Example sentences of "[pron] can be set " in BNC.

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1 There will be a thermostat which can be set so that , if the temperature falls below 20°C , say , the heating is switched on , and if the temperature rises a few degrees higher , it is switched off .
2 There are also two ‘ pad ’ settings , one which puts the ground lift on or off and another which can be set at 40dB , 12dB or 0dB .
3 An option is to use a clockwork timer , as for a camera or model aircraft dethermaliser , which can be set for specific time delay in minutes and seconds .
4 Everyone , whether male or female , single or married , now receives their own Personal allowance , which can be set against any income including savings or a pension as well as earned income .
5 There 's also a ‘ back-up supervisor ’ which can be set to prompt you to start a present back-up routine .
6 A word is a group of electronic components , each of which can be set into either of two states .
7 a collection of tags specifying page layout styles , paragraph settings and type specifications which can be set up by the user and saved for use in other documents .
8 For example , changes in the rate of taxation of company profits , or in the capital allowances which can be set against tax , are believed by many to significantly affect levels of investment .
9 Some BIOS types allow you to define a ‘ user ’ type which can be set up by entering the number of cylinders , heads and sectors on the drive .
10 Political leaders , where they can be set apart from the party , may help to shape a party 's image .
11 Similarity groups tend to be more unified than proximity groups , and they can be set in competition .
12 It is as if the idea of the moment can be compressed like those flowers that we as children used to press between the pages of a book ; that they can be set like a jewel in the mind or as a picture in the mind 's gallery .
13 ‘ These simularities , they can be set to interpret body language and voice inflection , ca n't they ? ’
14 For this reason , many commercial relational DBMS enable links to be set up as an option and therefore they can be set up beforehand and executed each time they are required .
15 But there are doubts about how quickly it can be set up , given the party 's lack of money .
16 The computer is very fast ; it can be set to scan the text of journal articles and print out the titles of all which use significant key words more than a stated number of times , and it can be set to tell us how many times Shakespeare used a particular expression , and in each case it can give the results quite astonishingly quickly .
17 The computer is very fast ; it can be set to scan the text of journal articles and print out the titles of all which use significant key words more than a stated number of times , and it can be set to tell us how many times Shakespeare used a particular expression , and in each case it can give the results quite astonishingly quickly .
18 You can keep the camera work very simple indeed — it can be set to give you the size of picture you want and does n't need to move .
19 Regulation can also be categorised as formal or informal in that it can be set according to statutes and rules , or set informally through self regulation or some form of implicit agreement .
20 The man convicted of murdering pregnant housewife Marie Wilkes says he hopes to get bail so he can be set free .
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