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

No	Sentence
1	The sun had moved so that it was setting on the roof of the building on the western side of the yard .
2	This is called the fill light , and it is set on the other side of the camera to reduce the depth of the shadows and to soften the modelling of the subject .
3	However , I can tell you that the title is The Life & Times Of Henry Pratt and it is set during the years 1936 to 1953 .
4	When David overcame the Ammonites , we are told ‘ he took the crown of the king off his head and found it to weigh a talent of gold and there were priceless stones in it ; and it was set on David 's head ’ .
5	It could not be taken along with poor relief , and those with criminal records were excluded ; it was only available at seventy , not sixty ; and it was set at a very mean level , a mere five shillings , below the bare minimum which Seebohm Rowntree calculated was then needed for subsistence .
6	One petal held a beautiful , almost translucent pear-shaped dewdrop and it was set in a crystal vase that looked as substantial as a spider 's web .
7	If it is set to ’ write ’ then the addressed cell is over-written with the value supplied on the input data line .
8	If it is set to one , the record in question has this attribute .
9	If it is set to zero , the record does not .
10	Omit the baskets on one side for a buffet table if it is set against the wall
11	It may be better understood if it is set in the context of Hindu teaching concerning the different orders or āśramas of society corresponding to the different stages of life .
12	Lesley 's more of the heart , if it 's set on something she 'll do it .
13	Not because it 's the most versatile on the market , or necessarily the best-sounding , but it 's set to work perfectly with the Marshall tone on all channels and that makes it a winner .
14	Certainly in broadsheet media like the Daily Telegraph , a 35cm × 4 col space is likely to be every bit as good as the far more expensive full page , not least because it is set into news matter , rather than merely facing it .
15	And then there is the international novel , which is particularly easy to translate because it is set in a generalised Nowhere and has no idiosyncratic language to disturb its translators .
16	He would n't pay good money because it was set with spinels instead of rubies , so the man took it back . ’
17	Canongate had its own Tolbooth , which has survived because it was set into the building line instead of blocking the thoroughfare .
18	I liked York very much , because it was set round a lake and it was the first one I went to , but I must say of the other modern universities that I know I would say that Sussex was erm was the other best one that I 've been to and the one that I felt most comfortable and happy .
19	I liked York very much , because it was set round a lake and erm it was the first one I went to , but I must say that of the other modern universities that I know I would say that Sussex was erm was the other best one that I 've been to and the one that I 've felt most erm comfortable and happy in .
20	Mr Ashton provoked laughter when he said he had watched the programme because it was set in his constituency , and he had been to school with the father of Sean Bean , one of the stars .
21	His car was vandalised several times and he was forced to move his business after it was set on fire .
22	While you are experimenting with the zoom , note how much easier it is to hold the picture in the viewfinder steady when it is set to wide-angle .
23	The true significance of witchcraft is only disclosed when it is set within its full configuration of mystical forces ; the same applies to ancestor cults .
24	The novelistic density of Andrien 's film makes the well-meant Canadian picture Bye Bye Blues ( director , Anne Wheeler ) , which touches on somewhat related themes though it is set during the war , seem merely novelettish .