Example sentences of "are set [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Large stone blocks are set as stepping stones for pedestrians to cross without becoming muddied . |
| 2 | Targets and standards are set for development actions . |
| 3 | Standards are set for ventilation , heating , lighting , hygiene , safety features of tools and equipment , fire precautions , first aid facilities and provision is made for occupational health services . |
| 4 | Autodesk Inc , Sausalito , California has decided that IBM Corp 's Cadam Inc computer-aided design software base is ripe for plundering , and is developing two Cadam-emulation products , Aemulus and Aemulus(mf) , which are now in alpha test : the products , which offer a Cadam-like user interface and bi-directional compatibility with Cadam files , are also compatible with AutoCAD Release 12 ; Aemulus is an AutoCAD Development System application with a Cadam-like graphics interface and command set and enables customers to edit existing Cadam models or create new Cadam-compatible models on the desktop ; Aemulus(mf) is a mainframe-resident program that enables customers to quickly and completely convert Cadam two-dimensional Interactive Drawing files to DXF files or vice versa ; both are set for shipment in May 1993 but pricing has not yet been decided ; the company also says that it is expanding its product line beyond the drafting portion of the design spectrum it has traditionally occupied to cover the entire spectrum from conceptualisation to manufacturing , and that as a first step its three top-selling drafting and design packages , AutoCAD , Generic CADD and AutoSketch , have been brought together under one organisational umbrella , and are being precisely defined and clarified in terms of their relationship to each other ; development is under way to enable the three products to work together and share files across networks . |
| 5 | ‘ I can see tremendous benefits but hope that realistic targets are set for industry to comply . ’ |
| 6 | If the regression coefficients for estimating the population ‘ at risk ’ of requiring Personal Social Services are set at plus or minus two standard errors , this estimated expenditure need might range from £167 to £3 56 per child aged 5–17 . |
| 7 | What do you people mean by quoting this proverb about the land of Israel : ‘ The fathers eat sour grapes , and the children 's teeth are set on edge ’ ? |
| 8 | The visiting of the iniquity of their fathers on to succeeding generations in the Third Commandment , the banning of ‘ he that hath a flat nose ’ , and the writing ‘ the fathers have eaten a sour grape and the children 's teeth are set on edge ’ are suggestive of the stigmata of congenital syphilis . |
| 9 | ‘ An ’ the bastard even went on to confirm that the bombs are set on time fuses , just sufficient to allow him an' his staff to escape , but not enough to allow them to be de-activated , or to evacuate the ordinary members from the building … an' most of them are just kids . ’ |
| 10 | When the spreading cotton manufacture extended similar opportunities , Arthur Young wrote of Manchester : " large families in this place are no incumbrance ; all are set to work " . |
| 11 | Static welfare losses that arise from departures from competition in output markets are set against longer-run , dynamic gains which may arise from an increase in the supply of innovations that come about in less than perfectly competitive markets . |
| 12 | Colour for summer ‘ 93 is defined by the trend towards naturals — skin tones , neutrals and pale legwear are set against outerwear 's neutral classics . |
| 13 | With the partial exception of Didon and Les femmes , which dwell on the protagonist 's unstable emotions in the manner of a theatrical soliloquy , it is dramatic episodes rather than specific movements that are set in relief through well timed key changes , as in Campra 's stage action scenes . |
| 14 | ‘ But his speech showed clearly the trap , and on the whole when traps are set in sight of the victim they do n't usually catch it . ’ |
| 15 | If standards are set in concrete , there is no way of teaching children that there are times to be flexible , when special circumstances demand it . |
| 16 | Since cash limits are set in advance of wage agreements and since wages and salaries are the largest element in social service costs , it is not easy to achieve ‘ realism ’ in the cash limits without some long-term understanding with the fairly cowed public sector unions about the scale of pay awards . |
| 17 | We shall also assume that wages rather than prices are set in advance , so that our formal model is one of ‘ wage stickiness ’ rather than ‘ price stickiness ’ . |
| 18 | Both Egyptian and Assyrian painting and relief often show a kind of bird's-eye view against which figures are set in profile at different levels . |
| 19 | As before the nets are set in front of the warren systems . |
| 20 | ‘ Sir , ’ they say , ‘ thank God there is someone … restored my faith in human nature … performed a signal service … struck a blow for common sense and ordinary human decency … exposed the hypocrisy of those who for our sins are set in authority over us … expressed what the vast majority of people fed … spoken up for the minority whose views are never taken into account … ’ |
| 21 | As a result of intense competition , bonds are often sold at a discount to attract investors ( the " reallowance " ) or else banks would sell their bonds in the grey market ( a market for bonds on which the issue price or syndicate allocations has not yet been determined , where quotes are set in relation to the unknown final price ) , which may oblige the lead manager to buy the bonds back in order to support the price . |
| 22 | The procedures which are set in place when the contract is signed will create an atmosphere for the remainder of the project . |
| 23 | When Maurice arrives as an unexpected guest , strange events are set in motion — a murder occurs , and a ghost appears ! |
| 24 | With awareness of what is wrong , the corrective forces of democracy are set in motion . |
| 25 | In Britain , the political system is grounded in a fundamental consensus as to the desired ends of public policy and the means to attain them , and so the rules of the interest group game are set by society to ensure " fair play " and free access for all legitimate interests that want the ear of government . |
| 26 | In this version we shall in fact assume that it is wages that are set by trade unions one period in advance and that prices are flexible ; that is , we shall examine a sticky wage rather than a sticky price model . |
| 27 | School budgets are set by formula and depend largely on the number of pupils . |
| 28 | We now are setting into motion a new system , whereby the PAs to the Head of Groups/Sectors keep copies of the Christian Aid self-certificate form and should ensure that as soon as a member of staff returns from their sick leave they fill it in . |
| 29 | Like its predecessors , it is structured around a simple thesis — in this case , that information and knowledge are setting in motion a profound shift in the nature and location of power . |