Example sentences of "[verb] [be] set [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The lower value limit of goods which can be accepted for sale has been set fairly high — it is rumoured to be £10,000 for the Jewellery Department . |
| 2 | Too soon to write them off but the benchmark has been set very high already . |
| 3 | ( Experience has shown that the number of such permitted pixels has been set too low , so that the test is probably too sensitive . ) |
| 4 | Similarly , if the float has been set too high , or it has been damaged , and no longer floats on the surface , water will also reach the overflow . |
| 5 | The action on this example has been set quite low and when combined with the almost flat radius of the fingerboard and the slim neck , feels very rock'n'roll indeed . |
| 6 | So what we are aiming to do is to set up more joint projects , like the one on financial instruments , where we have been working very closely with Canada . |
| 7 | ‘ All groups have said we will review it in September and there is a general feeling that the charge should not have been set as high as it has been . ’ |
| 8 | She says that it would be wrong of the council to judge who is a good or bad busker , what they 're doing is setting out some rules so everyone knows where they stand . |
| 9 | However , the quota limits , determined largely by commercial considerations , are now believed to have been set too high . |
| 10 | In France the direction des consulats et des affaires commerciales which had been set up some years earlier was reorganised in 1882 . |
| 11 | He found that 600 cartons had been set aside ready for him . |