Example sentences of "[noun pl] are set [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 You can also choose sealed units that give your windows the small-paned Georgian look , or the appearance of leaded lights in square and diamond formats , with none of the cleaning problems — the glazing bars and lead strips are set in the gap between the outer panes ( as long as you do n't go for a large picture window with this effect — it can look just plain silly ! ) .
2 Stanza three , the fox 's nose touch twig leaf and its footprints are set into the snow .
3 Some implements are set with the heads at different angles to make them easier to manoeuvre with one hand .
4 During a study of the various styles , it became apparent to me that if the back legs are set into the seat rails at an angle , this angle , together with the curvature of the rear legs and backward slope of the chair back can regulate the flair : if the legs are mounted at right angles to the rear seat rail , there would be no flair .
5 If all outputs are set top the minimum pulse width of 0.75mS , the frame rate will be 14.2mS ( 8 × 0.75mS + 8.2mS ) whilst if all outputs are set to the maximum pulse width of 2.25mS the frame rate will be 26.2mS ( 8 × 2.25mS + 8.2mS ) .
6 Business parameters are set by the market ; the focus is the customer or client and their demands .
7 Figure 8 Human skull from a Pre-pottery Neolithic level at Jericho , seventh millennium B.C. The face is plastered and cowrie shells are set in the eye sockets .
8 Night netting requires that your nets are set between the rabbits ' home ground and their feeding areas .
9 And stargazers who slavishly read those horoscopes are set for the sign of eternal damnation .
10 Beside the front doors of the houses at this mining settlement near Peterlee , slates are set into the walls .
11 The Inner Kingdoms are set within the twilit ring of the Annulii , shielded from contact with the outer world by the mountains and buffer states of the Outer Kingdoms .
12 I hate to see ‘ Guernica ’ in a museum whose sights are set on the future , having left once and for all its mausoleum in the Valley of the Fallen , to prove to the world what it is : an extraordinary composition suffocated by an excess of sentimentality , distorted by the deranged howls of the media .
13 His sights are set on the British Supercup and British Championship in 1993 , riding an ex-Niall Mackenzie 250 Yamaha , which has been purchased by Charlie Smiley of Carrickfergus .
14 The wages of farm workers are set by the Agricultural Wages Board ( for England and Wales ) .
15 On every release , targets are set for the whole sales force by the sales manager or director , in consultation with the marketing division .
16 1.6 The assessment framework adopted by the Government requires that : ( a ) attainment targets are set for the knowledge , skills , and understanding normally expected at the ages of 7 , 11 , 14 and 16 ; ( b ) pupils ' performances in relation to attainment targets should be assessed and reported on at ages 7 , 11 , 14 and 16 .
17 attainment targets are set for the knowledge , skills and understanding normally expected at the ages of 7 , 11 , 14 and 16 ;
18 His initials are set in the cobbles in front of the tower .
19 This power brings with it the responsibility to ensure that decisions are made and priorities are set upon the basis of the best educational advice available .
20 Specific policy objectives are set by the government , and put into action by the bank , although the Bank has an important role as adviser to the government on monetary policy matters .
21 Individual limits on emissions of pollutants are set for the 29 coal and oil-fired power stations , and operating conditions and standards are laid out .
22 If more than half the parents are fairly well off and eager to expand facilities in their school , they can set levels for school charges which are beyond the means of the poorer parents ( fee levels are set by the government ) .
23 It appears , although this is not quite clear from the MoS , that they are YTS trainees , whose pay levels are set by the government .
24 In other words , prices are set at the end of every even period ( 0 , 2 , 4 , and so on ) to cover the next two periods .
25 er all agricultural prices are set with the B C U and er what we 're er hold on do we just try and organize myself .
26 But on the whole it is easy to value paintings by Japanese artists as they paint similar subjects , and new prices are set by the dealers ' auction which takes place once a month at the Tokyo Bijutsu Club , of which most big dealers are members .
27 Because of the need to respect the sensitivities of foreign States , careful limits are set to the power to make orders :
28 The er , Business Grants Panel share has , has , has now met on a number of occasions , and the three results of its decisions are set in the report .
29 The Council water charges are set by the Regional Council each year in order to cover the costs of providing a water service to domestic consumers , in this regard separate accounts must be maintained by the Council in respect of water costs and income from the Council water charges .
30 It is therefore crucial that standards are set by the EEC and that manufacturers , government and retailers should be forced to provide the best technology on the market .
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