Example sentences of "[be] set [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One big kick downfield from the opposition and you 're set right back on your heels in defence . |
| 2 | Knock off part of them , they 're set apart are n't they ? |
| 3 | and secondly we say that er we 're setting aside the question of discrimination primary basis section fourteen is an absolute block on it and you ca n't have it more complete er , er undermining of article eighty five and again even if the bad faith point arises , er simply makes it and we say quite clearly excessively difficult to enforce article eighty five |
| 4 | Even for over achievement , or where there appears to be no problem , it could be worth reviewing the target levels to consider if these have been set incorrectly ; perfection the first time round might well be suspect ! |
| 5 | Calvin had set his time at altitude , always beneficial in the ‘ explosive ’ events , and indeed the previous record of 9.95 seconds by another American , Jim Hines , had also been set high up in Mexico City . |
| 6 | Omissions cases falling within manslaughter by recklessness or gross negligence have also been set apart from cases of positive acts . |
| 7 | Fencing , which had been set well back from the bank , now dangled over the gulf created by the all-swallowing river . |
| 8 | Loads of assignments have been set already . |
| 9 | Every one that hits the net ought to be caught — provided the net has been set properly . |
| 10 | Benetton is also planning to enter the trainers market although no launch date has been set yet . |
| 11 | A fourth suspect , Donna Maguire , 26 , is on trial on separate charges in Dusseldorf and no date has been set yet for proceedings in the barracks bombing case . |
| 12 | This accusation had been set temporarily to one side after the discovery of the Phillips curve and its subsequent absorption into income-expenditure models . |
| 13 | ‘ All groups have said we will review it in September and there is a general feeling that the charge should not have been set as high as it has been . ’ |
| 14 | Tom leaned forward , ignoring the piping hot servings of lobster meunière which had just been set reverently in front of them . |
| 15 | The action on this example has been set quite low and when combined with the almost flat radius of the fingerboard and the slim neck , feels very rock'n'roll indeed . |
| 16 | Here a transfer price of £50 has been set so as to give each division some of the profit . |
| 17 | 19 Two " Road Works " marker lights have been set so that one flashes every 6 seconds , the other every 15 seconds . |
| 18 | A 1% target reduction in casualties has been set initially but this will be reviewed as part of the project . |
| 19 | That record had been set earlier in the same evening when ‘ Bob 's worlds ’ ( Sotheby 's lot 37 , est. $250–350,000 ) , an important crockery picture , had been purchased by a telephone bidder against art adviser Jeffrey Deitch . |
| 20 | The tone of the afternoon had been set earlier , on the field . |
| 21 | Similarly , if the float has been set too high , or it has been damaged , and no longer floats on the surface , water will also reach the overflow . |
| 22 | ( Experience has shown that the number of such permitted pixels has been set too low , so that the test is probably too sensitive . ) |
| 23 | However , the quota limits , determined largely by commercial considerations , are now believed to have been set too high . |
| 24 | Too soon to write them off but the benchmark has been set very high already . |
| 25 | What we may see as the first classical statue of a draped woman , corresponding to the naked male of the Kritian boy , is likewise from the Acropolis and could likewise have been set there just before or just after the interruptions of 480/79 . |
| 26 | If savings have been set aside for a funeral , and would now pay for one at current prices , that money , invested at the best rate of interest , may be enough to pay for the funeral when it occurs . |
| 27 | However , money has been set aside for a refurbishment programme across the group 's 30 hotels . |
| 28 | A £500,000 budget has been set aside to create a press office to represent him in Brussels , in addition to Dublin 's existing one . |
| 29 | It was a perfect site because the building , for which a quarter of a million pounds ( £8,250,000 ) had been set aside from the Twentieth Century Fund , was meant to be ‘ a challenge to the Church of England ’ . |
| 30 | Demand for the group 's Drypure paint recovery process has suffered , and , with the joint venture Drypure centre in Toledo , Ohio , incurring a small loss , £2½m has been set aside below the line , against its possible closure . |