Example sentences of "[conj] [noun pl] be set [prep] " in BNC.

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1 There is the Brick Hall , which makes a super picture gallery , the Big Drawing Room , and the adjoining Long Hall , where places were set for dinner at one long table for 160 guests !
2 It provoked a furious backlash from Yeltsin 's opponents , including those inside the Russian Federation Supreme Soviet , where moves were set in train to hold a vote of no confidence in his leadership .
3 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 .
4 Check the flaunchings ( the mortar that pots are set into ) , and treat porous brickwork with a waterproofing solution .
5 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 ’ .
6 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 .
7 It was when it was disturbed — when the predator-prey ratio , or climatic changes , occurred — that events were set in train which would lead to inevitable extinction .
8 That was part of the trouble , that was how it was that events were set in motion .
9 Salaries in the U.K. 's public museums and galleries are set by two bodies .
10 If PURGE-TASKS is set to ALL then only the latest version of a module will continue to follow its defined process model .
11 If PURGE-TASKS is set to NONE then all versions will follow the process model independently .
12 There were also the militia , who were duly called out , and the usual routine of beacons and watchers was set in motion .
13 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 .
14 The cooking fires were lit and pots were set over the flames to boil .
15 Policy goals and objectives are set by legislative bodies , made up of politicians .
16 Police clashed with steel workers in Guayana City , where two people were wounded , and with students in San Félix , where seven people were wounded , 50 were arrested and buses were set on fire .
17 Choice , however limited in scope , implies debate , and debate implies a degree of freedom , even if limits are set on what can be debated .
18 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 .
19 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 .
20 SMOKERS and motorists are set to be hit hardest in Norman Lamont 's Tuesday Budget .
21 Targets and standards are set for development actions .
22 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 .
23 A take note was issued allowing exploration to start at once and men were set to work in December of 1823 .
24 Boucheron 's parure is in the grand manner of the Nineties : the V-shaped collar with matching ring and earrings is set with a fortune in round pure white and square yellow diamonds .
25 ‘ 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 . ’
26 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 .
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