Example sentences of "can [adv] [be] set [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fine balance between proper execution of the task and its achievement in minimum time can only be set with experience and even then never exactly . |
| 2 | Some of the keynames ( like Beep ) can only be set to one of two values , so Beep=yes means that Windows will beep every time there 's an error . |
| 3 | JustText 's typographic control is excellent but currently type can only be set in increments of a single point and leading control is similarly limited . |
| 4 | One unremarked consequence for both sexes , for example , is that since wives ' allowances can henceforth be set against investment income , there will be more non-taxpayers among bank and building society depositors — and the composite rate of tax on their yield will then be reduced for everybody . |
| 5 | The appropriation of the other as a form of knowledge within a totalizing system can thus be set alongside the history ( if not the project ) of European imperialism , and the constitution of the other as ‘ other ’ alongside racism and sexism . |
| 6 | If such a date can not be set during 1997 , then the union will come into effect on 1st January , 1999 , irrespective of the number of countries satisfying the convergence criteria . |
| 7 | It is generally argued , however , that the meaning " world " of is a post-Biblical development , and a mere possibility in the relationship of parallelistic lines ( " greater precision " ) can not be set against a linguistic certainty . |
| 8 | If ACT can not be set against the balance on deferred taxation account and recovery is not assured without reasonable doubt the balance must be written off . |
| 9 | The tax is not in fact ACT , so can not be set against the company 's mainstream corporation tax liability . |
| 10 | His most significant work , The Critique of Pure Reason , sets out the limits to thought insofar as they can ever be set from the perspective of people who are subject to those limits themselves . |
| 11 | Some words are already almost music : Shakespeare 's words are already so musical that they can hardly be set to music . |
| 12 | I have already explained the use of long-nets while ferreting , but long-nets can also be set with advantage on rough pasture ground . |
| 13 | If you are only interested in autorotation as a means of saving the model in the event of an engine failure , the pitch can simply be set to the manufacturer 's recommended figure ( or , if in doubt , -2½° ) . |