Example sentences of "was set [adv prt] [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This emergency centre in Oxford was set up to coordinate the response to just such an incident . |
| 2 | The General Practitioner Board was set up to represent the interests of general practitioners . |
| 3 | A new economic commission was set up to monitor the success of the austerity measures . |
| 4 | A commission headed by the newly appointed First Deputy Prosecutor General was set up to examine the incident . |
| 5 | The committee was set up to examine the principles that should govern GCE A level syllabuses and their assessment . |
| 6 | The Lindop Inquiry was set up to examine the maintenance of standards in the polytechnics and colleges sector of UK higher education . |
| 7 | This was set up to promote the theory and findings of Dr Ryke Geerd Hamer , who claims that the real causes of cancer are mental conflict experienced in isolation . |
| 8 | The English Association was set up to promote the maintenance of " correct use of English , spoken and written " , the recognition of English as " an essential element in the national education " , and the discussion of teaching methods and advanced study as well as the correlation of school with university work.48 From the beginning , personnel attached to the new Board of Education seem to have been sympathetic to the view of English as the most natural candidate to lead a mission of cultural renewal : at any rate , from its inception the English Association set out to ensure that such was the case . |
| 9 | Delano was hired as a photographer by the Farm Security Administration ( FSA ) in 1940 , which was set up to document the plight of the displaced farmer and the accomplishments of the Roosevelt administration 's agricultural relocation and land-improvement programs . |
| 10 | An army camp that was set up to support the Normandy landings and has become the lynchpin of the British Army is celebrating its fiftieth anniversary . |
| 11 | In 1985 a working party was set up to formulate the CAB 's anti-racist policy , briefed by NACAB central office 's ethnic minorities specialist services officer and the growing Black Workers Group . |
| 12 | A team led by LOPL 's general manager , Rupert Kidd , and consisting of Lewis Affleck and Martin White was set up to tackle the problem . |
| 13 | As the Cuban revolution was dedicated to reducing inequalities of all kinds , it was only a year before the Federation of Cuban Women ( FMC ) was set up to tackle the problems facing women . |
| 14 | In you review of the 486SX machines you state that ‘ once again it was set up to use the MS DOS device drivers ( HIMEM , MOUSE and SMARTDrive ) , although the ones that come with Windows 3.1 are much better ’ . |
| 15 | In July 1988 , a new organisation , the National Association of Software and Services Company ( Nasscom ) was set up to serve the interests of software sector . |
| 16 | In 1987 the Dragon Project Trust was set up to continue the work of the project and to study effects on consciousness at sites where specific geophysical anomalies have been noted . |
| 17 | The housing forum in Wensleydale was set up to assess the severity of the problem . |
| 18 | Boulton and Watt beam engines pumped out water at both ends , and a brick yard was set up to make the bricks near the site — seven million were used . |
| 19 | A National Declaration Committee was set up to run the campaign , involving not only peace organizations , but also the Labour and Liberal Parties , the TUC and the Co-operative Movement , and churches of many denominations . |
| 20 | In 1954 the Nordic Council agreed to work for as comprehensive a Nordic common market as possible , and a committee was set up to study the question . |
| 21 | A working party was set up to establish the prevalence of microphthalmos and anophthalmos in Scotland . |
| 22 | IN 1965 a Sports Council was set up to advise the government on future policy on sport and physical education . |
| 23 | The camera was set up to cover the interior of the store , and the images of the men , filmed as they walked past on the pavement outside , are not clear . |
| 24 | The EEC Court of Justice , however , was set up to interpret the Treaty of Rome and ensure that both the EEC institutions and the member states were fulfilling their obligations under the treaty . |
| 25 | This committee was set up to review the Youth Service , which was thought to be demoralised and unprepared to deal with the increasing demand from the ‘ baby boom ’ children who were reaching adolescence . |
| 26 | The Geneva conference was set up to discuss the report . |
| 27 | A task force was set up to provide the training , most of which occurred on the job . |
| 28 | Between 1949 and 1953 Ealing , Ilford and Luton failed in their bids to achieve county borough status , but in 1957 a Royal Commission on local government in London was appointed and , by the Local Government Act , 1958 , a series of commissions was set up to consider the problems of particular localities , particularly those of the major English conurbations . |
| 29 | The Crowther committee was set up to consider the education of boys and girls between the ages of 15 and 18 , and it was specifically asked to make recommendations about the place therein of exams below GCE level . |
| 30 | In response to these demands for change , an interdepartmental committee was set up to consider the criticisms and evaluate the suggestions for alternative procedures . |