Example sentences of "be set [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Inside it looked a bit old-fashioned , as if the style had been set by the Festival of Britain and never changed . |
| 32 | The opening price for " Node Check " had already been set by the dealing manager , who had arrived a little earlier . |
| 33 | The deadline of Dec. 15 had been set by the UN after Cristiani had tried to delay a purge of senior military figures [ see p. 39137 ] . |
| 34 | Night netting requires that your nets are set between the rabbits ' home ground and their feeding areas . |
| 35 | The church has other features too that come from the Moorish Spain of the Middle Ages : above all , the queer openwork stone screens that are set into the window embrasures , hewn crudely but winningly into geometric patterns . |
| 36 | Beside the front doors of the houses at this mining settlement near Peterlee , slates are set into the walls . |
| 37 | Stanza three , the fox 's nose touch twig leaf and its footprints are set into the snow . |
| 38 | When the facts or events I mentioned above are put together in sequence , and when they are set into the background of recent developments , then a different and far more worrying interpretation begins to appear . |
| 39 | During a study of the various styles , it became apparent to me that if the back legs are set into the seat rails at an angle , this angle , together with the curvature of the rear legs and backward slope of the chair back can regulate the flair : if the legs are mounted at right angles to the rear seat rail , there would be no flair . |
| 40 | One large dome and two smaller ones with twisted columned drums are set over the narthex which has 12 columns to support them inside . |
| 41 | er all agricultural prices are set with the B C U and er what we 're er hold on do we just try and organize myself . |
| 42 | Some implements are set with the heads at different angles to make them easier to manoeuvre with one hand . |
| 43 | And stargazers who slavishly read those horoscopes are set for the sign of eternal damnation . |
| 44 | 1.6 The assessment framework adopted by the Government requires that : ( a ) attainment targets are set for the knowledge , skills , and understanding normally expected at the ages of 7 , 11 , 14 and 16 ; ( b ) pupils ' performances in relation to attainment targets should be assessed and reported on at ages 7 , 11 , 14 and 16 . |
| 45 | attainment targets are set for the knowledge , skills and understanding normally expected at the ages of 7 , 11 , 14 and 16 ; |
| 46 | Types of loans : Some bank loans are made on a fixed interest rate basis which means the interest rate plus spread are set for the loan 's entire term when it is granted . |
| 47 | Bonuses are determined by the Management Development and Remuneration Committee for the achievement of budgeted profit targets and personal objectives which are set at the beginning of the financial year . |
| 48 | In other words , prices are set at the end of every even period ( 0 , 2 , 4 , and so on ) to cover the next two periods . |
| 49 | Some further exercises , which include non-cyclical time-paths , are set at the end of the chapter . |
| 50 | The lovely ruins of 13th-century Valle Crucis — where white-robed Cistercian monks once worshipped — are set beside the Eglwyseg stream in a narrow valley . |
| 51 | I hate to see ‘ Guernica ’ in a museum whose sights are set on the future , having left once and for all its mausoleum in the Valley of the Fallen , to prove to the world what it is : an extraordinary composition suffocated by an excess of sentimentality , distorted by the deranged howls of the media . |
| 52 | Because of the need to respect the sensitivities of foreign States , careful limits are set to the power to make orders : |
| 53 | Three long rows of chairs are set before the stage , and there are tables with candelabras , goblets and punch bowls ( the glass is cracked and filthy ) . |
| 54 | 4 Parties aim to win office and they compete for the support of the electorate at the polls on the basis of programmes of policies , or manifestos , that are set before the electorate for their judgement . |
| 55 | If clarification requests are divided into just two categories , potential ( being those categories where the listener actively contributes to the negotiation by introducing new information ) , and simple ( the remaining categories ) , and these are set against the number of inadequate messages produced , a number of interesting findings emerges . |
| 56 | These are set around the edge of a disc which can be tilted in any direction by a central knob . |
| 57 | Translated from the original French , the 16 takes of fantasy and fable in Flammes de Pierre are set around the Mont Blanc range which the author knows well . |
| 58 | Sometimes the political ambivalence about a policy is reflected not so much in the policy itself as in the constraints that are set upon the implementation process . |
| 59 | This power brings with it the responsibility to ensure that decisions are made and priorities are set upon the basis of the best educational advice available . |
| 60 | I 've read books that are set in the country and , of course , poems , and I 've lived in towns near the country and gone into the country on Sundays or when there was no school . ’ |