Example sentences of "[noun] are set [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 the operating priorities of a CMHT are set by manifest , but more importantly latent lines of local service policy ; without clear specifications as to the roles of team members , members will drift towards their common ground ; where team members have no actual or perceived authority to coordinate services , they will create their own service niche to fill ; where teams have little direct control over service resources , their own role will be limited to using their own personnel as resources .
2 HCI Clubs are set in spacious grounds and many have their own private beaches .
3 To begin with , all switches except the inputs are set at random .
4 Salaries in the U.K. 's public museums and galleries are set by two bodies .
5 Songs are set in everyday situations and many listeners appreciate the gritty realism , although others consider the earthiness intolerably shallow .
6 He is right to warn of such dangers , but they are more likely where leading indicators are set in some general , non-rigorous way without carefully developing a model of what is needed , and by when , to improve or maintain each SBU 's competitive strengths .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 Its schools are set in green-lawned campuses , and for years its teachers have been among the highest-paid in Texas .
10 Hours of work are set for certain occupations ( e.g. 40 hours a week ) and overtime may or may not be an option .
11 Initially , all cells in all RAM chips are set to 0 .
12 Down in dumps A GROUP of young people from Northern Ireland are setting off this week on a trip to one of the world 's poorest regions .
13 Her sights are set on international competition .
14 Seeds are set in good seasons , but few are viable , germination is low , and seedlings are vulnerable to predation .
15 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 .
16 In the examples above the durations are set to zero to inhibit the facilities .
17 Stone funerary beds are set on each side of the main chamber .
18 In the tables which follow , and which illustrate the distribution of dated items first by century , and then by decade within the twentieth century , the findings of the 1969–70 and 1970–71 surveys are set alongside those of the present Call-slip analysis exercise .
19 Policy goals and objectives are set by legislative bodies , made up of politicians .
20 ‘ The lasers are set for automatic response .
21 Most of the chants are set to simple Latin texts , which perhaps heightens the sense of their ‘ traditional ’ feel .
22 ‘ During wind and rain ’ , in which memories of the past are set against present reality through contrasting images and metres , is one of the greatest of them ; but ‘ The oxen ’ , inspired by his nostalgia for the traditions of Christianity , is perhaps the most popular .
23 er yes , so we 've got the European er currency units and all agricultural prices are set by this unit and in fact the green pound er is used to translate this er E C U into pound sterling .
24 Prices are set in local currencies .
25 I strongly suspect the limits are set by social empathy in interactions with animals .
26 As yet , the robot has no way of knowing whereabouts its gripper will be , when its joints are set at particular angles .
27 It is part of their purpose to open the eyes of their readership to the true conditions of working-class life , and many scenes are set in impoverished interiors .
28 These traditional villages are set in some of the most beautiful Austrian scenery we know .
29 The cottages are set in some of the most beautiful spots , including Snowdonia National Park , the Lake District , Brownsea Island , Dorset , and the the Fal Estuary , Cornwall .
30 It 's because subscriptions for new members are set at fifteen hundred pounds to make sure no one joins .
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