conditions turned it into something of a farce . |
| 7 | This was set as the minimum for contributions to the first loan , in 1522 , men of less substance being let on until , perhaps , the yield had proved disappointing . |
| 8 | All this was set in just about one acre . |
| 9 | This was set against the teaching and learning which the Inspectorate had observed in their school sample . |
| 10 | This was set against a background of rocks , sand , barbed wire and empty ammunition boxes , with large amounts of fake snow sprayed over everything . |
| 11 | The prelude to this was set by another psychoanalyst called Otto Rank one of Freud 's er early followers who had published a book called the Myth of the Birth of the Hero and in this book what Rank did was to trawl through world folklore and literature , from myths of heroes , and of course there are a lot of those books , and dozens and dozens of them and what he does in the book is he distils all these dozens and dozens of myths and he finds that there 's a common pattern emerges and it 's , it 's pretty stereotypical actually and the common pattern is the hero is born of royal or divine parents , the hero for some reason or other that loses his parents or is cast out by them or is er exposed in some way , erm the hero is often threatened by some outside force and then rescued by er humble people . |
| 12 | These were set in motion once fighting began and were kept in effect despite falls in prices . |
| 13 | All were set in a wide range of localities , were powerful and dramatic , but lack organization . |
| 14 | The latter were set at 90 dollars , or £pound18 a month for able seamen and firemen . |
| 15 | The old lady died and within weeks they 'd decided to get married ; they started furnishing the rooms over the shop and all was set for a wedding . ’ |
| 16 | All was set for Innocent 's arbitration . |
| 17 | most were set by several … [ and ] although one compositor might set a whole book , he would not normally be working on that book alone but would intersperse work on other jobs when it was called for … |