Example sentences of "be set [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 ‘ We 're set for the end of the century , ’ he says , ‘ but you ca n't look much further than that , can you ? ’
2 The historical precedent for the summit had been set with the UN Conference on Human Environment , held in Stockholm , Sweden , in June 1972 [ see pp. 25476-79 ] .
3 Origins of the summit The historical precedent for the summit had been set with the UN Conference on Human Environment , held in Stockholm , Sweden , in June 1972 .
4 Easter had been set as the tentative date to ‘ roll-in ’ the first aircraft and everything was looking on course for this .
5 The Council of Ministers announced on March 7 that June 12 had been set as the date for multiparty local and provincial elections ( to the assemblées populaires communales and the assemblées populaires de wilayas ) , postponed from December 1989 and then again from March 1990 [ see p. 37218 ] to allow more time for newly-created political parties to prepare their campaigns .
6 He is convinced the necessary seven member states whichever they may be can still meet the criteria for economic convergence which has been set as the minimum to permit a single currency in a majority of member states .
7 Pile the melon balls into the centre of the mousse if they have not been set into the mixture .
8 There was curling , ornate moulding around the tops of the windows and coats of arms had been set into the metal work of the huge wrought-iron gate .
9 Rule 4 A hard copy of the module version exists if the requirement for hard copying prior to module deletion has been set via the MINTEG keyword in the LIFESPAN configuration file .
10 And no time limit has been set for the congress , simply because no one knows how long it will last and how it will end .
11 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 .
12 No firm date has yet been set for the launch of the Trust and it has yet to be decided exactly how it will operate .
13 A low price — in Japan — of $15,200 has been set for the desktop models , which have a 256-colour thin-film transistor screens , and have a 50% smaller footprint than previous models .
14 Either an early access or a general availability announcement has been set for the third quarter of 1993 , three to six months before OSF .
15 No date has been set for the launch of the agency , which will depend on the setting up of a continent-wide computer network .
16 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 .
17 A negative external financing limit of £66 million has been set for the Post Office for the year 1992-93 .
18 By the end of October , no date had been set for the election .
19 But before anyone starts packing their bags , no date has yet been set for the trips .
20 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 .
21 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 .
22 This indicates whether automatic DC assessment has been set on the module or not .
23 This indicates whether automatic DC assessment has been set on the module or not .
24 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 .
25 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 .
26 More world records have been set at the Bislet than at any other stadium in the world .
27 When it had been examined and test-flown by the manufacturer 's pilot prior to the revalidation of the microlight 's Permit to Fly both wingtip adjusters had been set at the neutral position with no apparent need for any change .
28 Signs for the cloakrooms and toilets were already in place , and two posts and a rope had been set at the top of the stairs to keep visitors out of the private apartments .
29 A combative mood at the congress had been set at the very opening of proceedings when the first speaker in the debate on the agenda , Vladimir Bludov from Magadan in the Far East , had called for the entire politburo to resign .
30 These are the highest within the EC , having been set at the top of the EC recommended range .
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