Example sentences of "[subord] set [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ‘ shutter ’ signal indicates when the High Speed Shutter is on , and the cursor-type indicator above it shows the brightness of the scene being recorded and hence the lens aperture as set by the automatic exposure system . |
| 2 | A survey carried out by local health workers showed that about 20 per cent of Faroese children had levels of mercury in excess of the safety limit as set by the International Programme on Chemical Safety . |
| 3 | The laws are fairly insignificant when set beside the economic problem , and the near certainty that , even if all its present plans work out , the Government will be compelled to report a worse economic record in its third Parliament than its second . |
| 4 | It is a family history that becomes much more interesting when set against the wider background of the local history of an important industry . |
| 5 | Analyzed within Becker 's framework , insider dealing and , indeed , other conflict abuse , yields sizeable profits , especially when set against the low risk of detection . |
| 6 | But on second thoughts , that comparison also seemed obscenely trite when set against the greater contrasts in values affecting millions of fellow-inhabitants of this planet . |
| 7 | Hourly work effort in the latter part of the 1980s has increased by some 5% compared with the average between 1973–79 , and by more than 7% when set against the recessionary years of 1980/81 . |
| 8 | Some , however , have found the so-called ‘ Beaux-Arts ’ style , for all its academic rigour and perfection of proportion to be too correct , bloodless , and buttoned-up when set against the free-flowing eclecticism of some other contemporary stations . |
| 9 | But this increase was minuscule when set against the potential gain from an improvement in industrial productivity which would make up only half the gap between Britain and its competitors . |
| 10 | This little study , when set in the appropriate context , was turned into a short piece for a local history magazine . |