Example sentences of "[be] set [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | In any case , the importance of reciprocating has to be set beside other motivations which may underpin neighbourly acts as well as those in various forms of voluntary service . |
2 | The minimum working age must be set at 16 years , and those over this age shall receive fair remuneration , and for a period of two years shall be entitled to vocational training in working hours . |
3 | Once the school aims have been stated in general terms , objectives will be set at middle management level within a school and will relate to the achievement of these aims . |
4 | All these gains in individual freedom , every advance towards putting the consumer first , will be set at terminal risk by Labour 's proposed policies . |
5 | Mr Chris Patten , the Environment Secretary , yesterday moved to mitigate the effects of the Inland Revenue revaluation by announcing that the poundage will be set at 34.8 pence in the pound instead of the provisional figure of 36 pence in the pound announced last month . |
6 | The trimpot used to set the first stage gain , should be set at maximum resistance and the multi-turn zero offset trimpot to the centre of its range before this check . |
7 | New records are expected to be set at next year 's Olympics , where speed skiers will possibly exceed 150mph . |
8 | In theory , new commercial catch quotas could be set at next year 's meeting in Tokyo under a " revised management procedure " ( RMP ) , although any such decision might be so hedged around with qualifications as to make it impossible to fulfil . |
9 | It contains a fluorescent tube and can be set at different angles and at varying distances from the working surface . |
10 | Although a plan oblique projection can be set at any angle to the horizontal , the other common form is 60° , 30° . |
11 | • It is adjustable for height and can be set at any angle you choose |
12 | The minimum length of such a re-entry programme should be set at 144 hours throughout the UK . |
13 | The challenge will be set on 7 December and has to be carried out by 22 December . |
14 | If , as we believe to be the case , powers are being so exercised , then the issue of constitutional legitimacy which arises is quite simple : what is the value or use of a constitution based on and designed to ensure the maintenance of a system of limited government if it can , quite lawfully and even constitutionally , be set on one side ? |
15 | The point , though , is that Neath never asked to be set on this pedestal . |
16 | Links can be set between different tables or data files , so information from more than one file can be included |
17 | Having first made sure that the master volume is well back , Decimax recommend that the ‘ acoustic correction ’ equaliser should be set for flat response while the desired sounds are assembled . |
18 | Higher insulation standards will be set for new buildings . |
19 | This premise is in direct opposition to the view , currently fashionable , that defined and prescribed academic targets should be set for each stage of a child 's progress through school . |
20 | An option is to use a clockwork timer , as for a camera or model aircraft dethermaliser , which can be set for specific time delay in minutes and seconds . |
21 | — DARLINGTON defender Les McJannet and midfielder Gary Gill came through a game for the reserves unscathed and could soon be set for first-team action . |
22 | Due to the continuing grave security situation in Transcaucasia dates had still to be set for local soviet and republican Supreme Soviet elections in Azerbaijan . |
23 | Targets may be set for any parameter that can be measured as the project proceeds , such as cost , time and performance . |
24 | If policy can be set to one side then it is set to one side and I think it enhances the reputation of of the system . |
25 | Some limits had to be set to such claims ; and the selection of such limits , being essentially a matter of policy , was one which the legislature alone is equipped to make . |
26 | If a rudder rate switch is available , this should be set to high rate to encourage the model to turn as rapidly as possible . |
27 | Waterpump pliers can be set to different jaw openings . |
28 | Shock and indignation jostle for position in the following quote from a speech of the president of the Royal Society , delivered in 1978 : ‘ Ominously , voices have been raised claiming that limits should be set to scientific inquiry — that there are questions which should not be asked and research which should not be undertaken . ’ |
29 | Alternatively , limits may be set to particular functions and alarms triggered whenever these are exceeded . |
30 | Some limits have to be set to any project . |