Example sentences of "is set [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The IX register is set to the address of this parameter table .
2 The IY register is set to the address of the machine code subroutine being called .
3 The following succession of chords necessitates a change from A to A ♯ and no more if the harp is set to the notes D , E ♯ , F ♯ , G ♯ , A , B ♯ , C ♯ , for they are then written thus :
4 This is determined by the angle the line is set to the wind , as one end is nearly always better than the other .
5 The algorithm includes an extra variable called LR , for ’ Last Rule ’ , which is set to the rule which generated the current state N.
6 When knitting double jacquard , the cam lever is set to the jacquard or slip position .
7 With 150cm Oppdal is set for the winter .
8 Wigan 's exciting 18-year-old Jason Robinson is set for the top .
9 An optimum time is set for the course , and penalties awarded if competitors exceed it .
10 Terah dies , and the stage is set for the story of Abraham ( the new name records God 's promise to make this man the father of many nations , 17:5 ) .
11 However , difficulties may arise if a strict time limit is set for the publication of the decision , and the decision is published after it has expired : it may suit one of the parties to refuse to accept it on that ground .
12 Since it was on 11th February in 1984 that I published the Apostolic Letter Salvifici Doloris on the Christian meaning of human suffering , I believe it is significant that the same day is set for the celebration of the ‘ World Day of the Sick ’ .
13 It will be recalled from Chapter 3 that the Partnership Act provides that where no definite duration is set for the partnership any partner may " retire " by giving his co-partners notice , whereupon in the absence of any contrary agreement the firm is dissolved .
14 Early shipments have already gone out ; general availability is set for the end of the year .
15 NetWorld ‘ 92 is set for the Dallas Convention Center in Texas October 13–15 .
16 THE sequel to Home Alone is set for the record books after pulling in £20 million in its first weekend .
17 The scene is set for the events leading up to the Crucifixion .
18 In an offer for sale a fixed price is set for the shares to be offered to the public by an issuing house for the company concerned .
19 And then we learn that the wife is a townswoman , a merchant 's wife , not a fine lady , and the stage is set for the fabliau drama by the absence of the husband on business .
20 HILL FARM HERBS is set at the back of an old stone farmhouse in the Northamptonshire village of Brigstock .
21 Depending on the target species , the net is set at the bottom and anchored , or set at the surface and left to drift with the wind and current .
22 This friendly Club Hotel is set at the edge of a lagoon at the centre of a resort complex offering a range of facilities .
23 ‘ The Color Purple ’ is set at the beginning of this century .
24 It is set at the junction of four minor lanes , none of which has any indications of antiquity .
25 If all such letters are found , the algorithm checks whether the resulting string is a word ( i.e. the end-of-word flag is set at the tree-node reached by the search ) .
26 Imagine an economy in which the wage rate for half its workers is set at the end of every even period to cover the following two periods , while the wage rate for the other half is set at the end of every odd period , again to cover the following two periods .
27 Imagine an economy in which the wage rate for half its workers is set at the end of every even period to cover the following two periods , while the wage rate for the other half is set at the end of every odd period , again to cover the following two periods .
28 A complete candidate string is only allowable if the end-of-word flag is set at the node in the tree for the last letter of the string ( see flowchart D2 in Appendix D ) .
29 There is an opportunity to relate theory to practice , and as the teaching is set at the student 's level of understanding and experience , time can be spent on aspects which she finds difficult .
30 St Gilgen is set on the north west shore of the Wolfgangsee .
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