Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [adv] set [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The niche is then set into the recess ( with a damp-proof membrane draped behind it in cavity walls ) and is held in place by mirror plates screwed to the rear of the niche surround . |
| 2 | For the moment , though , his mind is firmly set on India and proving the knockers wrong . |
| 3 | In fact , the tea 's all set in the dining-room as usual and has been for … let me see ’ — she put her head on one side — ‘ how many years ? ’ |
| 4 | For instance , the acceptance condition is often set at 90 per cent of the shares to which the offer relates in order to invoke the compulsory sale procedures under CA 1985 , s429 . |
| 5 | The world record for speed was probably set in the afternoon of 12 August 1966 , by the London Evening News , At 3. 19 pm a gunman on the run shot three policemen dead in West London . |
| 6 | The movie was originally set to be produced on a budget of $5 million to be filmed at such diverse locations as California , Montana , Colorado , Nevada City and Calgary , Canada . |
| 7 | Her mother had stopped crocheting , so Jessie said , and was in the sitting-room going through a catalogue of curtain material for yet another change at the windows and had decided firmly against anything resembling Nottingham Lace ; her mind was now set on drapes with pelmets , so Jessie had whispered to her in the back shop a short while ago . |
| 8 | The scene is thus set for large-scale reductivist paraphrases , which in different ontological theories take on different forms , depending upon what kind of entities are regarded as basic . |
| 9 | But many people fear that the sun is about to set on Malvern 's tourist based prosperity . |
| 10 | Check that the water-hardness regulator ( usually next to the rinse-aid reservoir is correctly set for your area to help prevent formation of limescale . |
| 11 | You will notice in the dialog box that appears that the Type is already set to Date and that the Date Unit box is not greyed out . |
| 12 | Type is often set with extra space ; eg 9 point set on 10 point . |
| 13 | The scene was already set for Charles to become a new Western Emperor . |
| 14 | The scene was all set for a pitched battle . |
| 15 | However , this tablet was only set in the wall in 1456 , and is in conflict with an account written about events on 17 September 1387 . |
| 16 | The same question was usually set in two versions , one multiple choice and one where the pupil had to supply an answer . |
| 17 | ‘ Your mortgage is currently set at £62,500 , Dr Bissett , which is slightly excessive for the salary you command , but I do quite understand that you bought at the top of the market and that interest rates were then not at their present level . ’ |
| 18 | The initial charge is currently set at 6% of your investment . |
| 19 | The war establishment was initially set at 29 officers and 572 other ranks . |
| 20 | The 10/41 has one CPU , 1Mb cache and comes in June ; the 10/402 with dual 40MHz chips and the 10/512 , with dual 50MHz processors and 1Mb cache are both set for the fourth quarter ; a four-processor 45MHz model is planned for first quarter 1994 . |
| 21 | The 10/41 has one CPU , 1Mb cache and comes in June ; the 10/402 with dual 40MHz chips and the 10/512 , with dual 50MHz processors and 1Mb cache are both set for the fourth quarter ; a four-processor 45MHz model is planned for first quarter 1994 . |
| 22 | Community liaison committees tend to steer clear of contentious issues , and the agenda is usually set by the police . |
| 23 | As C. D. Burns remarked in 1924 : " We have … developed in England a compromise by means of which the educational system is in great part a State system and the standard of education is largely set by the universities free from state control . " |
| 24 | Despite an undoubted attempt to enlarge rather than curtail the sphere of effective papal control — an attempt that on the surface at least succeeded again and again in particular areas from Holland to Brazil — the wider agenda was seldom set in Rome . |
| 25 | There seems little doubt that he supplied the king 's war effort with raw iron , if not with actual munitions , and his fine was finally set at just under £5,000 , although after he had died intestate early in 1648 , his executors alleged that he and his estate had paid out over £13,000 in all . |
| 26 | ‘ What a pity your father is so set against accepting what he might consider to be charity from Tamar . |
| 27 | State policy is instead set by the impersonal logic which drives government in a capitalist society to develop the economic base and coercively maintain social stability . |
| 28 | The pattern was clearly set by which the extension of secondary education , because it was free , would increase the pressure effect of the exam whatever form it took . |
| 29 | The marble block was then set into the wall of the family tomb , so the occupants appeared to be gazing at passers-by as if from a window . |
| 30 | An upper limit was then set on transfer fees . |