Example sentences of "[being] set [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I think I , I mean I do agree and I think that the that er that pressure is now getting on to these , these city institutions , but erm , but I still come back to the basic thing that , that really , you know what appears to me is happening is we 've we 're having literally millions of pounds taken out in , in issuing these massive massive writs you know , a hundred and seventy eight page writs are sort of being and really the money for those is coming out of the remaining money in our pension funds and really I feel that what wou what is happening is this , as far as I 'm concerned , is all due to the self-regulatory body being set under the Financial Services Act , and in a way I feel that you know we 're being made to pay for sorting out a mess that somebody else is making . |
| 2 | The breastplate worn by High Priests of Israel to contain the sacred lot is described in Exodus as being set with four rows of precious stones , each engraved with the name of one of the tribes of Israel . |
| 3 | For the first time limits are being set on the number of hours which may be worked continuously . |
| 4 | Half the class refused to go to the lessons , frightened of being set on fire or being thrown through a window , but Endill liked the suspense of waiting to see what each mixture did next . |
| 5 | In the North , Huddersfield car salesman Mohammed Sadiq is seriously ill after being set on fire in abrutal attack . |
| 6 | Inadequate limits being set on the child 's behaviour , possible reinforcement of the aggression and modelling of aggression , and poor control of emotional reactions were all part of the learning history of these abusing children . |
| 7 | She argued that if women were paid the same as men " it would result in many women being dismissed from many trades " , and also accepted without demur , when giving evidence to the Fair Wages Committee a few years later , the proposition that women were satisfied with less money because they were earning " pin money " if married , and " pocket money " if not.38 With such pessimism about equal pay entrenched in the mind of their organizers , with such low evaluation being set on their work , one might argue that it would have been surprising if a militant women 's union could really be organized in the prevailing atmosphere . |
| 8 | The London Interbank Offered Rate ( LIBOR ) has come to be widely used as a benchmark rate , deposit and loan rates being set on margins related to LIBOR . |
| 9 | Having decided on the precise objectives being set for the appraisal scheme , next you must choose who will be consulted , who will be appraised by whom and how often . |
| 10 | By the end of the year the Stockholm Convention had been signed , with the launch of the European Free Trade Association being set for May 1960 . |
| 11 | Meanwhile the high-end 620 chip , for moderately to massively parallel servers , is said to be being set for 64 bits with a special environment mode bit that can switch between 32- and 64-bit operation . |
| 12 | The statement comes after weeks of uncertainty , with deadlines being set for a deal , only for the dates to come and go , with no sale even close . |
| 13 | For stereo hi-fi recording , the microphones are connected all the way to the camcorder via separate right and left hand mixer channels , the mixer being set to mono for ‘ centre-stage ’ speech recording , otherwise to stereo . |
| 14 | In the simplest case an instruction tests for all , some or none of the bits being set to one . |
| 15 | The department to examine their homework policy and look at what is being set to all pupils but especially the examination candidates . |
| 16 | When work is not in progress on a module but the module must be accessed by a package , the module must be locked against being set to hard copy only and against modification . |
| 17 | To specify modules which must be locked against modification without agreement or being set to hard copy , but which nevertheless do not need to be transferred as part of the package , another tight coupling relationship must be used : |
| 18 | All those concerned need to believe that the targets are being set at a level which is achievable . |
| 19 | The general budget was set at R13,156,289 million ( US$187,900 million at an exchange rate of US$1.00=R71.1848 as at March 19 , 1990 ) which included the budget for state-owned companies , foreign project financing and the government budget ; the latter comprised some 40 per cent of the total , overall expenditure being set at R5,596,000 million ( $79,900 million ) with revenue set at R4,000,000 million ( $57,300 million ) leaving a deficit of R1,596,000 million ( $22,600 million ) . |
| 20 | Many of the BMA leaders have said that hospital is being set against hospital and doctor against doctor in the competitive process , yet they have produced few concrete examples , and a growing number of GPs are applying to become fundholders . |
| 21 | The body is undoubtedly ply , which has a sort of push-me-pull-you reputation in this department — the benefits of low cost being set against the disadvantages of poorer tone-producing capabilities . |
| 22 | EFTA was to be just a free trade area ; as such , there was no agreement on barriers being set against third parties . |
| 23 | Meanwhile , reliance is still placed on that golden oldie film Twelve Angry Men , which offers possible archetypes — Henry Fonda 's 9,9 hero being set against Lee J. Cobb 's 9.1 bully boy . |
| 24 | Thus at this stage the customer 's needs are being set against the cost of materials and labour , the manufacturing capacity of the production department , and issues such as quality levels . |
| 25 | The Soviet Union 's clear lead over the USA in manned , especially long duration , space flights on the Mir space station , the ninth of which began on May 18 , 1991 , was increasingly being set against the scientific value of cheaper unmanned space probes , even though these were also subject to financial cutbacks . |
| 26 | If there is a lesson to be learnt it is that success has been related to demonstrated achievement in a core of subjects … a qualification requiring a minimum level of achievement and minimum level of performance being set against specified standards . |
| 27 | Shops owned by Copts were attacked and wrecked and there were increasing instances of individual Copts being set upon in the streets . |
| 28 | A badger protection group says it fears that savage dogs are being set upon badgers in a remote area . |
| 29 | A badger protection group says it fears that savage dogs are being set upon the animals in a remote area . |
| 30 | Witton , like their opponents , are also attempting to reach the final for the first time and today 's clash at Marine 's Rossett Park ground is all-ticket with a crowd limit of 2,500 being set by the police . |