Example sentences of "is set [adv] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | For an artist to travel is to set out on a visual adventure which may or may not end in fulfilment . |
| 2 | With no back-up flap system the aeroplane is set up for a slightly flatter flapless approach at 130 knots . |
| 3 | The problem is that it only works if your PC has a fax card and is set up as a fax machine . |
| 4 | Clearly if we tried to apply a legal definition of ownership the asset belongs to Fred , however , unless the business is set up as a company in most countries the law does not recognize the separation of the business assets from those of the owner . |
| 5 | If the cell is set up at an appropriate angle to the incoming light , then when the amplitude of the standing wave is zero the cell transmits the light in the usual way ; when the amplitude is at its maximum the light is deflected at angle equal to twice the incident angle ( Figure 2 ) . |
| 6 | The Compass System is set up on a pivot enclosed in a liquid filled ( kerosene ) chamber . |
| 7 | As an example , we look at the case in which an initially isothermal column of liquid is set up with a stable salt gradient in it ; the base of the column is then heated . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | First , the number is set up in a shift register and when the system is ready , it is clocked repeatedly . |
| 10 | This is set up in a very similar way to above , but the advantage of using continuous stationery , is that only the sections for the height of the design will need to be joined together , because we can print the width sections as one continuous piece of paper . |
| 11 | The tendency for L to find its own maximum value leads to interesting developments if the initial density distribution is set up in a way that makes it initially larger than this maximum . |
| 12 | An idea-handling system which is set up in an organization where the climate is bad tends to make that climate still worse . |
| 13 | Furthermore , the whole list of injuries is set aside as a sort of sub-section , marked by three asterisks at the top and three at the bottom , so that the change of topic or scene is explicitly signalled to the reader . |
| 14 | One track in each cylinder is set aside as an embedded overflow area . |
| 15 | The KPMG approval process for investment advertisements issued on behalf of clients ( not on the firm 's own behalf ) is set out as a flowchart in Appendix 4 . |
| 16 | It 's only the ground floor , really , and it is set out with a bar at the back and refreshments like the old music halls used to be with every so often , every few seats there is a table so that it 's a thing to have your drink and refreshments to hand at the table . |
| 17 | Practical English Usage is set out like a dictionary . |
| 18 | The new approach is set out in a Statement of Practice , SP 6/92 , Accident Insurance Policies , and is more consistent with the aims of the legislation . |
| 19 | This logic is set out in a manner that illustrates in an exemplary way the structuralist intention to map out all the possibilities of literature as distinct from its actual manifestations . |
| 20 | It is set out in a legally binding protocol which forms an integral part of the treaty . |
| 21 | The current thinking of the Department of Trade and Industry ( DTI ) is set out in a Green Paper published in October 1993 . |
| 22 | Make sure the food is set out in an attractive way so that its appearance makes the children excited . |
| 23 | This is set out in an affidavit sworn by Mr. Roger Anthony Barnes , who is an assistant director of the Bank of England and the head of the Banking Supervision Division , in which capacity he is the senior official in the division responsible for the supervision of institutions authorised under the Act ; it was he who authorised and signed the section 39 notice , after discussion with the officers of the Bank of England immediately responsible for conducting the supervision of the defendants . |
| 24 | ( b ) Formation of regulated consumer credit agreement The consumer credit agreement must contain certain information which is set forth in a prescribed manner laid down by the Consumer Credit ( Agreements ) Regulation 1983 ( SI 1983 No 1553 ) . |
| 25 | Reviewing Pincher Martin , Amis once mildly reproached Golding for failing to ‘ turn his lifts of originality , of intransigence , and above all of passion to the world where we have to live ’ , since the novel is set remotely on an island in the Atlantic . |
| 26 | Here is a passage about a picture by Judy Rifka : ‘ In Square Dress , a dancer , seen from above , is set off against an exuberant field of abstract color patches and architecturally evocative lines and circles . |
| 27 | ‘ So old Boris is setting up as a lifesaver , is he ? ’ |
| 28 | The Pope , a conservative whose grip on the reins of power has never been firmer , is setting off on a tour of the Far East on Friday . |