Example sentences of "[modal v] [be] set in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What ‘ unfudgeability ’ means is that accounting standards should be set in such a way that accounts can not be fudged ; Mr Damant claims that this is ‘ a new accounting principle ’ . |
| 2 | Inside the manholes the open channels must be set in fine mortar or concrete ‘ benching ’ , with steep falls and smooth finishes . |
| 3 | To catch effectively , long-nets must be set in clear , open ground . |
| 4 | Further — and this was where Kant moved decidedly beyond Hume and everyone else before him — even the most fundamental categories which we use to supply the framework of our knowledge of the world , those of space and time , must be set in this light . |
| 5 | It was often tedious ; and for every senator disposed to find it fun , there was another whose face would be set in grim outrage . |
| 6 | Halprin 's design a series of high granite walls forming four outdoor ‘ rooms ’ , each telling the story of one of Roosevelt 's terms in office , will be set in sixty-seven landscaped acres of West Potomac Park . |
| 7 | As regards the Niemecz mechanical organs bearing Haydn compositions : Neumann criticizes me for saying that the machines play ‘ within a narrow range , stating that the machines ’ air brakes can be set in such a way ‘ that the speed is either halved or doubled ’ , and that therefore ‘ the question of an absolute original tempo becomes pointless . ’ |