Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] set [adv] under the " in BNC.

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1 This is a rare breed in the Massif Central , numbering only 400 by 1978 when a conservation programme was set up under the auspices of the Parc Naturel Régional des Volcans d'Auvergne .
2 The committee was set up under the terms of a voluntary agreement .
3 The Legal Academics Committee was set up under the chairmanship of QC , by the Professional Standards Committee and the JRC in November 1991 .
4 The two committees were set up under the provisions of the European parliamentary elections act nineteen ninety three , to carry out the task of determining the European parliamentary constituencies into which England and Wales should initially be divided to give effect to the increase , the section one of that act , made to the number of constituencies .
5 They stopped for lunch at a wayside trattoria and were shown into a shady courtyard at the back , where half a dozen tables were set out under the trees .
6 This authority was set up under the Medway Ports Authority Scheme of 1968 and the Medway Ports Authority Act 1973 .
7 This tribunal was set up under the Tribunals of Enquiry ( Evidence ) Act 1921 the procedure of which is designed to elicit facts .
8 Mental Health Review Tribunals were set up under the 1959 Act .
9 After 1720 the form had become so well established that new turnpikes were set up under the clauses of a general public act , rather than by individual private acts .
10 The relationship is unusual in that Scrope 's men were set directly under the duke .
11 The relationship is unusual in that Scrope 's men were set directly under the duke .
12 The organization was set up under the influence of the Salvadorean Communist Party , but accepted members who were not affiliated .
13 In 1970 the Committee on Safety of Medicines was set up under the Act and began work in the following year … with the purpose of ‘ a. giving advice with respect to safety , quality and efficacy in relation to human use of any substance or article ( not being an instrument apparatus or appliance ) to which any provision of the Act is applicable and b. promoting the collection and investigation of information relating to adverse reaction for the purpose of enabling such advice to be given . ’
14 The Advisory Committee on Legal Education and Conduct was set up under the Act to examine the practical way in which reform could be carried out .
15 Directly after the war a special bureau the Stichting Nederlands Kunstbezit was set up under the aegis of the Ministry of Finance and charged with the recovery of illegally removed works of art under the German occupation and their subsequent return to their rightful owners .
16 A working party was set up under the auspices of the Institute of British Geographers , and their work is being expanded by support from ESRC .
17 During the year a working party was set up under the Chairmanship of QC to look into every possible way in which the financial burden of young entrants to the Bar can be eased .
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