Example sentences of "[conj] [noun pl] [am/are] set [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a result of intense competition , bonds are often sold at a discount to attract investors ( the " reallowance " ) or else banks would sell their bonds in the grey market ( a market for bonds on which the issue price or syndicate allocations has not yet been determined , where quotes are set in relation to the unknown final price ) , which may oblige the lead manager to buy the bonds back in order to support the price . |
| 2 | Check the flaunchings ( the mortar that pots are set into ) , and treat porous brickwork with a waterproofing solution . |
| 3 | We shall also assume that wages rather than prices are set in advance , so that our formal model is one of ‘ wage stickiness ’ rather than ‘ price stickiness ’ . |
| 4 | It is therefore crucial that standards are set by the EEC and that manufacturers , government and retailers should be forced to provide the best technology on the market . |
| 5 | Salaries in the U.K. 's public museums and galleries are set by two bodies . |
| 6 | This power brings with it the responsibility to ensure that decisions are made and priorities are set upon the basis of the best educational advice available . |
| 7 | Policy goals and objectives are set by legislative bodies , made up of politicians . |
| 8 | Choice , however limited in scope , implies debate , and debate implies a degree of freedom , even if limits are set on what can be debated . |
| 9 | Traditionally , and with good reason , large amounts of text are set in a serifed face ( that 's one with the little tick marks at the ends of the letters ) and headings are set in a typeface that does n't have them ; a sans serif face . |
| 10 | Several copies of the recording have been circulated and transcripts are set to be published next month in a book about the royals called Fall Of The House Of Windsor . |
| 11 | SMOKERS and motorists are set to be hit hardest in Norman Lamont 's Tuesday Budget . |
| 12 | Targets and standards are set for development actions . |
| 13 | If standards are set in concrete , there is no way of teaching children that there are times to be flexible , when special circumstances demand it . |
| 14 | ‘ But his speech showed clearly the trap , and on the whole when traps are set in sight of the victim they do n't usually catch it . ’ |
| 15 | As modules are set into ‘ hard-copy only ’ state , indicating that the offline magnetic copy is no longer required , the system calculates how many modules are still needed on a particular media item . |