Example sentences of "was set [adv prt] in the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The committee was set up in the wake of the Cleveland child sex abuse inquiry to implement the National Health Service and Community Care Act .
2 At St Asaph , a wine-shop was set up in the cathedral and the font was used as a trough for animals .
3 The future of Lothar and his supporters was settled when Louis met them at Blois in September : The emperor sat in his pavilion which was set up in the middle of a wide field on a hill where the whole army could see him , and his faithful sons [ Pippin and Louis ] stood beside him .
4 Pearce Print was set up in the centre of Northampton in 1979 and moved to the new Moulton Park Industrial Estate until changing its location to Kettering in 1991 .
5 Bric-a-brac was donated and sold on the stall which was set up in the factory canteen .
6 A right wing military Government was set up in the South as a result of the peace conference was convened at Geneva in 1954 .
7 When he was well enough , a makeshift court was set up in the hospital for a 30-minute hearing into which Broderick hobbled on crutches .
8 One of the initiatives er was er the Congress the Wa all Wales Congress that was set up in the miner 's strike for instance .
9 Many police officers were angry that the cases had been brought at all , since the methods employed by the defendant constables were said to have involved no more than what was set out in the Home Office-approved Tactical Options Manual .
10 The framework for the National Curriculum was set out in the Education Reform Act 1988 .
11 The aim of the book was set out in the preface ( which , unlike many items in these plans , was actually written ) . "
12 Miss Pritchard of Croft Lodge at Clappersgate , where he was a frequent visitor , was set out in the book as having lands too thick with trees .
13 I guessed that it was set back in the farmhouse , unless he had some sort of remote control toy .
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