Example sentences of "be set [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These targets are due to be set during negotiations for a " sulphur protocol " to be added to the UN Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution . |
| 2 | The minister wants an annual sustainable harvest for minke whales to be set at May 's IWC meeting in Japan . |
| 3 | Within a year he had given detailed and authoritative evidence to the House of Commons and been instrumental in the passage of two bills which abolished gaolers ' fees and enabled counties to pay for a proper service ; which allowed discharged defendants to be set at liberty in open court ; and which not only improved sanitation and health arrangements but made it obligatory for justices to have a concern for the health of prisoners . |
| 4 | For example , an offer for law ( BCC ) and planning ( DDD ) would be set at CCD . |
| 5 | From the beginning of 1991 , prices for everything except sugar are meant to be set at world market rates , whatever they may be . |
| 6 | The revised tenancies and those they replaced differ from the regulated tenancies under the 1977 Rent Act in that there is a weakening of security of tenure and other rights , and most rents will be set at market level . |
| 7 | In the short run the efficient output is Q 1 and price should be set at c . |
| 8 | Since SMC measures the marginal social opportunity cost in the short run of the resources used to produce this good , price should be set at SMC to equate marginal social cost and marginal social benefit . |
| 9 | It was safe to assume , he said , that no more than a dozen MPs knew whether they should be reaching for the champagne or the shotgun when the Government announced last month that the business rate was to be set at 36p in the pound last month . |
| 10 | The price of shares in the company , which is the largest ports operation in Scotland , will be set on March 12 . |
| 11 | ‘ The fathers have eaten sour grapes , and the children 's teeth shall be set on edge . ’ |
| 12 | The Government propose to Brussels that the same upper limits be set on dosages of dietary supplements for ordinary consumers buying off the shelves as for professional practitioners of alternative medicine , even though such practitioners may have good reasons for recommending higher doses to their patients . |
| 13 | No ceiling was to be set on prices , except for essentials such as milk , bread , transport , communications and fuel , whose rise in price would be controlled by the government . |
| 14 | The number of shares and offer price will be set on June 8 to raise £10m , according to the pathfinder prospectus issued today . |
| 15 | By the end of the year , Mrs Thatcher was in the chair of a new cabinet committee , Misc. 141 , which had been given the task of preparing for the fast-approaching day when limits would be set on greenhouse gas emissions . |
| 16 | Any flimsy homesteads of clay and brushwood outside the defensive walls ( or even inside if those walls were breached ) were liable to be set on fire regularly , but their hardened inhabitants could usually manage a replacement within a few days ‘ provided we have five or six poles and boughs to cover them ’ . |
| 17 | Bathing , for instance , had to be forbidden along the fashionable coastline ; some ecologists even suggested that Estonian drinking water was so polluted it could be set on fire ! |
| 18 | I want to take you in my arms and kiss you and — ’ He looked to the side to where two people were approaching ; then dropping her hands , he said on a laugh , ‘ I 've only to be seen doing that in public , even holding your hands , and the place would be set on fire . |
| 19 | Audiences ' large capacities for ersatz-importance show how eager they are to be deeply stirred ; how easily gulled ; how low the threshold of enjoyment must be set for music of our time . |
| 20 | A national standard will also be set for outpatient waiting times . |
| 21 | With such a framework of authority , which is clearly a top-down one , objectives and targets can be set for managers , and indeed all in the enterprise . |
| 22 | He really had fallen on his feet , and if only Jane would look more kindly on him , they 'd both be set for life . |
| 23 | I 'd be set for life if something like that happened . |
| 24 | A reasonable duration period should therefore be set for MINTEG otherwise it may take several runs before anything is deleted . |
| 25 | Preferably targets should be set for individuals where the bonus earned is directly related to personal effort . |
| 26 | Ronny Johnsen from Lyn , Oslo may be set for Leeds . |
| 27 | From my reading of the evidence , it appears that there is a certain amount of buck-passing between the Ministers in the two Departments about who will identify the gap , where the resources will come from and who will come clean about the budget that will be set for community care provision . |
| 28 | Austin , Texas-based Pencom Software Inc has kicked off a programme to offer prototype device drivers for NextStep 486 expeditiously , to help hardware and peripherals vendors to be set for NextWorld next month . |
| 29 | It is hoped that new international standards will also be set for code marks that identify which polymer has been used in plastic packaging manufacture , making recycling that much easier . |
| 30 | Time limits would be set for appeals , with a right to representation and eligibility for legal aid to get advise in bringing a case . |