Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [was/were] set [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When that palazzo fell into disrepair the door was brought here , to Via Filodrammatici , where it was set up at the entrance to a convent . |
| 2 | The taxi driver who left us at the station , enchanted by the idea that we were setting off for the source of the Nile , refused to accept any fare . |
| 3 | The details of that title are nowhere given , beyond a statement that they were set out in the petition of the three estates which besought Richard to take the crown . |
| 4 | The details of that title are nowhere given , beyond a statement that they were set out in the petition of the three estates which besought Richard to take the crown . |
| 5 | I guessed that it was set back in the farmhouse , unless he had some sort of remote control toy . |
| 6 | These ceremonies set the Church 's seal on the election , symbolized that the king was God ‘ s choice as well as man 's , and that he was set apart for the work . |
| 7 | They said they would follow later , perhaps , once he was set up in America . |
| 8 | ‘ So it was set off by the simple act of turning on the lamp ? ’ |
| 9 | Many police officers were angry that the cases had been brought at all , since the methods employed by the defendant constables were said to have involved no more than what was set out in the Home Office-approved Tactical Options Manual . |
| 10 | Heavily involved in these negotiations were representatives of the US-based Orangutan Foundation , which has branches in Taiwan , Indonesia and the UK , and which was set up by Dr Biruté Galdikas , who has been working with orangs in Kalimantan for more than 20 years . |
| 11 | In the next instant Travis was rising and she was set back on her feet as he put some distance between them . |
| 12 | Mrs Thatcher did not look with favour on Royal Commissions as a method of resolving difficult issues , and none were set up during her premiership between 1979–90 . |
| 13 | The first one was half of us were blindfolded and we were set out in a line and the rest had to move about 5–10 metres away and stand in a line . |
| 14 | And it was set up by CAFOD , Christian Aid , the New Consumer , Oxfam , Traidcraft Exchange , which is the charity side of Traidcraft and the World Development Movement . |
| 15 | Quite sure that you 'll find in the end that I 'm right and it was set up by murdering bog-trotters . |
| 16 | The restriction was upheld by the Privy Council which rejected the argument that Deacons were only entitled to protect such part of their goodwill as would be threatened by Bridge if he were to set up in practice on his own account , ie that part of the firm 's goodwill as attached to the particular department in which he had worked . |
| 17 | The members of this new class did not own the means of production but they were set apart from the proletariat by possession of a distinct form of capital — intellectual capital . |
| 18 | That may be why chatlines , costing up to 48p a minute , have been popular with young people since they were set up in the late Eighties dangerously popular , in some cases . |
| 19 | Research shows that ‘ a very substantial ’ market exists for the product — the first to be launched by Royal Bank Insurance Consultants since it was set up on 1 October 1991 . |
| 20 | It is a home from home for Sue Wilson , who has probably spent as many nights at the camp since it was set up on January 18 as she has at home . |
| 21 | Over the years since it was set up in 1982 , the Foundation has provided funds for the purchase of teaching equipment , the development of Library services , the restoration of much-loved features of the University gardens , a scholarship for under-privileged students from overseas , the publication of monographs , and improvements to sports facilities . |
| 22 | It is July 1994 and the company has taken a relaxed attitude to preparation of its accounts since it was set up in 1991 . |
| 23 | The CRE investigation , its first against any named council or organisation in Scotland since it was set up in 1976 , will focus on alleged breaches of race relations and employment laws for failing to provide for children who do not speak English fluently and for failing fully to involve their parents . |
| 24 | A spokesman for the Fire Brigades Union said the pay formula had now brought industrial peace since it was set up in 1977 and ‘ therefore it is in everyone 's interest to retain it . ’ |
| 25 | The Royal Ordnance site at Westcote near Aylesbury has been at the forefront of rocket research and development since it was set up in 1946 . |
| 26 | It will also outline the role and operation of the Social Work Services Inspectorate , which has come in for severe criticism since it was set up by the Scottish Office a year ago . |
| 27 | When we were set up with drinks , Pyke said , ‘ Tell me about yourself . ’ |
| 28 | For most of the children it was a big adventure , at least when they were setting off with their school friends . |
| 29 | John asked , when they were set out on their journey . |
| 30 | Units of the centrally planned national economy existed in many forms as they were set up by ministries , ‘ centres of production ’ , and directorates of production and were managed either on the basis of the responsibility of a single individual , namely a state-appointed director , or ( particularly from and after the 1956 Revolution ) by workers ' councils or a council of deputies elected by the whole work-force of the enterprise . |