Example sentences of "[conj] [noun pl] be set [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lists of the so-called Anti-Reformers or Boroughmongers were set out in the radical press , and as the electors were so few and were persons of standing , their views were really known in advance and the outcome could be predicted accurately — contrary to the modern opinion polls which so often are at variance with the result . |
| 2 | It also suggested that WEU membership be opened to non-EC NATO members and that links be set up with east European countries unable to join NATO . |
| 3 | Other areas of the establishment were infiltrated by fascists , and groups were set up in the Civil Service and in several educational centres and public schools , including the Universities of London and Birmingham , Stowe School , and Winchester , Beaumont and Worksop Colleges . |
| 4 | On 28 June 1919 the Treaty was put into effect and plebiscites were set up in Warmia , Mazuria and Silesia to determine the exact areas of land to be allocated to Poland . |
| 5 | The project 's main aims and objects are set out in an editorial by R. B. McKerrow carried in the first issue . |
| 6 | When he lectured at Harvard in this year , policemen had to control the crowds who came out to see him , and loudspeakers were set up for those who could not get into the auditorium . |
| 7 | Their duties and responsibilities were set out in detail in the Public Assistance Order of 1930 : |
| 8 | Committees and forums were set up inside the local authority , the local Trades Council and the local Labour Party , and together they formulated the idea of a new Employment Department to co-ordinate all the council 's efforts to tackle the economic crisis in the city . |
| 9 | Great wealth can no longer disguise an absence of true values : the mirrors in Mr Dombey 's ice-palace reflect the chilling image of a marriage based on purchase ; the roses on his wallpaper and carpets are set about with thorns . |
| 10 | The Germans placed this box usually in the gaps in hedges and the approaches to farm buildings , and the rest of a wide area they covered with ingenious booby-traps and other very strange devices , many of these being set off by wandering cattle and horses , as usually happened when the Commando mines and booby-traps were set out in the hedgerows and orchards in front of our positions . |
| 11 | Its functions and powers are set out in the Act of 1981 of that name . |
| 12 | Your other main terms and conditions are set out in the Scheme of Salaries and Conditions of Service agreed by the National Joint Council for Local Authorities Administrative , Professional , Technical and Clerical Services ( Scottish Councils ) as adopted and amended by Lothian Regional Council . |
| 13 | Your other main terms and conditions are set out in the Scheme of Salaries and Conditions of Service agreed by the National Joint Council for Local Authorities Administrative , Professional , Technical and Clerical Services ( Scottish Councils ) as adopted and amended by Lothian Regional Council . |
| 14 | These aims and objectives are set out in chapters 2 and 3 . |
| 15 | Though circumstances are so changed it is relevant to remember that in their heyday syllabubs were regarded as refreshments to be offered at card parties , ball suppers and at public entertainments , rather than just as a pudding for lunches and dinners , although they did quite often figure as part of the dessert in the days when a choice of sweetmeats , fruits , jellies , confectionery and creams was set out in a formal symmetrical array in the centre of the table . |
| 16 | In it coins and medals were set out on faded velvet pads and , at the back , there were cards of stamps displayed under amber polythene to protect them from the light . |
| 17 | Thereafter , it is slightly intimidating when subjects are set down for each day 's debate , and we feel a little restricted in moving beyond the sphere of the Ministers on the Front Bench . |
| 18 | This was particularly noticeable when hostels were set up by individuals or by groups of sympathisers , rather than by religious or other charitable organisations . |
| 19 | This was a pattern to be followed when UDCs were set up in other areas in succeeding years . |
| 20 | The proposal is likely to emerge radically altered when details are set out in regulations after the loans legislation is passed . |