Example sentences of "had [been] set [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even then Wilson refused to sign the budget bill until congress had passed enabling legislation which provided for a suspension of the minimum school financing requirement ( which , under the terms of a 1988 initiative , had been set at 40 per cent of the state 's general fund ) should the education loan be ruled unconstitutional in court . |
| 2 | A place had been set for one and I was given bread and a bowl of goulash . ’ |
| 3 | When she emerged , the wall-lights had been dimmed and the polished table by the french windows had been set for two . |
| 4 | The session was marked by the frank and abrasive attitude taken by Ukrainian President Leonid Kravchuk towards the CIS ( whose collapse he apparently regarded as imminent ) and his combative response when Russian President Boris Yeltsin suggested that the legal basis had been set for joint CIS armed forces . |
| 5 | On 19th May Edward moved into the Tower of London to await his Coronation , which had been set for 22nd June . |
| 6 | By 1988 age-limits had been set for top posts and the way they were filled had become more democratic . |
| 7 | A little after 3 o'clock this morning he rapped at several doors in Marlborough Street ( adjoining one of the piers ) and informed them that fire had been set to one of the ships in the harbour [ and ] matches were laid in several others ; the whole world would soon be in a blaze , and the town also destroyed … |
| 8 | The handsome parquet flooring had been rewaxed , the girandoles around the walls had been set with pure wax candles purchased from an ecclesiastical suppliers in Hounslow , elaborate arrangements of flowers graced gilded stands all around the walls . |
| 9 | A speaker had been set in one of the trees , like some modernistic bird's-nest , and Sara noticed the long snaky trail of the cable connecting it with the hi-fi in the house . |