Example sentences of "is [adv] set [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Kings Quest series is basically set in the mythical kingdom of Daventry , and revolves around the adventures of King Graham , his family and subjects . |
| 2 | The cost or price of borrowing or lending is thus set in the capital market . |
| 3 | This is normally set at the purchase price or the upper limit of the price if this can not be determined at completion . |
| 4 | More conclusive evidence comes from experiments in which the nucleus is removed from a fertilized egg , and is replaced by the nucleus of a cell which is already set on the road to becoming , for example , a gut cell or a skin cell . |
| 5 | The Hotel Metropole is prettily set on the water 's edge of Lake Como and its dining-room and terrace are specifically designed to take full advantage of this position , and give enchanting views across the lake . |
| 6 | Situated on the lakeside , this extremely popular hotel is prettily set against a backdrop of the spectacular green mountainside , and overlooks Riva 's main square , harbour and steamer landing stage . |
| 7 | As C. D. Burns remarked in 1924 : " We have … developed in England a compromise by means of which the educational system is in great part a State system and the standard of education is largely set by the universities free from state control . " |
| 8 | Community liaison committees tend to steer clear of contentious issues , and the agenda is usually set by the police . |
| 9 | Having photographed these averagely attractive , effectively anonymous members nestled amongst feathers , emerging from a bunch of Iris buds , tucked up with a wad of £10 notes , or wrapped up in black fishnet material , the stage is ostensibly set for the viewer to compare these peculiar juxtapositions with those more commonly seen in the media where the female body is used instead . |
| 10 | Chelmsford , where sitting MP Simon Burns has at least 13,000 too many voters , is also set for a boundary shake-up but creation of a new constituency seems unlikely . |
| 11 | When the amplification programme is altered to LS-PCR conditions , the same male specific band of amplification is apparent but is now set against a background of RAPD products ( Lanes C to F ) . |
| 12 | Each candidate has a score associated with it , which is initially set by the pattern recogniser and then updated by each of the analysers ( this score is not shown in the example below for reasons of clarity ) . |
| 13 | On site , this section is then set into a fresh layer of mortar which has been smeared across a hardened mortar layer . |
| 14 | The niche is then set into the recess ( with a damp-proof membrane draped behind it in cavity walls ) and is held in place by mirror plates screwed to the rear of the niche surround . |
| 15 | The size of figure represented on the card which an individual child can discriminate is then set against the information in the conversion table which indicates the correct text size usable by the child , as well as indicating the visual aid needed when reading certain print sizes at specific distances . |
| 16 | State policy is instead set by the impersonal logic which drives government in a capitalist society to develop the economic base and coercively maintain social stability . |