Example sentences of "[noun] [be] set at [adj] " in BNC.

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1 To begin with , all switches except the inputs are set at random .
2 Usually a number of variables are set at predefined levels and the resulting values of one or more ‘ response ’ variables observed ; this would be the situation in an industrial experiment to study the variation in yield of some product resulting from changing levels of temperature , amount of catalyst , process time , and so on .
3 Whilst the assumption that asset demands are set at such a level so as to minimize ( 4 ) yields models that are both tractable and consistent with observed empirical realities , the justification for quadratic costs in such models is always somewhat ad hoc .
4 In February 1990 the government adopted a budget with a projected deficit of 11,442 million francs CFA ; revenue was set at 98,143 million francs CFA , and expenditure at 109,585 million francs CFA .
5 Total budget revenue was set at 50,500,000 million rupiah , an increase of 18 per cent over the 1990-91 budget ( US$1.00=RPs1,897.44 as at Jan. 14 , 1991 ) .
6 In 1976 the figure was set at 20,000 , and it was expected in that year that the figure would not exceed 15,000 in the following and subsequent years .
7 Times being hard , annual subscriptions were set at five bob .
8 In France such a ceiling is set at 40 LUs in the Zone de Montagne ( 267 sheep ) and 30 LUs ( 200 sheep ) in the Zone de Piedmont .
9 The Government-imposed safety limit for annual average exposure to Radon in a home is set at 200 becquerels per cubic metre of air .
10 The standard spending assessment for all services in Derbyshire was set at 17 per cent .
11 The budget deficit ceiling was set at 950,100 million roubles ( US$1=0.5461 roubles at the official rate as at July 13 , 1992 ) , representing 12-14 per cent of the projected 1992 gross national product ( for projected deficit for the first quarter see p. 38923 ) .
12 The maximum customs tariff on imports was set at 50 per cent and the minimum at 10 per cent .
13 They push very much the deep cut system in the U K. Deep cut system in in America means that the machine goes forward a distance before any supports are set at all erm and then the supports do set roof falls .
14 Taxes are high but not crippling ( income tax in six ranges increases from 12 per cent to 50 per cent , and corporation tax is set at 40 per cent of the profits but mitigated by many concessions ) .
15 The right-hand combination wheels were set at one-three-seven .
16 The upper age limit for entrants was set at 25 , the lower limit we did n't set .
17 Initially the TDR was set at 8 per cent in the mid-1960s and raised to 10 per cent in 1969 The rate was reviewed in 1972 but not changed .
18 Based on current values , up to 1,000,000 forints ' worth of land and 200,000 forints ' worth of other property ( houses , hotels , factories , etc. ) would be compensated in full , with compensation above those limits being awarded against real values on a sliding scale ; the upper limit for awards per claimant was set at 5,000,000 forints ( US$1.00=76.6553 forints as at April 29 , 1991 ) .
19 With effect from April 15 the initial base rate was set at 550 new kwanzas to one US dollar — a devaluation of 69 per cent .
20 The basic bank lending rate was set at 36 per cent per month .
21 Initially , x was set at 3 per cent .
22 The reform was intended to affect all farms and estates of more than 180 hectares ( 450 acres ) but in Pomerania — the Polish Corridor — the soil was so poor that the lower limit was set at 400 hectares ( 1,000 acres ) .
23 The ransom was set at 4 million écus once again , but this time the French were given four months to raise three-quarters of it , which was clearly impossible .
24 As yet , the robot has no way of knowing whereabouts its gripper will be , when its joints are set at particular angles .
25 It 's because subscriptions for new members are set at fifteen hundred pounds to make sure no one joins .
26 The level of statistical significance was set at 0.05 .
27 K was set at five and a half percent in the first year .
28 The pulse frequency was set at 1.5 Hz .
29 The minimum for spending was set at 244,000,000 million zloty — 7,000,000 million zloty less than originally envisaged , and it was anticipated that revenues could drop by 10,000,000 zloty past the originally projected 227,000,000 zloty .
30 Under the SMP , development spending was set at 104,000 million ringgits ( US$1.00=2.7804 ringgit as at July 8 , 1991 ) , up from 61,850 million ringgits under the fifth plan .
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