Example sentences of "set [adv prt] in [adj] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The private monopoly of radio set manufacturers , set up in 1922 from the applicants for government broadcasting licences , was turned into a public monopoly : the British Broadcasting Corporation . |
| 2 | A working party set up in 1966 by the Yorkshire Council of Social Services to study regional preparation for retirement ( Yorkshire Council of Social Services 1966 ) reported an encouraging level of interest on the part of larger industrial enterprises , but a relative lack of concern in the retail trade , commerce , and smaller industrial units . |
| 3 | The International Energy Agency ( IEA ) , set up in 1974 by the Council of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development ( OECD ) to co-ordinate energy policies among its participating countries , announced on March 6 that it was to withdraw its plan to release oil from its stockpiles , a measure introduced in January to boost the volume of oil available in the world market during the Gulf war [ see p. 37943 ] , since the ceasefire agreement ending Gulf hostilities would assist in the prospective restoration of normal suppliers from most oil producing nations . |
| 4 | It originates from the Industrial and Commercial Finance Corporation ( ICFC ) and Finance for Commerce and Industry ( FCI ) set up in 1945 on the findings of the MacMillan Committee that a gap existed in the provision of long term capital funds to small businesses . |
| 5 | The CAB service has its origins in the combined operation set up in 1938 by the Ministry of Health , the National Council for Social Service and the Family Welfare Association to provide advice and information in an emergency . |
| 6 | The report had been prepared by a working party set up in 1986 by the House of Bishops and chaired by Reverend June Osborne . |
| 7 | William Shirer , the CBS correspondent in Berlin , attended the Rundfunk party , finding a big Christmas tree set up in one of the offices , where ‘ the people were dancing and making merry with champagne … . |
| 8 | But the Money advice Trust , set up in 1990 with the aim of raising £9M in three years towards money advice services , has so far received only £275,000 in cash , although another £349,000 has been pledged and staff have been seconded to the value of £450,000 . |
| 9 | Their authority is based on the law passed in 1939 that governs Italy 's entire artistic heritage ( legge di tutela No.1089 ) and backed up by the specialist department for underwater archaeology , set up in 1988 within the central office of the Ministero dei Beni Culturali , with the cooperation of the Ministero della Marina Mercantile ( whose regulations are enforced by the harbour offices of Italy 's ports ) . |