Example sentences of "[verb] been set down " in BNC.

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1 Any private business which has been set down for consideration at Seven o'clock on an allotted day shall , instead of being considered as provided by Standing Orders , be considered at the conclusion of the proceedings on the Bil on that day , and paragraph ( 1 ) of Standing Order No. 14 ( Exempted business ) shall apply to the private business for a period of three hours from the conclusion of the proceedings on the Bill or , if those proceedings are concluded before Ten o'clock , for a period equal to the time between Seven o'clock and the conclusion of those proceedings .
2 If the district registry had appreciated the urgency and the short period of the order without doubt they would have sought directions and the result would certainly have been that the appeal would have been set down at some other convenient centre or , as happened , in London at or before the beginning of this term and would have been heard within a few days , that is , the appeal would have been heard approximately a month ago .
3 The geostationary communications satellites placed high above the Pacific to link the banking and trading centres of South-East Asia , Japan and Australasia with those of North America preside over a ‘ window ’ of the planetary territory of geometrically fixed size — rather as if a cone , a dunce 's cap , the height of which is equivalent to the altitude necessary for a satellite 's geostationary orbit , had been set down over the ocean .
4 At the same time there was the dread news that a Simpson divorce case had been set down for hearing at Ipswich , chosen because it could there be more easily hurried on , for 27 October .
5 However , this is not done where Ord 17 r 11 ( automatic directions ) applies , unless the case had been set down for hearing in the High Court before transfer or a request for a day for hearing to be fixed is made under Ord 17 , r 11(3) ( d ) .
6 Although the rules do not make this absolutely clear it would be extraordinary if they were interpreted as preventing a party from adducing any oral evidence , even that which had been set down in witness statements served in compliance with the direction , simply because he attempts to adduce additional oral evidence at trial which he should have included in an earlier witness statement .
7 The lessons are recorded so that the trainee 's performance can be reviewed and measured against criteria which have been set down for that skill .
8 He realises that he does not have to conform to the laws which have been set down by his community .
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