Example sentences of "[vb mod] be set [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before the rabbit is taken out of the net , another net should be set over the hole in case other rabbits bolt . |
| 2 | But bail should be set at a level which effectively deters flight . |
| 3 | Indeed the political theme for the day should be set at the morning 's press conferences , and local candidates and VIPs fully briefed and able to talk about or answer questions on that topic wherever they may be . |
| 4 | In retrospect , we can see that there were strong economic reasons to do so , certainly by the canons of modern public sector pricing theory which suggests that prices should be set at the ( long-run ) marginal costs of supply . |
| 5 | A specified time should be set as a deadline when outgoing mail should be ready if it is to be despatched that day . |
| 6 | Hocine Ait Ahmed , leader of the Socialist Forces Front ( FFS ) , declined to attend , and reiterated on Feb. 10 that a date should be set for a return to a " democratic process " which should include the FIS . |
| 7 | A time-scale should be set for the achievement of each of the steps identified , accompanied by a system of monitoring which is independent of those concerned with accomplishing the aim . |
| 8 | CHC had been saying for a long time , and it seemed to be falling on deaf ears that a date should be set for the closure of Friern and that money should not be spent on the hospital but on services in the community . |
| 9 | The illumination of the background should be set to a somewhat lower level than that for the foreground to give depth to the scene and add prominence to the subject . |
| 10 | The object here is to make the model fly as smoothly as possible and , ideally , the control movements should be set to the absolute minimum , while the gyro gain should be as high as possible . |
| 11 | The holding lever(s) should be set to the knit position . |
| 12 | Our music should be set in an outward discovery of difference and space . |
| 13 | If rate switches are in use , they should be set in the low position on the cyclic controls , since difficulties are usually pilot-induced ( unintentionally ) and it helps to make the model as docile as possible . |
| 14 | overall policy decisions of the organisation should be set by a ruling body of key individuals ( board of directors , the Cabinet of government ministers , or the supreme policy-making councils of other organisations ) ( power culture ) . |
| 15 | What follows is a description of a typical general practice , but this description should be set against the increasing stratification of legal practice in England and Wales . |
| 16 | In return the USA reportedly dropped its demand for a further $700 million from Japan , representing sums paid to the United Kingdom , France , and the Arab states which Japan had insisted should be set against the original pledge of $9,000 million . |
| 17 | On the other hand , what Alcuin has to say must be set beside the respect accorded Aelfwald 's memory at Hexham where the king was buried ( ASC D , s.a. 788 ) , which shows that the community at Hexham thought highly of him in the twelfth century and probably earlier . |
| 18 | If governors are to be helped to perform their duties under the 1981 Act effectively , these duties must be set into the context of the responsibilities imposed by the 1986 and 1988 Acts . |
| 19 | Thus , the AMA argues , the Fifth Amendment ‘ requires that prices must be set at a level that permits any enterprise , including a physician 's medical practice , to operate successfully , to maintain its financial integrity , to attract capital , and to compensate investors for the risk assumed ’ . |
| 20 | In a simple constant frequency system , however , the clock must be set at the lower of the two rates to ensure reliable starting and stopping . |
| 21 | The results of this analysis show that for a well.damped response the phase resistance ( winding + forcing ) must be set at an optimum value which depends on several parameters of the motor and load . |
| 22 | ‘ For example , the £10 billion of revenue lost in supporting occupational and personal pensions for the generally better-off must be set alongside the £6 billion spent on means-tested benefits for the poorest old people . ’ |
| 23 | It is true that Robert Harley ( now Earl of Oxford ) and Viscount Bolingbroke seemed to flirt with Jacobitism in the period 1710 – 14 , but they were never sincere , and their actions must be set in the context of their attempts to rally disparate groups of Tories behind them in their own personal struggle for dominance within the party . |
| 24 | Such shortcomings must be set against the big truth — that today 's CAP is a supremely insidious way of extracting $85 billion from consumers within the EC , and queering the pitch for farmers everywhere else . |
| 25 | A strong balance sheet and attractive business mix must be set against the absence of any recovery in its major markets . |
| 26 | But Mr Bull said the good news must be set against the closure of seven groups and the fact that the number of new members fell slightly short of the 1991 targeted figure due to the onset of the recession . |
| 27 | Similarly tomorrow 's hopes for the child must be set against the understanding shown today . |
| 28 | These benefits must be set against the costs , measured in both financial and medical terms , so that a judgment can be made on whether the benefits justify the cost . |
| 29 | Although the disc 's sun is but an orbiting moonlet , its prominences hardly bigger than croquet hoops , this slight drawback must be set against the tremendous sight of Great A'Tuin the Turtle , upon Whose-ancient and meteor-riddled shell the disc ultimately rests . |
| 30 | That 2,710 starts for apprentices must be set against an industry which employs nearly 1.8 million people , half of whom are employees and the other half self-employed . |