Example sentences of "[is] set [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The idea is to set to work without great expense and elaborate machinery , or under primitive conditions . |
| 2 | Darlington Council 's next plan is to set to work improving the derelict land sites bordering the River Skerne . |
| 3 | The objective of all the Departments within the Faculty of Humanities is to set before students the example of the highest standards of performance , to teach them to think for themselves , to develop their individual abilities , and to express their ideas cogently and objectively . |
| 4 | What these works do , or tend to do , not so much singly , perhaps , as in series , is to set in train through the sheer repetition of their demeaning view of women , for example , or their glamorisation of crime , what is known in behaviouristic terms as a process of conditioning , the ‘ drip-drip ’ effect of popular parlance . |
| 5 | What the defendant has done is to set in motion a chain of events . |
| 6 | The ignition timing is set to TDC for use with 2 star petrol , but this is becoming harder to find . |
| 7 | Even longer delays can occur when the printer is set to work . |
| 8 | One dreads a future version in which Freud is set to work on the decision of Higgins and Pickering to set up together as two old bachelors . |
| 9 | But if I speak of a stone that turneth all to gold , or a treasure hidden in the menstruum of whores , then the imagination is set to work . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | You will discover that it is much easier to find the exact point of focus when the zoom is set to telephoto , partly due to the enlargement of the image and partly to the fact that the focus depth of field is much shallower at this end of the zoom . |
| 12 | The ballet is set to Beethoven 's First Piano Concerto and Page and his designer , Howard Hodgkin , have responded to the ‘ formality and intimacy ’ that they find in the score by conjuring a kind of post-modern Court . |
| 13 | The cam lever is set to L on Silver machines and on Brother machines both the central buttons ( MC and L ) are pushed in . |
| 14 | A TOWN 'S newest soccer league for youngsters is set to kick-off with a little help from the local beat bobby . |
| 15 | So , for example , when the Note selector is set to E and the Vernier knob is set to 25 cents sharp , the pitch of the tuning will be raised by one quarter of the frequency difference between E and F. |
| 16 | InterOp 93 Spring is set for March 8–12 at the Washington Convention Center in DC . |
| 17 | XWorld ‘ 93 is set for March 8–11 at the Marriott Marquis hotel in New York City . |
| 18 | My wedding is set for April ; whether I 'm called up or not , it 's going through . |
| 19 | It is set for April release , and the list price is to be £1,300 while existing users qualify for a free upgrade . |
| 20 | THE scene is set for Britain 's Chris Lillywhite of the Banana professional team to clinch overall victory in the 1993 Milk Race this afternoon . |
| 21 | NEWSGIRL Samantha Norman is set for TV fame just like her dad — film critic Barry . |
| 22 | Eventually all is set for Culkin , now holed up in his uncle 's deserted townhouse , to wire the rooms , set traps on the stairs , gather inflammable materials and treat Pesci and Stern to a far more violent onslaught than was executed in Home Alone 1 . |
| 23 | Gossels says the development and engineering plans along with a set of milestones and documentation were published along with the second snapshot towards the end of last year and sent to 50 early access members , arguing that the schedule and adherence to it is known and calculable , The next part , the Management Framework , is set for release by the end of the year . |
| 24 | The quagga , a sub-species of zebra distinctive for its lack of hindquarter stripes , is set for reintroduction into South Africa a century after it died out . |
| 25 | General availability of the completed ES/MP release is set for mid-1993 . |
| 26 | Provisionally his trial is set for December , and till then he 's released on bail . ’ |
| 27 | The tenth annual Sun User Group Conference & Exhibition is set for December 7–10 at the San Jose Convention Center in California . |
| 28 | Client/Server World conference and exhibition is set for December 8–10 at McCormick Place in Chicago . |
| 29 | The Forest match is set for Sunday January the twenty sixth … |
| 30 | The event , which is set for Sunday May 6th has extra significance this year , as it coincides with the 20th anniversary of the United States ' twentieth tactical fighter wing being based in Oxfordshire , and master sergeant Bill Fonten is predicting even more crowds will turn up for the day when the U S base throws open its doors . |