Example sentences of "have been 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 ‘ 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 . ’
7 However , the quota limits , determined largely by commercial considerations , are now believed to have been set too high .
8 In France the direction des consulats et des affaires commerciales which had been set up some years earlier was reorganised in 1882 .
9 He found that 600 cartons had been set aside ready for him .
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