Example sentences of "be set [prep] " in BNC.
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| 61 | It was understood that this concealed differences among EC partners , with France arguing for an EC-Iraq meeting irrespective of the position regarding US-Iraqi contacts , and Italy and Spain prepared to endorse a meeting with Tariq Aziz provided that an eventual date had been set for a Bush-Aziz meeting . |
| 62 | Both sides in the 15-year civil war , the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola ( MPLA ) government and the United States-backed National Union for Total Independence of Angola ( UNITA ) , blamed the other , and no date appeared to have been set for a resumption . |
| 63 | The session was marked by the frank and abrasive attitude taken by Ukrainian President Leonid Kravchuk towards the CIS ( whose collapse he apparently regarded as imminent ) and his combative response when Russian President Boris Yeltsin suggested that the legal basis had been set for joint CIS armed forces . |
| 64 | After exhausting the appeals process , the final execution date — the fifth to have been set for Harris — was arranged on March 14 . |
| 65 | By the end of October , no date had been set for the election . |
| 66 | So I 'm not saying th th that there are n't these th the important other inputs , but , but what I am saying is that if you ask yourself where the kind of gene behaviour interface really exists is clearly in the human er in , in the human mind and it may be that the basic kind of parameters erm have , have been set for our emotions and I really do n't see how we can change those . |
| 67 | A target of recycling 50 per cent of recyclable household waste has been set for 2000 and recycling facilities will be a requirement at new shopping developments . |
| 68 | No safety limits have been set for sediment contamination , but the level of lead in the North Sea was found to be 50 times greater than the global average . |
| 69 | A ceiling of 638,800 square metres has been set for 1992 , including timber from plantations . |
| 70 | There 's tremendous concern within the area erm at the targets that have been set for house building and in particular for er industrial space erm I think office space is now coming back into more of an equilibrium situation , but erm I 'm very pleased to see that er with these proposals as they stand , we would have no difficulties in approving their , the plan . |
| 71 | No date has been set for any development to start at St Wulstans . |
| 72 | A world record has been set for tight rope walking between two hot air balloons . |
| 73 | But before anyone starts packing their bags , no date has yet been set for the trips . |
| 74 | The Irish tag was redeemed for a small reward and it was only when it arrived back in the Central Fisheries Board office , Dublin , that Sea Angling Officer , Peter Green , discovered that a new distance record had been set for their shark tag scheme . |
| 75 | Mr Bell said : ‘ My programme has been set for many weeks and every day is tied up . ’ |
| 76 | PEACE talks between the Angolan government and the rebel Unita movement have been set for Friday and the first priority will be a ceasefire in the renewed civil war , a UN official said yesterday . |
| 77 | Fostering Society awareness at a local level can be a great help — stamping membership cards in areas was suggested — From the objectives stated in our Development Plan in the first year , it is calculated that the minimum Membership needed for 1987 will be 3,300 — and the responsibility for recruiting the majority of this must rest with our Q.T. 's — the burden can be eased by working together on local projects and targets have been set for each area to reach by the end of this academic year . |
| 78 | Sam did not answer her prayers because he was not near enough to hear them , having been set to work on the floor above , sweeping up . |
| 79 | Sam was n't privileged to meet them either as he 'd been set to work whitewashing the Barracks , which they never got around to inspecting . |
| 80 | This was because a slogan — which he himself coined — had been set to music and became a hit tune of the period : ‘ I-Scream , you scream . |
| 81 | A little after 3 o'clock this morning he rapped at several doors in Marlborough Street ( adjoining one of the piers ) and informed them that fire had been set to one of the ships in the harbour [ and ] matches were laid in several others ; the whole world would soon be in a blaze , and the town also destroyed … |
| 82 | But that causeway had had deep holes dug in it by the defenders these last days , and the intervening stretches strewn with caltrops , four-pronged iron spikes such as Bruce had used with such effect at Bannockburn , and which the many smiths of Berwick had been set to forging for the last weeks . |
| 83 | Cell B2 has been set to percentage format with two digits after the decimal place and B4 has been set to currency . |
| 84 | Cell B2 has been set to percentage format with two digits after the decimal place and B4 has been set to currency . |
| 85 | But not one of them had made her feel as if a candle had been set to kindling within her . |
| 86 | Firemen needed police support as they tackled a car in the driveway which had been set on fire . |
| 87 | A few weeks ago I wrote to inform your Mother and Aunts of the Death of Mr. Green 's eldest unmarried Daughter , who was the main prop of the Family , and of a plan which had been set on foot for their relief by raising a Subscription , to which I received a most kind and satisfactory reply . |
| 88 | On the top terrace was a line of cypress leylandii trees , quite small as yet , eight rhododendron bushes — obviously fairly recent plantings , and on ground level a grinding stone four feet across which had been set on a granite plinth and made into a table with slate seats supported on bricks at right angles to it . |
| 89 | Hair has been set on rollers to achieve loose curls . |
| 90 | But they arrived to discover the house had been set on fire by attempts to burn large quantities of ‘ literature ’ . |