Example sentences of "[noun pl] [be] set [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | You can also choose sealed units that give your windows the small-paned Georgian look , or the appearance of leaded lights in square and diamond formats , with none of the cleaning problems — the glazing bars and lead strips are set in the gap between the outer panes ( as long as you do n't go for a large picture window with this effect — it can look just plain silly ! ) . |
| 2 | Stanza three , the fox 's nose touch twig leaf and its footprints are set into the snow . |
| 3 | Some implements are set with the heads at different angles to make them easier to manoeuvre with one hand . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | If all outputs are set top the minimum pulse width of 0.75mS , the frame rate will be 14.2mS ( 8 × 0.75mS + 8.2mS ) whilst if all outputs are set to the maximum pulse width of 2.25mS the frame rate will be 26.2mS ( 8 × 2.25mS + 8.2mS ) . |
| 6 | Business parameters are set by the market ; the focus is the customer or client and their demands . |
| 7 | Figure 8 Human skull from a Pre-pottery Neolithic level at Jericho , seventh millennium B.C. The face is plastered and cowrie shells are set in the eye sockets . |
| 8 | To prevent seepage from the soil eroding the bottom part of the mud wall , a layer of fired bricks was set into the wall to separate the mud bricks from the foundation . |
| 9 | Night netting requires that your nets are set between the rabbits ' home ground and their feeding areas . |
| 10 | And stargazers who slavishly read those horoscopes are set for the sign of eternal damnation . |
| 11 | Beside the front doors of the houses at this mining settlement near Peterlee , slates are set into the walls . |
| 12 | While the final policy on all major legal and financial matters is set by the company 's managing director or president , the advice offered by these specialist executives improves the efficiency , profitability and overall performance of the company . |
| 13 | Mohicans is set among the wild , untamed undergrowth and soaring , sheer mountained backdrop to the American war between France and England with each side sporting its native American allies . |
| 14 | The Inner Kingdoms are set within the twilit ring of the Annulii , shielded from contact with the outer world by the mountains and buffer states of the Outer Kingdoms . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | His sights are set on the British Supercup and British Championship in 1993 , riding an ex-Niall Mackenzie 250 Yamaha , which has been purchased by Charlie Smiley of Carrickfergus . |
| 17 | The wages of farm workers are set by the Agricultural Wages Board ( for England and Wales ) . |
| 18 | On every release , targets are set for the whole sales force by the sales manager or director , in consultation with the marketing division . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | attainment targets are set for the knowledge , skills and understanding normally expected at the ages of 7 , 11 , 14 and 16 ; |
| 21 | Targets for reducing the death toll from heart disease , cancer and other illnesses were set for the first time last year , yet little has happened since then , the British Medical Association said yesterday . |
| 22 | Hartlepool then comprised 6,000 people , no longer a simple fishing village since dock facilities had recently brought it into the coal-export and timber-import trades ; but Jackson 's sights were set on the adjacent hamlet of Stranton , with a population of 350 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | A period of seven years was set as the publication cycle for new editions ; the sixteenth edition thus appeared on time in 1958 . |
| 25 | And in the big cities — to go from the relatively sensitive and ‘ socially conscious ’ reports of the District Leader of Augsburg-Stadt — the old attacks on the parasitic existence of Party functionaries gained new strength in wartime conditions ; the extravagance of Party buildings was set alongside the slums in which it was said the great mass of the population still had to live ; and ‘ especially unfavourable note is taken of the feudal life and dwelling of leaders of Party and State ’ . |
| 26 | His initials are set in the cobbles in front of the tower . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Candles in jam-jars were set around the heap of boulders . |
| 29 | The cooking fires were lit and pots were set over the flames to boil . |
| 30 | The mooring posts from the tanks and from the lower pounds were set alongside the lock flight , possibly the only parts of the lift still doing duty at Foxton . |