Example sentences of "had set [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now she had to let her husband know , oh-so-artlessly , that she had set a guard on Marion that he could n't break without scandal . |
| 2 | A report in El País of Sept. 13 claimed that the ministries concerned had set a ceiling of 100,000 on the numbers of illegal immigrants whom they were prepared to legalize within the current amnesty programme ( which was to close on Dec. 10 ) . |
| 3 | He had set a forester on the road between Stamford and Casterton bridges , who exacted four pence for cheminage from every cart carrying wood or timber from Lincolnshire to Stamford , contrary to custom and the Charter of the Forest . |
| 4 | In Parliament on May 2 de Klerk ( who had announced the proposed all-party conference on April 18 — see p. 38131 ) said that he intended to go ahead with it with or without the ANC , which had set a deadline of May 9 for its demands to be met . |
| 5 | At the same time we were organising meeting 's to tell local people about it and to get there views and to make it clear again that we were , you know , we were in a position where we were being forced to do something by this legislation that we did n't want to do and we wanted just , the alternative was if we had set a rent rise , which have been dramatically higher , I mean the four pounds , twenty five rent rise that we eventually had to agree to was higher than what the Council wanted to put the rent 's up by , you would think well the Council put the rent 's up by four pounds , twenty five , erm , and you know , that , that 's why the Council does that sort of thing but it 's us that gets involved in that kind of work , producing information and developing responses and then the secon d major area is what I 've just labelled a strategic policy development , and that mainly erm put policies that are like a rise within the Council rather than things that come from outside , like for example , because were the kind of Council we , we are , there was a debate amongst officer 's and member 's to develop an anti poll strategy and two hundred and eight thousand pounds was found to be linked to that strategy and erm , as that 's enabled various initiative 's to get under , under schemes , crashes for children in the town , stuff like that , er and also , erm to provide an overall policy frame work for other Council department 's . |
| 6 | They had set a target of £5,000 , the same amount that was raised in Manchester and Salford in 1981 , and were delighted when a record of £6,141 was collected . |
| 7 | The 1987 joint programme of the ruling Social Democrats ( SPÖ ) and Austrian People 's Party ( ÖVP ) [ see p. 35088 ] had set a target of keeping the 1991 deficit below 3 per cent . |
| 8 | ‘ We had set a target of £600,000 to cover buying the equipment and running it for the first couple of years , ’ she said . |
| 9 | We had set a target of 50 tonnes per month maximum of caustic lost to drain and quickly met and indeed exceeded that . |
| 10 | In some instances unions had set a limit on the size of the temporary labour force expressed as a proportion of the total or the regular labour force , and if this limit was exceeded an equivalent number of temporary workers would have to be upgraded to permanent status . |
| 11 | The big obstacle to Britain gaining the gold medal was the Russian favourite Aleksandr Yevgeniev , a man who had set a world best earlier in the season and who had beaten Mafe at the initial World Indoor Games in the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy one year before to win the gold medal . |
| 12 | But the 1298 claim had set a precedent which was to be used again — especially by Edward III . |
| 13 | So we invoked that agreement , and Charlie said Winter Garden had set a precedent and we said No it had n't , it had just been a Cold War expedient and those days were over . |
| 14 | … I had done this process before , once , but not under pressure , when Aunt Viv had set a combination on a new suitcase and then forgotten it … one-four-eight , one-four-nine … my face sweating , my fingers slipping on the tiny wheels from haste … one-five-zero , one-five-one … |
| 15 | I had set a fashion but now I had to keep ahead of it , had to keep people wondering what I would wear next . |
| 16 | Suddenly , her fears that Bella , like Mr Bishop , had set a trap for her with the money , seemed ludicrous . |
| 17 | The gruesome response from the Serb-dominated army was predictable — several hundred Croat fighters gathered in a village near Kupres , unaware that federal army tanks , hidden in corn stacks , had set a trap — the result was an appalling massacre . |
| 18 | Beatrix had set a trap for Maurice and he had walked straight into it . |
| 19 | So Gharr no only had Mala but also knew our pod and had set a trap for me . |
| 20 | He had set a pressure lamp on the Land-Rover 's hood before leaving the cabin but he could n't see it through the rain . |
| 21 | The Stewarts suffered a sequence of disasters which would almost suggest that some evil magician had set a curse upon the entire house . |
| 22 | Frau Schmidt had set a table in front of the open fire . |
| 23 | After the Secretary of State , having received judicial advice , had set the date for the first review of Mr. Pegg 's sentence in August 1993 , and thus set his tariff , in January 1989 Mr. Pegg submitted a petition to the Secretary of State . |
| 24 | This had set the tone later reflected in the harsh rules of the Indian Penal Code 1860 ( prescribing long sentences of ‘ rigorous imprisonment ’ ) , in the Prisons Act 1894 , in gaol manuals allowing cruel punishments for the smallest breach of discipline , and in a lasting policy of spending as little as possible on the gaols . |
| 25 | She laughed out loud , since it was he who had set the pace . |
| 26 | Dunlop took over the lead in the 125 championship race on lap 13 , which proved unlucky for Italian Ivan Cremonini , who had set the pace for eight laps . |
| 27 | Dunlop took over the lead in the 125 championship race on lap 13 , which proved unlucky for Italian Ivan Cremonini , who had set the pace for eight laps . |
| 28 | He had set the video up earlier in the evening while Elaine was making supper . |
| 29 | ( The East Germans had set the mark at 2.34 to the rouble , instead of 1.70 , for all COMECON trade , while the Czechoslovak move took the crown 's rate from 13 to 20 to the rouble for trade with East Germany . ) |
| 30 | In my talk , I described how my hosts had set the scene , but only The New York Post told of the counterfeit press release . |