Example sentences of "set by [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The EPA claims that its study was hampered by pressure of time in meeting an August 1 deadline set by a federal court decree , imposed after the American Lung Association sued the EPA last October in an attempt to force a new review . |
| 2 | The financial framework and policy objectives would be set by a Labour government . |
| 3 | These are swivel-mounted to facilitate cornering , and a constant working depth is maintained by a hydraulic accumulator , whose pressure is set by a hydraulic handpump . |
| 4 | Therefore writing on Japan in English operates , to a significant degree , within an agenda set by a liberal democratic tradition involving a commitment to private property , the role of market competition , citizenship rights and representative democratic institutions . |
| 5 | But whatever the motives , the Government 's twin aims of handing back the control of unions to the individual members , and ensuring that trade unions act within bounds set by a democratic state , are ones that should have been promoted by the left . |
| 6 | Number twos tend therefore to be passed over ( except for the top job in America , for which agreeably relaxed standards of industry have been set by a recent incumbent ) . |
| 7 | overall policy decisions of the organisation should be set by a ruling body of key individuals ( board of directors , the Cabinet of government ministers , or the supreme policy-making councils of other organisations ) ( power culture ) . |
| 8 | The trend was set by a fifth-minute booking for Manuel Vivani after a late challenge on Martin Allen . |
| 9 | ‘ The ‘ bottom line ’ is that the ground-state orbit is set by a dynamic equilibrium in which collapse of the state is prevented by the presence of zero-point energy . |
| 10 | Water temperature is set by a single control which adjusts the water flow . |
| 11 | Some books were set by a single compositor , but |
| 12 | In 1981 , during the Committee stage of the Bill , the Under-Secretary of State for the Environment said : ‘ For the purposes of pest control , especially control of foxes and rabbits , there is no practical alternative to a snare well set by an experienced person and regularly inspected . ’ |
| 13 | There were three types ( ‘ modes ’ ) , depending on whether the syllabus and/or examination were set by an examining board or a school . |
| 14 | He 's hoping to ride two hundred miles in less than eight and a half hours , beating the time set by an eccentric Yorkshireman in 1831 . |
| 15 | The ‘ shutter ’ signal indicates when the High Speed Shutter is on , and the cursor-type indicator above it shows the brightness of the scene being recorded and hence the lens aperture as set by the automatic exposure system . |
| 16 | If it is in one of the clinical subjects , graduates normally take Senior House Officer posts and prepare for examinations set by the relevant Royal College or faculty . |
| 17 | The second day continued where the first day left off : four catches by Hick to equal the record for a Test against Pakistan originally set by the little-remembered spinner Jim McConnon of Glamorgan in 1954 , and then my researches led me to the remarkable fact that John Birch , who played for Notts from 1973 to 1988 , was known as ‘ Bonk ’ . |
| 18 | The Home Secretary 's remarks on PR , made to party workers in Stroud , are the most strident so far used by a senior Conservative against electoral reform , which is the condition set by the Liberal Democrats for their support in a hung Parliament . |
| 19 | Further more , it falls well short of the target set by the influential think-tank of former policymakers , the Group of 30 , for a three-day ( T+3 ) rolling settlement system . |
| 20 | But one of the conditions set by the Japanese government was that its people should take part only if there were a ceasefire between the warring parties . |
| 21 | His total dose was 109 millirems — well below the recommended level set by the International Commission on Radiological Protection . |
| 22 | The European companies were hoping to meet the deadline set by the International Radio Consultative Committee for the presentation of technical proposals for a new system which , once chosen , would effectively set a world standard , Japan and the USA having already submitted their applications to the Committee . |
| 23 | The price cuts were in line with conditions set by the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) and World Bank . |
| 24 | This was described as a step towards internal convertibility by 1992 , and to meet conditions set by the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) . |
| 25 | A survey carried out by local health workers showed that about 20 per cent of Faroese children had levels of mercury in excess of the safety limit as set by the International Programme on Chemical Safety . |
| 26 | The European Commission is to introduce legislation to force member countries to comply with minimum rules on safety , ship maintenance and training set by the International Maritime Organisation ( IMO ) . |
| 27 | Normally the top two finishers in each event would be named in the team provided they met the qualifying time set by the International Amateur Athletic Federation . |
| 28 | President Franois Mitterrand will spell out the conditions for unification set by the European Community governments to President Gorbachev . |
| 29 | to comply with environmental standards set by the European Community and the Forth River Purification Board |
| 30 | Among its findings on freshwater quality the report mentioned : ( i ) high levels of phosphates in rivers , lakes and reservoirs in most of central and southern England , which cause excessive growth of surface plants such as algae which in turn damage wildlife ; ( ii ) acidification of rivers and lakes in some parts of Scotland , northern England and Wales to such levels that they are almost devoid of fish ; ( iii ) one in eight sewage plants still not operating within discharge limits ; ( iv ) periodic high levels of pesticide pollution in drinking water ; and ( v ) a high proportion of freshwater sites used for recreational purposes failing to meet the standards set by the European Community directive on bathing water . |