The 2020 renewables target made sense when it was set: it has helped the early investment needed for immature renewable technologies and played a part in driving down the costs of key technologies like solar PV and onshore wind.
As with executive pay generally, once it's set, it has nowhere to go but up.
Lovett's leg was broken in so many places that it couldn't be set; it had to be pinned together.
The Ministry of Defence said while budgets for 2015-16 onwards had yet to be set, it had been promised a 1% annual increase in equipment spending.
Once a course has been set, it is hard to change it.
Note that once the address has been set, it can only be changed once later on.
" When a search token has been set, it appears as a blue icon.
If a new precedent is set, it will have a wider impact than just on the reef.
The year and the train were set; it was everything else that had to be invented.
The scene has been set and it has been this way for a very long time.
