Example sentences of "[am/are] set [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We 're set for the end of the century , ’ he says , ‘ but you ca n't look much further than that , can you ? ’ |
| 2 | The church has other features too that come from the Moorish Spain of the Middle Ages : above all , the queer openwork stone screens that are set into the window embrasures , hewn crudely but winningly into geometric patterns . |
| 3 | Stanza three , the fox 's nose touch twig leaf and its footprints are set into the snow . |
| 4 | When the facts or events I mentioned above are put together in sequence , and when they are set into the background of recent developments , then a different and far more worrying interpretation begins to appear . |
| 5 | During a study of the various styles , it became apparent to me that if the back legs are set into the seat rails at an angle , this angle , together with the curvature of the rear legs and backward slope of the chair back can regulate the flair : if the legs are mounted at right angles to the rear seat rail , there would be no flair . |
| 6 | One large dome and two smaller ones with twisted columned drums are set over the narthex which has 12 columns to support them inside . |
| 7 | And stargazers who slavishly read those horoscopes are set for the sign of eternal damnation . |
| 8 | 1.6 The assessment framework adopted by the Government requires that : ( a ) attainment targets are set for the knowledge , skills , and understanding normally expected at the ages of 7 , 11 , 14 and 16 ; ( b ) pupils ' performances in relation to attainment targets should be assessed and reported on at ages 7 , 11 , 14 and 16 . |
| 9 | attainment targets are set for the knowledge , skills and understanding normally expected at the ages of 7 , 11 , 14 and 16 ; |
| 10 | Types of loans : Some bank loans are made on a fixed interest rate basis which means the interest rate plus spread are set for the loan 's entire term when it is granted . |
| 11 | Bonuses are determined by the Management Development and Remuneration Committee for the achievement of budgeted profit targets and personal objectives which are set at the beginning of the financial year . |
| 12 | In other words , prices are set at the end of every even period ( 0 , 2 , 4 , and so on ) to cover the next two periods . |
| 13 | Some further exercises , which include non-cyclical time-paths , are set at the end of the chapter . |
| 14 | The lovely ruins of 13th-century Valle Crucis — where white-robed Cistercian monks once worshipped — are set beside the Eglwyseg stream in a narrow valley . |
| 15 | I hate to see ‘ Guernica ’ in a museum whose sights are set on the future , having left once and for all its mausoleum in the Valley of the Fallen , to prove to the world what it is : an extraordinary composition suffocated by an excess of sentimentality , distorted by the deranged howls of the media . |
| 16 | Because of the need to respect the sensitivities of foreign States , careful limits are set to the power to make orders : |
| 17 | Three long rows of chairs are set before the stage , and there are tables with candelabras , goblets and punch bowls ( the glass is cracked and filthy ) . |
| 18 | 4 Parties aim to win office and they compete for the support of the electorate at the polls on the basis of programmes of policies , or manifestos , that are set before the electorate for their judgement . |
| 19 | If clarification requests are divided into just two categories , potential ( being those categories where the listener actively contributes to the negotiation by introducing new information ) , and simple ( the remaining categories ) , and these are set against the number of inadequate messages produced , a number of interesting findings emerges . |
| 20 | These are set around the edge of a disc which can be tilted in any direction by a central knob . |
| 21 | Sometimes the political ambivalence about a policy is reflected not so much in the policy itself as in the constraints that are set upon the implementation process . |
| 22 | This power brings with it the responsibility to ensure that decisions are made and priorities are set upon the basis of the best educational advice available . |
| 23 | I 've read books that are set in the country and , of course , poems , and I 've lived in towns near the country and gone into the country on Sundays or when there was no school . ’ |
| 24 | The er , Business Grants Panel share has , has , has now met on a number of occasions , and the three results of its decisions are set in the report . |
| 25 | You can also choose sealed units that give your windows the small-paned Georgian look , or the appearance of leaded lights in square and diamond formats , with none of the cleaning problems — the glazing bars and lead strips are set in the gap between the outer panes ( as long as you do n't go for a large picture window with this effect — it can look just plain silly ! ) . |
| 26 | As different layers are added sequentially we see how the proportion of available land shrinks ( Pl. 10.3 ) ; for instance , when geological criteria are set in the search for a deep repository , 25 per cent of land area remains and the addition of the population density layer reduces this to 24 per cent . |
| 27 | Figure 8 Human skull from a Pre-pottery Neolithic level at Jericho , seventh millennium B.C. The face is plastered and cowrie shells are set in the eye sockets . |
| 28 | Catch quotas in the open seas are set by the North Atlantic Fisheries Organization , but the EC set its own , higher , quotas in 1986 in response to pressure from the depressed Iberian fishing industry . |
| 29 | The standards of the best are set by the competition and one 's aim is always to exceed them . |
| 30 | If more than half the parents are fairly well off and eager to expand facilities in their school , they can set levels for school charges which are beyond the means of the poorer parents ( fee levels are set by the government ) . |