Example sentences of "[is] set [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We talked about why the story is set over ten days , which it quite particularly is : ten days of eating , from a Thursday to a Saturday . |
| 2 | For ‘ Sport ’ AE , a high shutter speed is set automatically and the auto-exposure then opens up the lens iris to suit . |
| 3 | an accent mark which is set separately from the main character and is then placed either over or under it . |
| 4 | Already , Cohen has isolated more than a thousand contigs , each containing an average of 15 yeast artificial chromosomes average of 15 yeast artificial chromosomes ( YACs ) and covering more than 70 per cent of the genome , while the number of markers on the map that Weissenbach and his colleagues reported last year has since been more than doubled and is set shortly to double again . |
| 5 | If you are writing about Eliot 's poem The Waste Land ( published in 1922 ) for example , you might consider it relevant to know about other events of that year ( or the years when it was being written ) , and so you could look up 1922 in the index to the London newspaper The Times ( the poem is set partly in London and was published there ) . |
| 6 | The friendly and unpretentious Hotel Doria is set just 400 yards from the lake , and close to all the resort 's amenities . |
| 7 | The hotel is set just 75 yards from the beach and Marina Grande harbour , and 500 yards ( up a steep road ) from the resort 's main shopping street ( regular local bus service available ) . |
| 8 | And I 'll soon be doing a drama series for Radio 4 which is set here . ’ |
| 9 | A period twist is given to the proceedings — the story is set somewhere around 1964 , to judge from the careful references to Christine Keeler — and is adapted from Nicholas Rhea 's Constable books . |
| 10 | The four-panel , white Awlgrip-coated Hall mast stands with very little aft rake and is set well forward . |
| 11 | Taking out one of the choppers before it gets chance to launch any missiles is stupendously satisfying , and the difficulty level is set exactly right . |
| 12 | Working in this way , setting up a whole group which functions as a community , frequently leads drama teachers towards work which is set either in villages or small towns or on islands . |
| 13 | It will something which the government will seek er to blame on the French and therefore Mr Deputy Speaker I do think it important that the record is set straight er as far as the French government are concerned . |
| 14 | This well run and friendly hotel is set right in the centre of the resort . |
| 15 | The manor is set right in the middle of Horncastle and has a large and colourful garden , much admired by passers-by who can not help but pause at the usually open corner gate in the garden wall . |
| 16 | The Holiday Inn is set right on the white sandy beach of Batu Ferringhi , about 20 minutes drive from Georgetown . |
| 17 | Much of the middle , in fact , he wrote , will depend on where it is set up . |
| 18 | ‘ What we need to do is set up a regular lunch date so everyone knows what 's happening . |
| 19 | The Crown Prosecution Service will ‘ continue the fight ’ to get at least limited rights of audience in the Crown Court for its lawyers once the new advisory committee for legal education and conduct is set up under the Government 's White Paper plans for the legal profession , Fiona King , a recruitment specialist at the service said yesterday . |
| 20 | His portable laboratory is set up in a small tent which is unbearably hot , and could well do without the added heat from his bunsen burner . |
| 21 | The death-bed vigil is set up . |
| 22 | Inside the sanctum , Miller was once made to sit down with the words ‘ Let me show you how a covert operation is set up . ’ |
| 23 | But that 's not the way the trust is set up . |
| 24 | In this way a vicious circle is set up . |
| 25 | These are based on the idea of choosing a sound ( unbiased ) analytical technique and establishing that the performance of the analytical system , once it is set up , meets predefined accuracy requirements . |
| 26 | In such cases the first signs of a dialectic occur : the actor is both experiencing and describing ; an oscillation is set up between these two incompatible grammatical constructs , the verb and the adjective . |
| 27 | A tacit collusion is set up between narrator and reader not to take the novel too solemnly , but rather to sit back and enjoy the show . |
| 28 | Some males are able to diagnose vaginal thrush in their wives or girl-friends within seconds of the start of sexual intercourse because of the immediate reaction that is set up . |
| 29 | Although the itching may be due to the movement of the louse over the skin , it only moves a maximum of six inches per day , and it is more likely that an allergic reaction is set up to the lice themselves or to their faeces . |
| 30 | New positional fields are established after the main axis is set up — those that give rise to the limbs will be examined in the next chapter . |