Sentence examples for be set at one from inspiring English sources

Protests had been received from America against the enforcement of the Molasses Act, together with a plea that the duty be set at one penny per gallon.

Most of the phones are designed, however, so that they can be set at one of several narrow frequency bands to avoid interference with neighbors' phones.

'I don't understand how for so many years tuition fees could be set at one or two grand, then suddenly it's raised to £9k - and we're supposed to just accept that?' Meanwhile, students hand out song sheets for later on (yes, they know there's a typo).

The time horizon will be set at one year, and therefore we will neither discount costs nor effects.

For sardines a 43mm mesh is used, and 40 units of netting 30 48m in length may be set at one time (1.2 km – 1.9 km).

Each year, the national minimum wage would be set at "one-half of the hourly wage for nonsupervisory workers". (The figure, in 2019, would be $11.55). Then local minimums either above or below that would be calculated for metro areas and rural communities based on their living costs.

The altitude reference level is set at one bar (sea-level pressure on Earth).

Northern Ireland's Darren Clarke, on par, was among those who missed the cut, which was set at one under.

A rights issue was set at one share for every five held, at 30p per share.

The fine accompanying such a sentence was set at one dollar.

"40 Days" is set at one of those dot-com workplaces where no one does anything but talk about the sex lives of others.