Example sentences of "had [been] set for " in BNC.
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| 1 | A £2,000,000 target had been set for the Battle of Britain Wings Appeal in the full knowledge that our sister charity , the RAF Benevolent Fund was launching its £20,000,000 ‘ Reach for the Sky ’ Appeal , and that the Association would be offering as much support as possible to that . |
| 2 | By 1988 age-limits had been set for top posts and the way they were filled had become more democratic . |
| 3 | A place had been set for one and I was given bread and a bowl of goulash . ’ |
| 4 | No date had been set for pesticides to meet the MACs in Severn Trent . |
| 5 | She stooped down to drink where a stone had been set for a firm landing beside a foot-wide pool . |
| 6 | On 19th May Edward moved into the Tower of London to await his Coronation , which had been set for 22nd June . |
| 7 | It was made clear in a further policy statement that in those cases where the tariff was 20 years or more the reference to the local review committee would be made after 17 years had been served , though a warning was given that this did not imply that any particular period had been set for the prisoner 's tariff . |
| 8 | The big pine table in the middle of the floor had been set for dinner , and on it stood a bottle of cheap wine from the village store . |
| 9 | Liston and company were out on the lawn behind the house , where an old-fashioned wrought-iron table and some matching chairs had been set for them in the evening sunlight . |
| 10 | When she emerged , the wall-lights had been dimmed and the polished table by the french windows had been set for two . |
| 11 | Forgetting his earlier disgust at the food that had been set for him , he thought only that this girl would appreciate it , whatever its quality . |
| 12 | It was understood that this concealed differences among EC partners , with France arguing for an EC-Iraq meeting irrespective of the position regarding US-Iraqi contacts , and Italy and Spain prepared to endorse a meeting with Tariq Aziz provided that an eventual date had been set for a Bush-Aziz meeting . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | By the end of October , no date had been set for the election . |
| 15 | The Irish tag was redeemed for a small reward and it was only when it arrived back in the Central Fisheries Board office , Dublin , that Sea Angling Officer , Peter Green , discovered that a new distance record had been set for their shark tag scheme . |