Example sentences of "[be] set [adv] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Charlie obviously had some running arrangement with the night manager , getting the use of some part of the hotel that stood empty and could all be set straight again before morning . |
| 2 | A semantic relation may be set up either within a sentence or between sentences with the consequence that , when it crosses a sentence boundary , it has the effect of making the two sentences cohere with one another ( Halliday and Hasan 1976 ) . |
| 3 | Within the PC environment there are at least four common resolutions plus dozens of hybrids which mean that the fonts have to be set up correctly for the display . |
| 4 | With the system correctly set up , the whole process can be completely , completed automatically by the use of technology and it could be set up speedily upon receipt of a membership application . |
| 5 | The system can be set up experimentally by measuring the time taken to attain each speed level and minimising this time by adjusting the previous speed level ; the time taken to reach stepping rate f2 is measured and the value off , adjusted until this time is a minimum , then continue by adjusting f1 while measuring the time to reach f3 etc . |
| 6 | The Pre-Retirement Association ( address on page 155 ) runs day or weekend courses for the employees of large companies ; and as the PRA has a countrywide network of speakers , these can be set up anywhere in the UK in response to demand . |
| 7 | Display to be set up late on Friday evening and removed after dinner on the Saturday . |
| 8 | The chassis seems to be set up more for stability than agility . |
| 9 | Though Came , with its moderate , manor house proportions , may seem on the small side to be set so grandly in a park , Sir John Damer certainly did n't skimp on employing the very best craftsmen in all London . |
| 10 | In a scheme expected to take between six and 12 months to set up , 30 per cent of the capital would be set aside exclusively for Romanian nationals in five private ownership funds . |
| 11 | A special period should be set aside solely for the purpose of carrying out an inspection . |
| 12 | Awards can usually be set aside only for an error of law on the face of the award or for misconduct on the arbitrator 's part ( Meyer v Leanse [ 1958 ] 2 QB 371 ; [ 1958 ] 3 All ER 213 ; and Leung v Garbett [ 1980 ] 2 All ER 436 ) . |
| 13 | ‘ It will be set very firmly in the 1930s , as this is 1993 , and we ca n't suggest these things are still happening . ’ |
| 14 | Her feet seem to me to be set more firmly upon the earth than theirs … . |
| 15 | The solution can be set out neatly in tabular form as in T2 , T3 , T4 where the circled entries are the values of basic variables and the remaining entries display ( which is zero for basic variables ) . |
| 16 | Partners might feel that personal and social development should be set out clearly among the objectives of educational programmes . |
| 17 | If the sale of the Target shares produces an allowable loss for capital gains tax purposes , this may be set off only against gains arising on a subsequent disposal by the manager concerned to Newco , if he and Newco are " connected persons " for the purpose of s286(6) ( 7 ) TCGA 1992 , as is likely to be the case if management needs to have control of Newco in order to obtain interest relief on its borrowings ( see 4.4 above ) . |