Example sentences of "be set at the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Signs for the cloakrooms and toilets were already in place , and two posts and a rope had been set at the top of the stairs to keep visitors out of the private apartments .
2 These are the highest within the EC , having been set at the top of the EC recommended range .
3 More world records have been set at the Bislet than at any other stadium in the world .
4 Bonuses are determined by the Management Development and Remuneration Committee for the achievement of budgeted profit targets and personal objectives which are set at the beginning of the financial year .
5 In other words , prices are set at the end of every even period ( 0 , 2 , 4 , and so on ) to cover the next two periods .
6 Some further exercises , which include non-cyclical time-paths , are set at the end of the chapter .
7 Instead I seemed to be set at the centre of a largish halo of believable ambience .
8 In April of the same year it was clear from the interim report of the committee that recommendations would be proposed whereby building development would be controlled throughout the country and that compensation for the public acquisition of land would be set at the standard of 31 March 1939 .
9 Indeed the political theme for the day should be set at the morning 's press conferences , and local candidates and VIPs fully briefed and able to talk about or answer questions on that topic wherever they may be .
10 However , on November 26th 1676 , six constables , four beadles and several others were set at the chapel doors in order to arrest Baxter .
11 HILL FARM HERBS is set at the back of an old stone farmhouse in the Northamptonshire village of Brigstock .
12 Depending on the target species , the net is set at the bottom and anchored , or set at the surface and left to drift with the wind and current .
13 This friendly Club Hotel is set at the edge of a lagoon at the centre of a resort complex offering a range of facilities .
14 ‘ The Color Purple ’ is set at the beginning of this century .
15 It is set at the junction of four minor lanes , none of which has any indications of antiquity .
16 If all such letters are found , the algorithm checks whether the resulting string is a word ( i.e. the end-of-word flag is set at the tree-node reached by the search ) .
17 Imagine an economy in which the wage rate for half its workers is set at the end of every even period to cover the following two periods , while the wage rate for the other half is set at the end of every odd period , again to cover the following two periods .
18 Imagine an economy in which the wage rate for half its workers is set at the end of every even period to cover the following two periods , while the wage rate for the other half is set at the end of every odd period , again to cover the following two periods .
19 A complete candidate string is only allowable if the end-of-word flag is set at the node in the tree for the last letter of the string ( see flowchart D2 in Appendix D ) .
20 There is an opportunity to relate theory to practice , and as the teaching is set at the student 's level of understanding and experience , time can be spent on aspects which she finds difficult .
21 Brazilian diamonds were used to define the main bands , a fine Indian diamond was set at the middle , a Ceylonese sapphire appeared above the globe and over all was set a cross of pink diamonds .
22 The limit between nodular hyperplasia of endocrine ( argyrophil ) cells and carcinoid tumours was set at the size of 0.5 mm according to the classification of Solcia et al .
23 Naturally straight , black hair was set at the crown on small curlers then gelled into two different shapes .
24 If t is odd , then was set at the end of the previous period and was set two periods earlier .
25 If it is an even number , then was in fact set two periods earlier and was set at the close of the previous period .
26 Thus an ivory statue of Athena Alea from the famous sanctuary at Tegea in the Greek Peloponnese was set at the entrance to his Forum , while a tusk of the Calydonian boar — no doubt correctly labelled — passed into the emperor 's bone collection .
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