Example sentences of "it be set [adv prt] by [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was set up by a Czech called Paul Popper in 1934 . |
| 2 | Thus it was Floridablanca , a stiff bureaucrat , who planned the road system radiating from Madrid , the completion of which was to be the achievement of Isabelline liberalism ; indeed , the fate of the Corps of Road Engineers , set up in the eighteenth century , was bound up with the fate of liberalism itself ; dismantled by Ferdinand VII it was set up by the Liberal Revolution in 1820 ; dissolved in the reaction of 1823 , it was re-established by liberals in 1834 . |
| 3 | It will also outline the role and operation of the Social Work Services Inspectorate , which has come in for severe criticism since it was set up by the Scottish Office a year ago . |
| 4 | It was set up by the government to advise it on environmental policy . |
| 5 | ‘ So it was set off by the simple act of turning on the lamp ? ’ |