Example sentences of "be set [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Paris auction market received a welcome fillip in the first week of April with the announcement that buyer 's premium would be set at a flat rate of 9% . |
| 2 | But bail should be set at a level which effectively deters flight . |
| 3 | My equipment can be set at a frequency to emit sound waves that will obviate that effect . |
| 4 | A pollution tax could theoretically be set at a level that would exactly match the external costs involved . |
| 5 | Thus , the AMA argues , the Fifth Amendment ‘ requires that prices must be set at a level that permits any enterprise , including a physician 's medical practice , to operate successfully , to maintain its financial integrity , to attract capital , and to compensate investors for the risk assumed ’ . |
| 6 | The choice does not have to lie between unanimity and a simple majority of the partners : frequently the required majority will be set at a higher level than 50 per cent plus one to reflect the importance of the matter under discussion . |
| 7 | THE new poll tax for Darlington is likely to be set at a special meeting on Thursday . |
| 8 | The Empire was to be set on a ‘ new course ’ by a process of increasing the parliamentary content of the constitutional structure with a view to producing a more ‘ liberal ’ regime . |
| 9 | ( The items might be set on a particular occasion as a test of the attainment of the criterion or they might arise in the context of more holistic tasks on separate occasions . ) |
| 10 | A problem may be set on a statute as well as on a case . |
| 11 | Targets can , in such cases , be set on a unit basis because the tradesmen can utilise previous experience as a guide . |
| 12 | Neumann 's statement about the air brakes is anyway very misleading , for they in fact can be set on a sliding scale , so that the speed of the machines can be gradually modified either up or down . |
| 13 | The consultation paper outlines how objectives for water quality could be set on a statutory basis and determined by actual use , for example fisheries , sport or water supply . |
| 14 | Speed of response can be set over a range of five steps , and may well have to be reset because , particularly in graphics mode , if it is too sensitive , loading up several movement commands into the buffer will require having to wait for them to clear . |
| 15 | Indeed the whole issue of Sabbath observance could be set for a return to fashion . |
| 16 | Given that the land had been distributed to the peasants , Bukharin suggested that without the intervention of the state , that is , the proletarian state , the scene would be set for a ‘ new American-style cycle ’ , by which he meant the development of capitalist commodity production in agriculture with a process of centralisation taking place and the development of agri-factories . |
| 17 | THE Premier League could be set for a £30 million-plus windfall if negotiations to sell television rights worldwide are concluded this week . |
| 18 | She , like her trainer , could be set for a good season . |
| 19 | VIRGIN tycoon Richard Branson is moving into computers and could be set for a head-on clash with Amstrad chief Alan Sugar . |
| 20 | Hocine Ait Ahmed , leader of the Socialist Forces Front ( FFS ) , declined to attend , and reiterated on Feb. 10 that a date should be set for a return to a " democratic process " which should include the FIS . |
| 21 | In contest flying , the motor must be stopped and the throttle servo will be set to a position which achieves this . |
| 22 | Pitch will be set to a negative figure which is suitable for an autorotation descent . |
| 23 | The illumination of the background should be set to a somewhat lower level than that for the foreground to give depth to the scene and add prominence to the subject . |
| 24 | The vertical and horizontal rulers need to be set to a rigidly defined position , at least for the purposes of setting up the grids . |
| 25 | For example , some programs will express that the Files and Buffers have to be set to a certain number for that particular program to operate correctly . |
| 26 | Before embarking upon a review of some of the findings from my survey , the scene needs to be set with a brief summary of the main arguments and counter-arguments concerning assessment . |
| 27 | A small auditorium may be set with a capacity of 2,000 . |
| 28 | But , it is equally important that the imagined outcome should not be set as a goal ; it is not possible to imagine the unexpected however rich our imaginations , and so the possible pot of gold is used to justify our involvement . |
| 29 | A specified time should be set as a deadline when outgoing mail should be ready if it is to be despatched that day . |
| 30 | I would therefore propose that September 1993 be set as a tentative deadline for the confirmation of events , dates and locations . |