Example sentences of "[noun sg] set [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The basic equation to describe empty space–time is eqn ( 7.19 ) with the right-hand side set to zero : .
2 Dinosaur epic set to be a monster hit
3 The opening lead of a small trump did not solve any problems and declarer set to work to eliminate hearts and draw trumps .
4 As the sun set on a great day , they all made their way home , awaiting the next challenge , so if anybody out there fancies their chances , just ring the Sheffield Pest Control branch .
5 Yet whatever the prospects of peace on the city 's streets , the battle set to be staged in Oakland 's Coliseum in games one and two of the World Series have already been fought over long and hard in bar rooms and news rooms on either side of the Bay .
6 When deflation set in the previous gains were wiped out and more .
7 The Hairflair team set to work straight away .
8 Once it was decided to launch the Bond the Product Development team set to work in determining the financial aspects of the plan — how it would actually work , etc .
9 Using sheet metal cutters the crew set to work and a minute later a rather shocked Sam was free .
10 Lunch is soon over and the crew set to work again .
11 The control Store , containing up to a few thousand words , is set up initially with bit patterns representing the microprograms for the instruction set to be implemented .
12 The models will be architecturally very similar , usually with all ( or most of ) an instruction set in common ; further , transput devices and main storage may be transferable between models .
13 The opening set in particular was something of a disappointment .
14 All the forces of Chaos were brought to bear , and the mightiest sorcerers of the Chaos army set to work to breach the spell-walls around the island .
15 Fears about excessive regulation have now disappeared , allowing the market to focus on the more fundamental attractions , with profits growth set to be stimulated by cost reductions .
16 ‘ Wagnerian ’ is for once more than apt description , for just after he composed this symphony Korngold set to work on the score for one of Hollywood 's composer bio-pics , Magic Fire .
17 The simplest form of perspective is generated by calculating the value of z ( with its translation set to zero ) .
18 Yorkshire Television made good the shortfall and the Electricity Board set to work .
19 With the employment services division set to be transformed into a ‘ next step agency ’ in April , there are question marks over terms and conditions of employment .
20 The young midfielder was an unknown Chelsea reserve when a gang set upon him as he played in a park five-a-side in West London last summer .
21 He was walking back from a Didcot Pub , when a gang set upon him as he took a short cut across a railway footbridge .
22 Tim resembled the chimp son of Mick Jagger , playing the spoilt brat to the usual hilt — flapping those pop star lips , dragging on a cig , spazz dancin' and splitting the stage set to ‘ let the crowd check the band out … ’ .
23 Tim resembled the chimp son of Mick Jagger , playing the spoilt brat to the usual hilt — flapping those pop star lips , dragging on a cig , spazz dancin' and splitting the stage set to ‘ let the crowd check the band out … ’ .
24 Townhall destroyed in blaze set to be rebuilt
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