Example sentences of "[was/were] set [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Interest rates were set to fall to around 21 per cent following the Central Bank of Nigeria 's announcement of a new base rate of 14 per cent . |
| 2 | In September the Council warned that wheat stocks held by the five biggest exporters — Argentina , Australia , Canada , the European Commodities and the USA , were set to fall by the end of the 1989-90 season to levels not seen since the food crisis of the mid-1970's . |
| 3 | Proposed changes in South Korean law to facilitate exchange visits and bilateral trade were set to continue in 1990 . |
| 4 | They then made two coded telephone warnings to Scotland Yard at 8pm claiming there were four bombs planted in a one-mile radius of the West End which were set to explode at about 8.30pm . |
| 5 | The preparations for the party were set to move into top gear on the Saturday morning ; Diane would have little more to do than to stand aside and watch the professionals at work . |
| 6 | Debt servicing expenses were set to increase by 10.8 per cent , amounting to 22.5 per cent of general account outlays . |
| 7 | Peace talks were set to resume in Caracas , Venezuela , on Aug. 26 between the government and the Simon Bolivar National Guerrilla Co-ordinating Group ( CNGSB ) , which had announced on Aug. 1 that it would suspend attacks on the country 's economic infrastructure , especially electricity pylons and oil pipelines , because of " the harm being done to the poverty stricken communities of the country " . |
| 8 | Trendy followers of top Manchester rockers HAPPY MONDAYS were shocked yesterday when the band — famed for their lose-fitting clothing and ‘ drop-out ’ attitude — announced they were set to tour with '60s ‘ straight ’ rocker DOONICAN . |
| 9 | Trendy followers of top Manchester rockers HAPPY MONDAYS were shocked yesterday when the band — famed for their lose-fitting clothing and ‘ drop-out ’ attitude — announced they were set to tour with '60s ‘ straight ’ rocker DOONICAN . |
| 10 | But , we fought back , showing true fighting spirit , and looked as though we were set to win by a couple of points before the Americans rallied , salvaged some pride and squared the match . |
| 11 | Interest rates were set to rise from the current 2.5 per cent to between 6 and 11 per cent in 1991 . |
| 12 | The jamboree was set to culminate on April 26th with singing and dancing on the White House lawn . |
| 13 | There was now a captive market for British films , and that market would expand steadily through the ten years the act was set to remain on the statute book . |
| 14 | Finding the work ‘ quite fun ’ , from then on his commercial career was set to remain in the media industry , moving in 1980 to be director of Pearson 's information and entertainment division then , in 1984 , becoming managing director of Virgin group where , operationally , he was responsible for the record , video , entertainment and retail businesses ( including the group 's Megastores ) . |
| 15 | Voter registration was set to continue until July 31 . |
| 16 | According to official messages , the ‘ modernisers ’ still had the upper hand and the reform programme was set to continue in spite of the economic and social problems which had troubled the leaders throughout 1988 . |
| 17 | Lastly , the number of potential first-time buyers in their 20s was set to fall over the next two decades , reducing demand for homes . |
| 18 | He was set to go in the autumn , but he did not run away from that one — he got the editors of five friendly newspapers to run away for him . |
| 19 | He financed a short film , The Space Movie , in which Oldfield 's music was set to footage from the American space programme . |
| 20 | After a year of legal wrangling the trial on drugs-trafficking charges of former Panamanian leader Gen. Manuel Noriega was set to proceed on June 24 , 1991 . |
| 21 | The timebase was set to record at 15 second intervals . |
| 22 | The Treaty was formally signed by representatives of the Governments of the Twelve on 7 February 1992 , and was set to come into force on 1 January 1993 following Parliamentary ratification by each of the Member States ‘ or , failing that , on the first day of the month following the deposit of the instrument of ratification by the last signatory State to take this step ’ ( Article R ) . |
| 23 | Although inflation was set to drop in east Germany from 13.6 p.c. to 12 p.c. in 1992 , the actual inflation rate for the whole of Germany would be closer to 5 than 4 p.c . |
| 24 | Overall spending for environmental programmes was set to increase by $2,000 million , most of which would be spent on cleaning up radioactive and toxic waste at federal weapons facilities , preserving the country 's dwindling areas of wetland and researching into the effects of global warming . |
| 25 | Gross domestic product ( GDP ) was set to increase by an average annual rate of 7 per cent in 1991-2000 . |
| 26 | Defence spending was set to increase by nearly 6 per cent to Rs76,000 million . |
| 27 | Now turning to the , the the good news and that is that the Lincolnshire Flood Defence Committee was set to increase after ninety-four , five which is some twenty per cent below the normal three-four level . |
| 28 | Just a year ago the ever-amiable Franklin , traditionally coy about his age , was set to stand as a Conservative Against the Poll Tax in the Ribble Valley by-election . |
| 29 | A former Birmingham police officer , Finnegan was set to stand as Tory candidate for Stockton South at the 1983 general election but withdrew when it was disclosed he had been a National Front organiser . |
| 30 | He spent the first 12 months of his Hobart House reign in obscurity , in spite of repeated leaked reports suggesting the number of British mines was set to tumble to around a dozen . |