Example sentences of "[adj] [was/were] set [adv] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Act also contains a number of aggravated offences of possessing a firearm with various intents , and these were set out in Chapter 7.7 above . |
| 2 | These were set off by news of Bayonne , of Murat 's executions of the patriots of the 2nd of May in Madrid , or of the failure of the authorities to celebrate the feast of St. Ferdinand . |
| 3 | Aldershot Town 1992 was set up by fans of the original club when it folded earlier this year with huge financial problems . |
| 4 | On March 30 a branch of the human rights organization Amnesty International was set up in East Berlin . |
| 5 | So much so that , despite the recession , more than 250,000 new businesses have been started in the last 12 months — and over a third were set up by women . |
| 6 | In 1988 about one case in 19 was set down for trial and for every 94 writs issued one case was determined by trial . |