Example sentences of "[was/were] set as " in BNC.

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1 Although standards for cycle track construction were set as part of the 1975 Act , it was felt necessary to provide some demonstration projects to give local authorities guidelines on costs , approaches to particular problems , and above all to demonstrate how an entire cycle route might be created .
2 If all words were set as if they were equally important , the main sense of the text would not be made sufficiently evident , and probably the music would lack decisive contours .
3 The maximum 15 per cent share was set as a form of protection of BTG 's independence , other protection measures include the government 's golden share and the right of UK universities to appoint a director to the BTG board .
4 This was set as the minimum for contributions to the first loan , in 1522 , men of less substance being let on until , perhaps , the yield had proved disappointing .
5 We expected that if a task was set as a group task , then it should be done as a group .
6 The reason for this advice is that quite possibly the question was set as a trap , and if you refrain have avoided it by good luck rather than good management .
7 When the Highlanders failed to accept William and Mary in place of James VII of Scotland ( James II of England ) , the last day of 1691 was set as an ultimatum by William III .
8 A period of seven years was set as the publication cycle for new editions ; the sixteenth edition thus appeared on time in 1958 .
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