Example sentences of "have [adv] [been] set [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I think in common with most local authorities we 've been playing a sort of cat and mouse game with Central Government over the last ten years , where we have attempted to continue to deliver the services that we believe we 've been elected to deliver , and Central Government has been trying to close off what it would see as loopholes and gain control of us and stop us doing what it does n't want us to do , but of course it 's a rather unequal struggle and the cat and mouse analogy is quite a good one in that Central Government has all the power and is able to erm take control of us to the extent now that the budget that both the City and the County Council have set for the coming year has effectively been set by Central Government . |
| 2 | The precedent has thus been set for countries to participate in certain areas of common European interest without accepting all EEC structures and policies in their entirety . |
| 3 | A list of events for next year has already been set by organisers , planning manager Dave Sargeant , technical manager Dave Spruce and personnel officer Sue Petrulis . |
| 4 | The first visible sign of his drive for progress has already been set in the nuclear field . |
| 5 | So y your limit has now been set at five ? |
| 6 | A date has now been set for a Circuit Court Hearing in June of 1993 , almost two years since the date of his dismissal . |
| 7 | No date has yet been set for England to tour Pakistan — or for them to return here . |
| 8 | No firm date has yet been set for the launch of the Trust and it has yet to be decided exactly how it will operate . |
| 9 | But before anyone starts packing their bags , no date has yet been set for the trips . |
| 10 | ‘ The PSBR for 1993-94 has therefore been set at £50 billion , some 8 per cent of GDP . |
| 11 | In the sitting room-cum-bedroom of their Darlinghurst first floor flat , the table had already been set for dinner . |
| 12 | A trend had already been set in textiles , where the comparative advantage of cheap labour was becoming important . |
| 13 | The opening price for " Node Check " had already been set by the dealing manager , who had arrived a little earlier . |
| 14 | A trial date had finally been set for 17 June 1991 , but given the obvious flimsiness of the case , he was still concerned that somebody within the DEA might be tempted into direct action . |
| 15 | The farmer sent him to keep a flock of larks off a field that had just been set with winter corn : ‘ It was late November or early December ; and when it got dark about half past four time I made my way back to the farm thinking my job was done . |
| 16 | After all , in Paris and Rome , Copenhagen and Amsterdam , I had frequently made a complete mess of whole sentences , much less place names , and had generally been set in the right direction , after a little bit of repetition and a lot of hand waving . |
| 17 | North 's screen persona , which appeared suddenly to seize the country by the throat when he testified on television in July 1987 , had therefore been set at least seven months before . |
| 18 | The wheels have already been set in motion . |
| 19 | The cornerstones of this free society have already been set in place : democracy , competition , opportunity , private investment , stewardship and , of course , leadership . |
| 20 | Pile the melon balls into the centre of the mousse if they have not been set into the mixture . |
| 21 | Meanwhile figures for Oxfordshire 's council tax have also been set after a meeting which lasted into the early hours of this morning |