Example sentences of "[pron] is [adv] set [prep] " in BNC.

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1 More conclusive evidence comes from experiments in which the nucleus is removed from a fertilized egg , and is replaced by the nucleus of a cell which is already set on the road to becoming , for example , a gut cell or a skin cell .
2 Each candidate has a score associated with it , which is initially set by the pattern recogniser and then updated by each of the analysers ( this score is not shown in the example below for reasons of clarity ) .
3 the results are impressive as the steam seals the meat and stops the protein oozing out as it is already setting in the joint .
4 ‘ There is an exotic dancer who you could say , in modern terms , is a strippogram but it is actually set in 1870s Russia so she is an exotic dancer .
5 The Company is intent on maximising its potential and feels it is now set to further sales from 1991 which with revenue from other sources , point to a good year for the Company as a whole .
6 Sprat says that he ‘ had the true imagination of the whole extent of this enterprise , as it is now set on foot ’ .
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