Example sentences of "are set [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bricks or special edging slabs are set into concrete to provide an appropriate finish . |
| 2 | As well as explaining the remains visible on the site tour , this guide provides an insight into the way of life of the various inhabitants : Neolithic , Bronze Age , Iron Age , Pictish , Viking , Norse/Medieval farmers , fishermen , craftsmen and part-time warriors , all are set into historical , geographical and social perspective . |
| 3 | The titles you choose for essays you devise yourself can , if you want them to , be made closely to resemble the sorts of questions you are set as prescribed essays or in exams . |
| 4 | Hours of work are set for certain occupations ( e.g. 40 hours a week ) and overtime may or may not be an option . |
| 5 | Workstation One/6000 and Workstation One/2 are set for limited availability from December 18 and general availability June 25 ; Workstation One for Windows and Workstation One for Macintosh are out now in the US . |
| 6 | ‘ The lasers are set for automatic response . |
| 7 | First ships in Japan are set for late December , with the machine being launched on the international market in June 1994 . |
| 8 | First ships in Japan are set for late December , with the machine being launched on the international market in June 1994 . |
| 9 | When you cast on using the ribber , on the first row BOTH carriages knit ; however , on the second , third and fourth rows both carriages are set for circular knitting , so you knit one-and-a-half circles . |
| 10 | Usually a number of variables are set at predefined levels and the resulting values of one or more ‘ response ’ variables observed ; this would be the situation in an industrial experiment to study the variation in yield of some product resulting from changing levels of temperature , amount of catalyst , process time , and so on . |
| 11 | As yet , the robot has no way of knowing whereabouts its gripper will be , when its joints are set at particular angles . |
| 12 | To begin with , all switches except the inputs are set at random . |
| 13 | Her sights are set on international competition . |
| 14 | Most of the chants are set to simple Latin texts , which perhaps heightens the sense of their ‘ traditional ’ feel . |
| 15 | No , certain things , certain specific jobs are set to certain people . |
| 16 | The arrays hold a variable number of pointers , and any unused ones are set to null . |
| 17 | Full-time courses are set alongside part-time programmes , short courses and extra-mural study , ensuring a student population balanced in age , varied in background and experience and strong in commitment to study and achievement . |
| 18 | Full-time courses are set alongside part-time programmes , short courses and extra-mural study , ensuring a student population balanced in age , varied in background and experience and strong in commitment to study and achievement . |
| 19 | ‘ During wind and rain ’ , in which memories of the past are set against present reality through contrasting images and metres , is one of the greatest of them ; but ‘ The oxen ’ , inspired by his nostalgia for the traditions of Christianity , is perhaps the most popular . |
| 20 | His signature subjects a table carefully laid with talismanic objects , portraits of subjects in period dress , and figures ( now recognisably present day ) standing in enigmatic relationship to one another are set against flat chequerboard backgrounds of piercing primary and secondary colour . |
| 21 | HCI Clubs are set in spacious grounds and many have their own private beaches . |
| 22 | Its schools are set in green-lawned campuses , and for years its teachers have been among the highest-paid in Texas . |
| 23 | Seeds are set in good seasons , but few are viable , germination is low , and seedlings are vulnerable to predation . |
| 24 | It is part of their purpose to open the eyes of their readership to the true conditions of working-class life , and many scenes are set in impoverished interiors . |
| 25 | These essays are not illustrated , although they often describe sites and buildings , are set in small grey type , and do not always bear much relation to the objects illustrated — it is to be wondered if all the essayists were consulted about , or shown , the selection for the exhibition . |
| 26 | Songs are set in everyday situations and many listeners appreciate the gritty realism , although others consider the earthiness intolerably shallow . |
| 27 | Extracts from the report are set in italic type : salient comments follow , verbatim . |
| 28 | Prices are set in local currencies . |
| 29 | Approval and inspection fees are set by central government , which means that wherever you live in England or Wales , the price will be the same : planning permission £46 ; Building Regulations plans approval £35.25 ; and £105.75 inspection fees when the work commences . |
| 30 | I strongly suspect the limits are set by social empathy in interactions with animals . |