Example sentences of "[was/were] set at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The point is frequently made that if bus fares were set at a reasonable level , buses would be used more often and public safety would be greater . |
| 2 | However , on November 26th 1676 , six constables , four beadles and several others were set at the chapel doors in order to arrest Baxter . |
| 3 | H. This stands for historic pricing and indicates that unless there has been an intervening revaluation investors may deal at the prices quoted in the newspaper on that day ( which were set at the closing levels of the previous day ) . |
| 4 | Bail was set at a remarkable $300m , one of the highest on record . |
| 5 | It could not be taken along with poor relief , and those with criminal records were excluded ; it was only available at seventy , not sixty ; and it was set at a very mean level , a mere five shillings , below the bare minimum which Seebohm Rowntree calculated was then needed for subsistence . |
| 6 | Partly because of Treasury pressure to limit the overall cost of the scheme and partly due to ageist assumptions concerning the needs of older people , the National Insurance pension was set at a level of bare subsistence rather than adequate maintenance . |
| 7 | His grey hat , which he swept off with a flourish as the ladies approached , was set at a jaunty angle . |
| 8 | First the basic minimum was set at a very low level and was related to pre-war wages thus not reflecting the very steep increase in the prices of basic necessities . |
| 9 | Her father 's tea was set at a corner of the kitchen table , a pile of oatcakes , cheese , a cold wing of game . |
| 10 | The new Kuwaiti dinar was set at a rate of US$1.00=KD0.2857 , the rate applicable before the Aug. 2 Iraqi invasion . |
| 11 | The manat , which would circulate in parallel with the rouble , was set at a value of 1 manat=10 roubles . |
| 12 | While such rural development in non-agricultural activity was also made eligible for aid from the ERDF and ESF , the overall level of funding in this area was set at a relatively low level , in relation to the other Objectives , and in comparison to the budget allocated to the CAP . |
| 13 | By 1970 the official limit , not for the first time , was set at no less than 12,000 kilograms , a fair bit up on the I935 maximum of 7,500 kilograms , while the average yield topped I3,800 kilograms per hectare and , after setting the official limit at I3,000 kilograms in 1973 , a law was passed the following year placing an absolute ceiling of 13,000 kilograms per hectare on all AOC Champagne vineyards , beyond which the so-called maximum could not be stretched . |
| 14 | Thus an ivory statue of Athena Alea from the famous sanctuary at Tegea in the Greek Peloponnese was set at the entrance to his Forum , while a tusk of the Calydonian boar — no doubt correctly labelled — passed into the emperor 's bone collection . |
| 15 | Their first gig was set at the Manchester Ritz , supporting the hyped Blue Rondo A La Turk on October 4th 1982 . |
| 16 | Naturally straight , black hair was set at the crown on small curlers then gelled into two different shapes . |
| 17 | Brazilian diamonds were used to define the main bands , a fine Indian diamond was set at the middle , a Ceylonese sapphire appeared above the globe and over all was set a cross of pink diamonds . |
| 18 | If it is an even number , then was in fact set two periods earlier and was set at the close of the previous period . |
| 19 | If t is odd , then was set at the end of the previous period and was set two periods earlier . |
| 20 | The limit between nodular hyperplasia of endocrine ( argyrophil ) cells and carcinoid tumours was set at the size of 0.5 mm according to the classification of Solcia et al . |
| 21 | ( The upper limit of normal for each measure was set at the 95th centile ) . |