Example sentences of "[be] set [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My equipment can be set at a frequency to emit sound waves that will obviate that effect . |
| 2 | But bail should be set at a level which effectively deters flight . |
| 3 | A pollution tax could theoretically be set at a level that would exactly match the external costs involved . |
| 4 | 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 ’ . |
| 5 | Targets can , in such cases , be set on a unit basis because the tradesmen can utilise previous experience as a guide . |
| 6 | A problem may be set on a statute as well as on a case . |
| 7 | Speed of response can be set over a range of five steps , and may well have to be reset because , particularly in graphics mode , if it is too sensitive , loading up several movement commands into the buffer will require having to wait for them to clear . |
| 8 | THE Premier League could be set for a £30 million-plus windfall if negotiations to sell television rights worldwide are concluded this week . |
| 9 | Indeed the whole issue of Sabbath observance could be set for a return to fashion . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | In contest flying , the motor must be stopped and the throttle servo will be set to a position which achieves this . |
| 12 | A small auditorium may be set with a capacity of 2,000 . |
| 13 | But , it is equally important that the imagined outcome should not be set as a goal ; it is not possible to imagine the unexpected however rich our imaginations , and so the possible pot of gold is used to justify our involvement . |
| 14 | A specified time should be set as a deadline when outgoing mail should be ready if it is to be despatched that day . |
| 15 | it was agreed that thirty one January would be set as a deadline for recruiting national account execs , pending a salary review |
| 16 | It is as if the idea of the moment can be compressed like those flowers that we as children used to press between the pages of a book ; that they can be set like a jewel in the mind or as a picture in the mind 's gallery . |
| 17 | This is because there is no equivalent of group relief for capital losses , that is to say although group relievable items as defined in s403 TA 1988 can be set against a claimant company 's profits , including chargeable gains , there is no facility , in the inverse situation , for surrendering capital losses against profits of another group company . |
| 18 | Would it be set against a Schedule E liability in the year the guarantee was made , or against the Schedule E liability in the year the payment was made ? |
| 19 | So in that first year , at ten percent , you 'd be given a capital allowance of five hundred pounds , to be set against a profit of four hundred pounds . |
| 20 | You will almost inevitably find , as you begin to think what sort of a story your police procedural might have , that if will have to be set in a city of some size . |
| 21 | These materials are sometimes used in combination — aluminium doors may be set in a timber sub-frame , for example , and upvc doors usually have steel reinforcement inside their box sections for extra strength . |