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

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1 HCI Clubs are set in spacious grounds and many have their own private beaches .
2 During a study of the various styles , it became apparent to me that if the back legs are set into the seat rails at an angle , this angle , together with the curvature of the rear legs and backward slope of the chair back can regulate the flair : if the legs are mounted at right angles to the rear seat rail , there would be no flair .
3 Some implements are set with the heads at different angles to make them easier to manoeuvre with one hand .
4 Stone funerary beds are set on each side of the main chamber .
5 Because of the need to respect the sensitivities of foreign States , careful limits are set to the power to make orders :
6 Even if the catechisms of ‘ correct thought ’ are updated and find new roots , and old upbeat endings are set to more popular and contemporary tunes , they will not be able to generate the more intricate models or maps which are required to confront successfully the types of racism which are evidenced by our two transcripts .
7 Rigid standards are set by National Standards Institutions and expensive equipment such as the Instrom pneumatic tensionmeter is used to check random samples during manufacture .
8 If the regression coefficients for estimating the population ‘ at risk ’ of requiring Personal Social Services are set at plus or minus two standard errors , this estimated expenditure need might range from £167 to £3 56 per child aged 5–17 .
9 Bold stripes in any one of six colours are set against a crisp white background .
10 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 .
11 Yet these contexts are set by the parameters of political discourse in exactly the same manner as the conceptual vocabulary of academics and practitioners structures their own treatment of the same issues .
12 If all outputs are set top the minimum pulse width of 0.75mS , the frame rate will be 14.2mS ( 8 × 0.75mS + 8.2mS ) whilst if all outputs are set to the maximum pulse width of 2.25mS the frame rate will be 26.2mS ( 8 × 2.25mS + 8.2mS ) .
13 Either keep an astute cat , or make sure traps are set inside drainpipes where pets and birds ca n't get at them .
14 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 .
15 These traditional villages are set in some of the most beautiful Austrian scenery we know .
16 GRANTS to tenants who need to redecorate after major repairs are set to be boosted by Wear Valley District Council .
17 One large dome and two smaller ones with twisted columned drums are set over the narthex which has 12 columns to support them inside .
18 And stargazers who slavishly read those horoscopes are set for the sign of eternal damnation .
19 Moreover even if these sceptical grumblings are set to one side , are we to interpret the proposition that there has been a secular rise in NAIRU as pointing to a rise in the natural unemployment rate ?
20 The fees charged to overseas students are set for each degree at a level which reflects the full cost of tuition for that degree , and are not directly comparable with the reduced and standardised fees charged to students from the United Kingdom and European Community countries .
21 er all agricultural prices are set with the B C U and er what we 're er hold on do we just try and organize myself .
22 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 .
23 When the fuselage surfaces , the wings will still be under water — you know how low wings are set on a modern jet .
24 The Inner Kingdoms are set within the twilit ring of the Annulii , shielded from contact with the outer world by the mountains and buffer states of the Outer Kingdoms .
25 Among many-celled animals , various types of worm and some shellfish have a similar arrangement , but the pigment-backed light-sensitive cells are set in a little cup .
26 Full-time courses are set alongside part-time programmes , short courses and extra-mural study , ensuring a student population balanced in age , varied in background and experience and strong in commitment to study and achievement .
27 Full-time courses are set alongside part-time programmes , short courses and extra-mural study , ensuring a student population balanced in age , varied in background and experience and strong in commitment to study and achievement .
28 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 .
29 Catch quotas in the open seas are set by the North Atlantic Fisheries Organization , but the EC set its own , higher , quotas in 1986 in response to pressure from the depressed Iberian fishing industry .
30 The arrays hold a variable number of pointers , and any unused ones are set to null .
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