Example sentences of "[modal v] be set [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But bail should be set at a level which effectively deters flight . |
| 2 | A specified time should be set as a deadline when outgoing mail should be ready if it is to be despatched that day . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The illumination of the background should be set to a somewhat lower level than that for the foreground to give depth to the scene and add prominence to the subject . |
| 5 | Our music should be set in an outward discovery of difference and space . |
| 6 | overall policy decisions of the organisation should be set by a ruling body of key individuals ( board of directors , the Cabinet of government ministers , or the supreme policy-making councils of other organisations ) ( power culture ) . |
| 7 | Thus , the AMA argues , the Fifth Amendment ‘ requires that prices must be set at a level that permits any enterprise , including a physician 's medical practice , to operate successfully , to maintain its financial integrity , to attract capital , and to compensate investors for the risk assumed ’ . |
| 8 | The results of this analysis show that for a well.damped response the phase resistance ( winding + forcing ) must be set at an optimum value which depends on several parameters of the motor and load . |
| 9 | That 2,710 starts for apprentices must be set against an industry which employs nearly 1.8 million people , half of whom are employees and the other half self-employed . |
| 10 | Britain 's national energy strategy must be set within an overall European framework , with the aim of reducing pollution , improving energy efficiency and boosting the use of renewables . |
| 11 | ( The items might be set on a particular occasion as a test of the attainment of the criterion or they might arise in the context of more holistic tasks on separate occasions . ) |
| 12 | The consultation paper outlines how objectives for water quality could be set on a statutory basis and determined by actual use , for example fisheries , sport or water supply . |
| 13 | Indeed the whole issue of Sabbath observance could be set for a return to fashion . |
| 14 | THE Premier League could be set for a £30 million-plus windfall if negotiations to sell television rights worldwide are concluded this week . |
| 15 | She , like her trainer , could be set for a good season . |
| 16 | VIRGIN tycoon Richard Branson is moving into computers and could be set for a head-on clash with Amstrad chief Alan Sugar . |
| 17 | Apart from this type of building , attempts had been made in many countries to provide an adequate base for the circular section of the dome so that it could be set upon a square section building . |
| 18 | A small auditorium may be set with a capacity of 2,000 . |
| 19 | A problem may be set on a statute as well as on a case . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Several of these bits may be set in an instruction , in which case all the specified functions are carried out ; the order in which functions are performed is fixed by having each function assigned to one of four timing points within the basic instruction cycle . |
| 22 | Given that the land had been distributed to the peasants , Bukharin suggested that without the intervention of the state , that is , the proletarian state , the scene would be set for a ‘ new American-style cycle ’ , by which he meant the development of capitalist commodity production in agriculture with a process of centralisation taking place and the development of agri-factories . |
| 23 | The Paris auction market received a welcome fillip in the first week of April with the announcement that buyer 's premium would be set at a flat rate of 9% . |
| 24 | it was agreed that thirty one January would be set as a deadline for recruiting national account execs , pending a salary review |
| 25 | The financial framework and policy objectives would be set by a Labour government . |
| 26 | The choice does not have to lie between unanimity and a simple majority of the partners : frequently the required majority will be set at a higher level than 50 per cent plus one to reflect the importance of the matter under discussion . |
| 27 | In contest flying , the motor must be stopped and the throttle servo will be set to a position which achieves this . |
| 28 | Pitch will be set to a negative figure which is suitable for an autorotation descent . |
| 29 | The findings will be set in a temporal and continental framework — material from earlier and later time periods and also from French and German sources will be used for comparison purposes . |
| 30 | 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 . |