Example sentences of "had [been] set for [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | A place had been set for one and I was given bread and a bowl of goulash . ’ |
2 | When she emerged , the wall-lights had been dimmed and the polished table by the french windows had been set for two . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | On 19th May Edward moved into the Tower of London to await his Coronation , which had been set for 22nd June . |
5 | By 1988 age-limits had been set for top posts and the way they were filled had become more democratic . |