Example sentences of "have [be] set on " in BNC.

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1 Hair has been set on rollers to achieve loose curls .
2 This indicates whether automatic DC assessment has been set on the module or not .
3 This indicates whether automatic DC assessment has been set on the module or not .
4 Such plans will henceforth be subject to approval from CCMLR ; , A limit of 1.5 million tonnes has been set on the amount of krill that can be caught .
5 Trax has been set on forestry commision land near Cinderford .
6 Mr. Pegg believes that his tariff may have been set on the basis that the attack was premeditated , and thus that the tariff period should be reduced .
7 When the experience itself arrives , the hazards will be attenuated because they have been made familiar by being anticipated , and the individuals will already have been set on the path of healthy coping responses .
8 No formal time limit appeared to have been set on the US military presence , although Bush was reported on Dec. 4 as saying that he wanted the troops out by Jan. 20 , 1993 , when he was due to leave office .
9 Firemen needed police support as they tackled a car in the driveway which had been set on fire .
10 A few weeks ago I wrote to inform your Mother and Aunts of the Death of Mr. Green 's eldest unmarried Daughter , who was the main prop of the Family , and of a plan which had been set on foot for their relief by raising a Subscription , to which I received a most kind and satisfactory reply .
11 On the top terrace was a line of cypress leylandii trees , quite small as yet , eight rhododendron bushes — obviously fairly recent plantings , and on ground level a grinding stone four feet across which had been set on a granite plinth and made into a table with slate seats supported on bricks at right angles to it .
12 But they arrived to discover the house had been set on fire by attempts to burn large quantities of ‘ literature ’ .
13 He had visited the billiard room that morning and his nerves had been set on edge by the distressing scenes he had witnessed .
14 have been set on fire people think they 'd be better off dead .
15 I think we 've walked past the one that 's been set on fire .
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