Example sentences of "is set " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Sun newspaper is to set up a service called ‘ Hard Views ’ aimed at ‘ cleaning up and improving the standards of journalism in television ’ . |
| 2 | One of her latest projects is to set up a paper-making plant in Nepal . |
| 3 | To cancel a project is to set back a country 's loan or grant programme and perhaps risk political problems between recipient and donor . |
| 4 | Mazda is to set up a centre in Belgium to train staff in sales and after-sales service . |
| 5 | The idea is to set up a Telephone Preference Service . |
| 6 | Win or lose , the important thing for Vicini is to set an example of calmness to his side , to remove some of the pressure of the nation 's extravagant expectations . |
| 7 | Win or lose , the important thing for Vicini is to set an example of calmness to his side , to remove some of the pressure of the nation 's extravagant expectations . |
| 8 | One idea is to set up alternative decision-making processes for ‘ out-of-area ’ operations . |
| 9 | My favourite , no-check method of raising the dozen , or so , plants I need is to set seeds in biodegradable 3in ( 8cm ) Fyba Growpots . |
| 10 | A mnemonic for this phenomenon is to set the first and second fingers and thumb of the left hand at right angles to one another . |
| 11 | To call it a remarkable sight is to set it against today 's standards . |
| 12 | To do as you are doing , to take to yourself the right to decide who shall and who shall not be born , is to set yourself up above God — ’ |
| 13 | One solution is to set the glass back as much as a foot and to use thick , matured timber mullions to break up the surface . |
| 14 | The role of books such as this and instructors beyond a basic level is to set out clearly the aims for learning . |
| 15 | But better still , if you decide you are going to fish the same one or two swims each time , is to set up permanent anchors . |
| 16 | To empathise is to set aside our own perception of things and attempt to think the way the other person thinks , or feel the way he feels … a very different quality to sympathy . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | The technique in the experiments is to set up two photo-detectors on either side of the calcium or mercury source , preceded immediately by polarisers that allow through only those photons polarised in one direction ( Figure 1a ) . |
| 19 | So Hewlett-Packard 's approach is to set up what amounts to a high-tech classroom in a select group of schools . |
| 20 | Victoria 's genius in the Tenbrae Responses is to set the text to music of simple strength , built on memorable melodic lines in which the text often receives one note per syllable . |
| 21 | Business plans can be as simple or as complicated as the designer wishes , but their prime function is to set well-defined goals and to identify the resources in terms of time , finance , accommodation , equipment , personnel and training that will be required to meet the objectives . |
| 22 | However , this would clearly not be a wise move in practice , and the better course is to set out a formal partnership deed in writing after professional advice . |
| 23 | The purpose of this Code of Conduct is to set out the standards of professional conduct expected of members of the Association and to indicate what matters may be regarded by the Disciplinary Committee as being contrary to the aims , objects and interests of the Association or contrary to the profession of librarianship . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Here the solution is to set a long net around the thicket so that it is totally surrounded and enclosed , in the hope that the rabbits can be bolted out and entangled in the net . |
| 26 | One simple technique employed in this country is to set out mesh racks , which look like square sand sieves , in open water when the pelagic larvae of oysters are free swimming . |
| 27 | A good way of familiarising yourself with the principle of intervallic interchange is to set yourself the following task , both on and away from your guitar . |
| 28 | When you switch the Quad on , the only setting-up procedure that you have to follow is to set the memory function for the reverb , graphic and master effects loop . |
| 29 | The first job when plugging into the Acousticube is to set the ‘ gain' controls to the proper level for a strong , clean sound . |
| 30 | Although it was once thought only Confucian scholars could outwit a kuei , a deterrent popular amongst all Chinese is to set it to solving a riddle . |