Example sentences of "set [adv prt] by the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ So it was set off by the simple act of turning on the lamp ? ’ |
| 2 | Despite the wear and tear of many a performance it 's still a cracking guitar , with its classically timeless shape beautifully set off by the tobacco-yellowed binding . |
| 3 | The second is the joint committee set up by the General Council of the Bar and The Law Society , chaired by Lady Marre , which reported in July 1988 ( Marre Committee , 1988 ) . |
| 4 | The second working party , set up by the General Practitioner Board , is also looking at training but within the wider context of what the future holds for small accountancy practices . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | A special committee was set up by the Supreme Council to register deserters in order to try to ensure their legal protection . |
| 7 | A scheme set up by the Benevolent Fund gave him the chance to learn to fly . |
| 8 | From July 1993 , only scientists will be allowed to enter the park , which is Russia 's contribution to a network of Arctic reserves set up by the international treaty signed at Rovaniemi in Finland in 1989 . |
| 9 | A new organization , the World Industry Council for the Environment ( WICE ) , has been set up by the International Chamber of Commerce ( ICC ) to lobby on environmental issues for business interests . |
| 10 | ’ Police Governments ’ refers to the Western interpretation of the strict governments set up by the Soviet Union in the countries in Eastern Europe within its sphere of interest . |
| 11 | As these prices fluctuated , for example after the end of the Korean war boom , there was widespread unrest — often in resistance to well-meant price stabilisation funds set up by the colonial power — and out of this unrest arose movements which were to become nationalist parties and national liberation struggles . |
| 12 | In its Report , presented in 1977 to Parliament , the working party set up by the Labour Government to develop further the idea of a Co-operative Development Agency , and broadly representative of the whole of the Co-operative Movement , declared of the three attempted rescues : |
| 13 | The last time there was an inquiry into activities which may involve cruelty to wild animals was the Scott Henderson Inquiry set up by the Labour Government in 1949 . |
| 14 | Now the company needs an additional £1 million , which its backers the British Technology Group and Prutec , the venture capital fund set up by the Prudential Assurance company , say they will give — but only at the expense of an ambitious programme of research . |
| 15 | The National Working Party was set up by the federal government in 1988 to encourage the fair and accurate portrayal of women in the media . |
| 16 | A NEW unit is to be set up by the Multiple Sclerosis Society which will devote its time to research into MS , a disease of the nervous system . |
| 17 | A committee of experts has been set up by the Russian Ministry of Culture to look into the problem of such articles within its borders . |
| 18 | But I definitely want some live dates set up by the new year at the latest . |
| 19 | Monica rang lawyers at the Vicariate of Solidarity , which had been set up by the Catholic Church in 1975 and was by now Chile 's leading human rights organization . |
| 20 | In a recent article in the Irish Times , referring to the ‘ job creation ’ units set up by the Catholic Church , the paper hailed the clergy with the headline , ‘ Priests take on Provos for the People 's hearts ’ . |
| 21 | LIVERPOOL-born saxophonist Simon Haram has won national acclaim in an event set up by the Young Concert Artists Trust . |
| 22 | The Progressive Policy Institute was set up by the Democratic Leadership Council , which is on the right wing of the Democratic Party . |
| 23 | These emphases were repeated by Konstantin Chernenko , particularly in his address to the commission that had been set up by the Central Committee to prepare a revised programme . |
| 24 | Early in 1942 two committees were set up by the Central Housing Advisory Committee to report to the Minister of Health ( the minister responsible for housing ) on the question of post-war housing rebuilding . |
| 25 | David agreed to relay the feelings of the Programme Group that subsidy should be considered to the group set up by the Open College to negotiate with the denominations and with suitable trusts concerning the setting up of financial support for courses , training , etc . |
| 26 | CW said that we had only just discovered how inefficiently the network had been set up by the previous company , and that the speed would be substantially improved by the network upgrade . |
| 27 | Immediately after the elections a subcommittee was set up by the Legislative Assembly to study the proposals , but progress was for the time being halted , after objections from the Chinese government , as reported in the Far Eastern Economic Review of Sept. 21 , 1989 . |
| 28 | The dismissal arrangements set up by the governing body have to provide for the CEO , or representatives , and the headteacher , unless she or he is the person concerned , to be present at all stages when a dismissal is being considered . |
| 29 | Systematic excavation was begun on 30 July by a team of underwater divers from Stas ( the underwater archaeology team set up by the Italian government in 1986 ) headed by Claudio Mocchegiani Carpano and Roberto Petriaggi , together with the underwater unit of the Naples Carabinieri . |
| 30 | ‘ Memphis ’ is the name of the design partnership set up by the Italian designer Ettore Sottsass in 1981 when he exhibited the furniture which has now become pseudonymous with this name at the Italian Furniture Fair . |