Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] [be] set [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Some books were set by a single compositor , but
2 Some implements are set with the heads at different angles to make them easier to manoeuvre with one hand .
3 Children who were identified with a dangerous or destructive person in the parent 's life and so few limits were set on their behaviour .
4 Subject to some negotiation , the level of any such limits was set by reference to what the organization considered to be its " core " level of business , and again there were substantial variations to be observed .
5 Yet these contexts are set by the parameters of political discourse in exactly the same manner as the conceptual vocabulary of academics and practitioners structures their own treatment of the same issues .
6 If all words were set as if they were equally important , the main sense of the text would not be made sufficiently evident , and probably the music would lack decisive contours .
7 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 ) .
8 It is part of their purpose to open the eyes of their readership to the true conditions of working-class life , and many scenes are set in impoverished interiors .
9 ( And some of those romances were set in medieval Aquitaine of the troubadours — which certainly constitutes one common interest that drew Pound and Hewlett together . )
10 And stargazers who slavishly read those horoscopes are set for the sign of eternal damnation .
11 They push very much the deep cut system in the U K. Deep cut system in in America means that the machine goes forward a distance before any supports are set at all erm and then the supports do set roof falls .
12 However , on November 26th 1676 , six constables , four beadles and several others were set at the chapel doors in order to arrest Baxter .
13 It was clear that both parties were set on a collision course , and I could not see the possibility of an out-and-out win for Mrs Castle .
14 When you cast on using the ribber , on the first row BOTH carriages knit ; however , on the second , third and fourth rows both carriages are set for circular knitting , so you knit one-and-a-half circles .
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