Example sentences of "[is] set [adv prt] [prep] a " in BNC.

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1 For an artist to travel is to set out on a visual adventure which may or may not end in fulfilment .
2 With no back-up flap system the aeroplane is set up for a slightly flatter flapless approach at 130 knots .
3 The problem is that it only works if your PC has a fax card and is set up as a fax machine .
4 Clearly if we tried to apply a legal definition of ownership the asset belongs to Fred , however , unless the business is set up as a company in most countries the law does not recognize the separation of the business assets from those of the owner .
5 The Compass System is set up on a pivot enclosed in a liquid filled ( kerosene ) chamber .
6 As an example , we look at the case in which an initially isothermal column of liquid is set up with a stable salt gradient in it ; the base of the column is then heated .
7 His portable laboratory is set up in a small tent which is unbearably hot , and could well do without the added heat from his bunsen burner .
8 First , the number is set up in a shift register and when the system is ready , it is clocked repeatedly .
9 This is set up in a very similar way to above , but the advantage of using continuous stationery , is that only the sections for the height of the design will need to be joined together , because we can print the width sections as one continuous piece of paper .
10 The tendency for L to find its own maximum value leads to interesting developments if the initial density distribution is set up in a way that makes it initially larger than this maximum .
11 The KPMG approval process for investment advertisements issued on behalf of clients ( not on the firm 's own behalf ) is set out as a flowchart in Appendix 4 .
12 It 's only the ground floor , really , and it is set out with a bar at the back and refreshments like the old music halls used to be with every so often , every few seats there is a table so that it 's a thing to have your drink and refreshments to hand at the table .
13 Practical English Usage is set out like a dictionary .
14 The new approach is set out in a Statement of Practice , SP 6/92 , Accident Insurance Policies , and is more consistent with the aims of the legislation .
15 This logic is set out in a manner that illustrates in an exemplary way the structuralist intention to map out all the possibilities of literature as distinct from its actual manifestations .
16 It is set out in a legally binding protocol which forms an integral part of the treaty .
17 The current thinking of the Department of Trade and Industry ( DTI ) is set out in a Green Paper published in October 1993 .
18 ‘ So old Boris is setting up as a lifesaver , is he ? ’
19 The Pope , a conservative whose grip on the reins of power has never been firmer , is setting off on a tour of the Far East on Friday .
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