Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] set [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Therefore part of the appraisal is setting the target to be competent in the job . |
| 2 | You also need to allow headroom by leaving a little space between the top edge of the frame and the subject 's head , except for big c.lose-ups when the rule is to set the head so that the eyes come at about two-thirds of the height of the picture . |
| 3 | You could make complicated calculations , but an alternative is to set the blade for cutting the segments flat , but to hold the plank at the desired angle as you cut . |
| 4 | My reference in the next ensuing paragraph to the general principles of responsibility of the principal for the acts of the agent was to set the context of the consideration that in that particular case the solicitors for the creditors were equally deceived by the dishonest conduct of the son as were his own parents . |
| 5 | I reassured him that this warning was unnecessary : my ambition was to set the record for the slowest lap of the circuit . |
| 6 | Against this version of criticism of law is set a vision of another mechanism of dispute resolution which is cosy and friendly , in which there are no winners and losers . |
| 7 | NEXT loop is to set the loop variable to a value equal to the limit value and then GOTO to the NEXT statement . |
| 8 | Now organiser Belfast City Council is setting a target of 110,000 participants for the challenge against Rostock . |
| 9 | An area of concern was identified and a project team was set the objective of finding a solution . |
| 10 | For example , his belief that the leader 's job was to set a policy and leave his subordinates to implement it — the belief that he had expressed at the War College in the 1920s ( see page 4 ) — got him into deep water in Algeria . |
| 11 | Into recesses in the wall are set a range of marvellous and enigmatic gadgets , clearly the products of some sophisticated science . |
| 12 | When an election for the state assembly was set a year ago , after five years of direct rule from New Delhi , the militants threatened to kill voters as well as candidates . |
| 13 | Here the station was setting the tone for a new British self-image , one more related to the power of medieval romance than classical imperial rule . |
| 14 | If no time limit is set the work tends to be unfocused . |
| 15 | A better and more accurate method is to set the edit-in point on the source-tape early by the amount of the backspace , so that the true edit-in point reaches the playback head just as the record-machine completes the backspace and starts to record . |
| 16 | based on inflation increases and previous authority expenditure patterns , each authority was set a volume expenditure target by the Department of the Environment . |
| 17 | ‘ My visits to the church are to set an example to the brute population of Chiguana . |
| 18 | The second objective is to set an agenda for discussions ( in a seminar or workshop ) which will facilitate collaboration between existing bibliographic agencies and to suggest new means for the collection of data on African scholarship so that it might be more widely known . |
| 19 | Beyond that , he says that the rediscovery of the lessons of shamanism and the power of psychedelics is setting the scene for a general Archaic Revival , which will see a return to the magical knowledge of tribal times . |
| 20 | For the four clubs Rovers are due to meet in the next stage of the Anglo-Italian Cup are setting the pace in Italy 's Serie B. |
| 21 | If region R undertakes programmes that create spillovers for region S , then , following Boadway and Wildasin ( 1984 ) , the optimal decision is to set the provision of that good at the quantity where where |
| 22 | Win or lose , the important thing for Vicini is to set an example of calmness to his side , to remove some of the pressure of the nation 's extravagant expectations . |
| 23 | Win or lose , the important thing for Vicini is to set an example of calmness to his side , to remove some of the pressure of the nation 's extravagant expectations . |
| 24 | In such a case , we would suspect that the bridle is setting the kite at too steep an angle . |
| 25 | The case was to set a stamp on the decade , and one question from prosecuting counsel Mervyn Griffiths-Jones was to mark the period as precisely as Neville Chamberlain 's ‘ Peace in our time ’ had done in 1938 . |
| 26 | National organizations , which should in fact be setting an example in good sensitive design and leading the way in enhancing the urban environment , are all too often blind to local needs . |
| 27 | One solution is to set the glass back as much as a foot and to use thick , matured timber mullions to break up the surface . |
| 28 | When she got down again her mother was setting the table for high tea ; Clara , mutely . |