Example sentences of "be set to [adj] " in BNC.

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1 A little after 3 o'clock this morning he rapped at several doors in Marlborough Street ( adjoining one of the piers ) and informed them that fire had been set to one of the ships in the harbour [ and ] matches were laid in several others ; the whole world would soon be in a blaze , and the town also destroyed …
2 Most of the chants are set to simple Latin texts , which perhaps heightens the sense of their ‘ traditional ’ feel .
3 Initially , all cells in all RAM chips are set to 0 .
4 17 are binding on us and , if the cases in which security over property has been given are set to one side , there are no counter authorities which weaken their authority , save , perhaps , Chaplin & Co .
5 Moreover even if these sceptical grumblings are set to one side , are we to interpret the proposition that there has been a secular rise in NAIRU as pointing to a rise in the natural unemployment rate ?
6 What we 'd effectively do which code , what effectively do of course is we we trundle down here checking to see if any of these are set to one and if they are set to one we set a weight in memory .
7 No , certain things , certain specific jobs are set to certain people .
8 The reference point for the height data ( m ) is Rifugio Piccolo ( between Cisternazza and Montagnola ) and values for November 1989 are set to zero , after the SSE-trending fractures had formed and Strombolian activity had ceased .
9 Otherwise all the bits are set to zero .
10 In the examples above the durations are set to zero to inhibit the facilities .
11 The arrays hold a variable number of pointers , and any unused ones are set to null .
12 Therefore in eqn ( 6.11 ) must be set to zero : .
13 An indication of the importance of the two financial measures ( RSX and JXC ) is provided by the decisive rejection of a joint test of whether both their coefficients could be set to zero .
14 The number of dots per inch in the horizontal and vertical directions can be set to 72 to ensure equal vertical and horizontal scales .
15 In any learning task , the proportion of cells in each chip which should be set to 1 is likely to be independent of the number of cells in the chip ; so the number of learning cycles will be roughly proportional to the size of a chip .
16 Thus , all weights on its inputs might be set to -2 , and its threshold t may be -1 .
17 Its principal inputs are its address lines , which may each be set to 0 or 1 .
18 If a lesser number of parameters are specified , the unspecified rows will be set to 0 .
19 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 .
20 If policy can be set to one side then it is set to one side and I think it enhances the reputation of of the system .
21 Some limits had to be set to such claims ; and the selection of such limits , being essentially a matter of policy , was one which the legislature alone is equipped to make .
22 Thus if B does equal C , A will be set to TRUE ( -1 ) .
23 The example below is similar , but A will be set to TRUE ( -1 ) if " age " is less than 21 .
24 However , if B does not equal C , A will be set to FALSE ( 0 ) .
25 If a rudder rate switch is available , this should be set to high rate to encourage the model to turn as rapidly as possible .
26 Waterpump pliers can be set to different jaw openings .
27 The keyboard setting should be set to British if you want to use the pound ( ) sign .
28 Shock and indignation jostle for position in the following quote from a speech of the president of the Royal Society , delivered in 1978 : ‘ Ominously , voices have been raised claiming that limits should be set to scientific inquiry — that there are questions which should not be asked and research which should not be undertaken . ’
29 Alternatively , limits may be set to particular functions and alarms triggered whenever these are exceeded .
30 Some limits have to be set to any project .
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