Example sentences of "be set [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 31 | it was agreed that thirty one January would be set as a deadline for recruiting national account execs , pending a salary review |
| 32 | It is as if the idea of the moment can be compressed like those flowers that we as children used to press between the pages of a book ; that they can be set like a jewel in the mind or as a picture in the mind 's gallery . |
| 33 | In Aids to Scoutmastership ( 1919 ) Baden-Powell likened his movement to Montessori 's system of education applied to older youths , recommending this as ‘ the line that eventually education will take when it comes to be set upon a right footing ’ . |
| 34 | Apart from this type of building , attempts had been made in many countries to provide an adequate base for the circular section of the dome so that it could be set upon a square section building . |
| 35 | Would it be set against a Schedule E liability in the year the guarantee was made , or against the Schedule E liability in the year the payment was made ? |
| 36 | A strategical handicap of increased dependence on imported food and the incalculable cultural loss involved in commitment to an overwhelmingly industrial society were other results to be set against a higher standard of living for the majority . |
| 37 | Baldwin 's reluctance had therefore to be set against a formidable opposition which had been allowed to solidify and organize itself in his absence . |
| 38 | It is generally argued , however , that the meaning " world " of is a post-Biblical development , and a mere possibility in the relationship of parallelistic lines ( " greater precision " ) can not be set against a linguistic certainty . |
| 39 | So in that first year , at ten percent , you 'd be given a capital allowance of five hundred pounds , to be set against a profit of four hundred pounds . |
| 40 | This is because there is no equivalent of group relief for capital losses , that is to say although group relievable items as defined in s403 TA 1988 can be set against a claimant company 's profits , including chargeable gains , there is no facility , in the inverse situation , for surrendering capital losses against profits of another group company . |
| 41 | Yet , such criticism has to be set against a long-term investment programme — including direct job creation — worth four times the value of the federal payroll cuts . |
| 42 | The financial framework and policy objectives would be set by a Labour government . |
| 43 | 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 ) . |
| 44 | These materials are sometimes used in combination — aluminium doors may be set in a timber sub-frame , for example , and upvc doors usually have steel reinforcement inside their box sections for extra strength . |
| 45 | Enclosed bus/ tram stops that shelter and welcome the passenger need to be set in a traffic-calmed environment , with pedestrian priority across surrounding roads and –unctions.43 in residential areas , these pedestrian networks and public transport stops should be so organised as to provide ‘ safe routes to school ’ , as in the Danish examples discussed in Chapter Ten . |
| 46 | Words and actions are full of subtle meanings which , to be fully explored and understood , have to be set in a much wider social context than that of their immediate occurrence . |
| 47 | In this way , the ostensibly pro-Zionist sentiments , as well as the ostensible abandonment of crude racism by the Nationalism Today faction , need to be set in a wider argumentative context . |
| 48 | You will almost inevitably find , as you begin to think what sort of a story your police procedural might have , that if will have to be set in a city of some size . |
| 49 | The findings will be set in a temporal and continental framework — material from earlier and later time periods and also from French and German sources will be used for comparison purposes . |