Example sentences of "[modal v] [be] set [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since SMC measures the marginal social opportunity cost in the short run of the resources used to produce this good , price should be set at SMC to equate marginal social cost and marginal social benefit . |
| 2 | In the short run the efficient output is Q 1 and price should be set at c . |
| 3 | Preferably targets should be set for individuals where the bonus earned is directly related to personal effort . |
| 4 | Dr Wheeler recommends that new standards should be set for beaches , with a system of grading for levels of contamination , so that bathers would be more aware of the dangers . |
| 5 | For example , set the text leading to 11 point and that 's what the rulers should be set to measure . |
| 6 | The Boundary Commission should be set to work immediately and told to report in time for new constituencies to be in place for the next election — to bring fair representation across the United Kingdom , ensuring that a vote in Scotland is no longer worth more than one in England , or a vote in one constituency worth more than one in another . |
| 7 | The aim is to provide sufficient directional light to make the decorations sparkle , but they should be set against areas of soft shadow which will throw them into relief . |
| 8 | This is seen most clearly in the song of Eliot 's Blackshirts , whose bitter irony should be set against remarks concerning the undesirability of too many free-thinking Jews in After Strange Gods . |
| 9 | The sum should be set against code 120 862 496 . |
| 10 | Audiences ' large capacities for ersatz-importance show how eager they are to be deeply stirred ; how easily gulled ; how low the threshold of enjoyment must be set for music of our time . |
| 11 | Similarly , examples of ‘ analytical montage ’ ( the Beatles ' ‘ Penny Lane ’ ? the Specials ' ‘ Ghost Town ’ ? the whole aesthetic of ‘ scratch ’ and ‘ dub ’ ? ) must be set alongside tendencies to use new techniques to revive an old aesthetic , to ‘ mix down ’ rather than separate out , in order to synthesize an all-embracing individual vision ( Phil Spector ? ) . |
| 12 | Whilst there is no denying that from its early days the Castro government provided safe haven and some aid to the revolutionary groups which flocked to Havana from all over Latin America and the Caribbean — in 1959 Cuba was the launching base for unsuccessful attacks on Haiti , Panama and the Dominican Republic — these activities must be set in context . |
| 13 | Bathing , for instance , had to be forbidden along the fashionable coastline ; some ecologists even suggested that Estonian drinking water was so polluted it could be set on fire ! |
| 14 | After the war , Unionist candidates with commissions , good war records and decorations made the most of their advantages , especially when they could be set against opponents who had opposed the war or stayed at home . |
| 15 | I 'd be set for life if something like that happened . |
| 16 | Ronny Johnsen from Lyn , Oslo may be set for Leeds . |
| 17 | The format of the character string is : Where : The date or both date and time may be set as show below . |
| 18 | Pseudo-objectives may be set in terms of size and assets but they are descriptions of the general intention to keep going and getting bigger . |
| 19 | Under s393A TA 1988 , Case I trading losses may be set against profits of whatever description ( including chargeable gains ) , in the accounting period in which the losses are sustained and against profits from accounting periods falling within the preceding three years . |
| 20 | Time limits would be set for appeals , with a right to representation and eligibility for legal aid to get advise in bringing a case . |
| 21 | Frankie would be set to work at the big sink , and before he washed each plate and roasting-pan he would scrape it clean with his fingers and eat every last scrap of chicken , sage and onion stuffing , corned beef , sliced Spam and cheese . |
| 22 | For example , an offer for law ( BCC ) and planning ( DDD ) would be set at CCD . |
| 23 | I want to take you in my arms and kiss you and — ’ He looked to the side to where two people were approaching ; then dropping her hands , he said on a laugh , ‘ I 've only to be seen doing that in public , even holding your hands , and the place would be set on fire . |
| 24 | By the end of the year , Mrs Thatcher was in the chair of a new cabinet committee , Misc. 141 , which had been given the task of preparing for the fast-approaching day when limits would be set on greenhouse gas emissions . |
| 25 | And that obviously creates the uplift in land values which finances the social structure that would be set in terms of the operational criteria for the new settlement . |
| 26 | The comic , left , said : ‘ If we did it , it would be set in World War Two . |
| 27 | He hoped that the tightly packed deuterium atoms would be set in motion , their nuclei bumping into one another and fusing . |
| 28 | ‘ The fathers have eaten sour grapes , and the children 's teeth shall be set on edge . ’ |
| 29 | Price of Publication : SHALL BE SET IN AGREEMENT WITH THE PUBLISHER 'S APPOINTED REPRESENTATIVE . |
| 30 | If this party is represented in parliament by a member of the Parliamentary Labour Party , the procedure set out in section ( 3 ) of this clause ( for the selection of a prospective parliamentary candidate ) shall be set in motion not later than thirty-six months after the last time the said Member of Parliament was elected . |