Example sentences of "[be] set [to-vb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Corruption of the design is then less likely as " flags " can be set to refer the draughtsman to relevant sections in this file . |
| 2 | This will be set to illuminate the tank during the early part of the day , and switch off in the evening when I want to see the fish . |
| 3 | Luch would be set to turn the quern to grind the oatmeal , and then she 'd be sent to fetch hay , peats , water . |
| 4 | What is especially good about this unit is that you can also replicate big brother SVT 's trademark ‘ growl ’ , if required ; the limiter can be set to allow the power amp to be safely overdriven , without fear of blowing the speakers apart with harmful transistorised clipping . |
| 5 | The computer is very fast ; it can be set to scan the text of journal articles and print out the titles of all which use significant key words more than a stated number of times , and it can be set to tell us how many times Shakespeare used a particular expression , and in each case it can give the results quite astonishingly quickly . |