Example sentences of "to be set [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Poll tax likely to be set this week |
| 2 | ‘ Does that mean we 're all going to be set free ? ’ |
| 3 | The fear is that Brightness is now too famous and too valuable to be set free . |
| 4 | What Odysseus hears is without consequence for him ; he is able only to nod his head as a sign to be set free from his bonds ; but it is too late ; his men , who do not listen , know only the song 's danger but nothing of its beauty , and leave him at the mast to save him and themselves . |
| 5 | The corruption of the material world through human folly led to a process of decay and death , so that the whole cosmos mourned the loss of sustaining communion and groaned and yearned to be set free . |
| 6 | They say that a release is on the cards this week er they make no mention of any ransom and they say Terry Waite is a priority for release ; he is at the top of a list of Western hostages about to be set free . |
| 7 | He remembers vividly ( not necessarily articulately ) what it feels like to be isolated , to be partnered , to be set adrift , to be reclaimed . |
| 8 | A dual batten option is commonplace , enabling the sail to be set soft if desired . |
| 9 | As expected Desert Orchid went straight into the lead , and after putting in extravagant leaps at the first two fences seemed to be set fair for an exhibition round . |
| 10 | Most of them were married , with children : they seemed to be set fair on the roads they would be travelling now for the rest of their lives . |