Example sentences of "[be] set [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Targets can , in such cases , be set on a unit basis because the tradesmen can utilise previous experience as a guide . |
| 32 | A problem may be set on a statute as well as on a case . |
| 33 | Speed of response can be set over a range of five steps , and may well have to be reset because , particularly in graphics mode , if it is too sensitive , loading up several movement commands into the buffer will require having to wait for them to clear . |
| 34 | THE Premier League could be set for a £30 million-plus windfall if negotiations to sell television rights worldwide are concluded this week . |
| 35 | Indeed the whole issue of Sabbath observance could be set for a return to fashion . |
| 36 | Hocine Ait Ahmed , leader of the Socialist Forces Front ( FFS ) , declined to attend , and reiterated on Feb. 10 that a date should be set for a return to a " democratic process " which should include the FIS . |
| 37 | In contest flying , the motor must be stopped and the throttle servo will be set to a position which achieves this . |
| 38 | A small auditorium may be set with a capacity of 2,000 . |
| 39 | But , it is equally important that the imagined outcome should not be set as a goal ; it is not possible to imagine the unexpected however rich our imaginations , and so the possible pot of gold is used to justify our involvement . |
| 40 | A specified time should be set as a deadline when outgoing mail should be ready if it is to be despatched that day . |
| 41 | it was agreed that thirty one January would be set as a deadline for recruiting national account execs , pending a salary review |
| 42 | It is as if the idea of the moment can be compressed like those flowers that we as children used to press between the pages of a book ; that they can be set like a jewel in the mind or as a picture in the mind 's gallery . |
| 43 | This is because there is no equivalent of group relief for capital losses , that is to say although group relievable items as defined in s403 TA 1988 can be set against a claimant company 's profits , including chargeable gains , there is no facility , in the inverse situation , for surrendering capital losses against profits of another group company . |
| 44 | Would it be set against a Schedule E liability in the year the guarantee was made , or against the Schedule E liability in the year the payment was made ? |
| 45 | So in that first year , at ten percent , you 'd be given a capital allowance of five hundred pounds , to be set against a profit of four hundred pounds . |
| 46 | You will almost inevitably find , as you begin to think what sort of a story your police procedural might have , that if will have to be set in a city of some size . |
| 47 | These materials are sometimes used in combination — aluminium doors may be set in a timber sub-frame , for example , and upvc doors usually have steel reinforcement inside their box sections for extra strength . |
| 48 | When I first played through Rattle 's Daphnis , the levels were set with a degree of concern for the neighbours , I felt that here was an example of his penchant for pianissimos on the threshold of audibility getting the better of him . |
| 49 | For the first time , the students whose sights were set on a CNAA validated degree were sufficient in numbers to set the pace and the mood . |
| 50 | It was clear that both parties were set on a collision course , and I could not see the possibility of an out-and-out win for Mrs Castle . |
| 51 | The workroom was extremely tidy and four chairs were set in a row in front of the puppet theatre . |
| 52 | The statement comes after weeks of uncertainty , with deadlines being set for a deal , only for the dates to come and go , with no sale even close . |
| 53 | All those concerned need to believe that the targets are being set at a level which is achievable . |
| 54 | It was said that one of our very junior officers , with more enthusiasm than judgement , had been setting about a smuggler with the help of a dinghy oar when the " smuggler " yelled , " Stop it you silly b … , |
| 55 | If n is negative the pseudo random sequence generator is set to a number based on n and n is returned . |
| 56 | NEWS CORPORATION is set for a fall in profits this year , mainly because of the haemorrhage of cash caused by losses on Sky Television , its satellite TV station . |
| 57 | KINGS of video action , Dolph Lundgren and Jean Claude Van Damme , team up in Universal Soldier which is set for a December 29 release on tape after a good run at cinemas . |
| 58 | AN OUTSIDER revisiting one of Britain 's great provincial cities — Manchester , Glasgow , Liverpool , Birmingham , or Leeds — after a gap of a quarter-century or so is set for a shock . |
| 59 | When government delegates meet every two years to decide which species to add to or delete from the appendices , the scene is set for a battle between non-governmental conservation organisations , such as the World Wildlife Fund , and representatives of the pet industry and the fur trade , with both factions desperately trying to sell their points of view . |
| 60 | Piles of pessimistic reports from stockbrokers suggest that Hollywood is set for a crash . |