Example sentences of "[was/were] set [adv prt] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | And that was plucked out by its roots , and two rows were set up on the green ; boys and girls were in each row . |
| 2 | Notice boards were set up on the College house , and at the corner of the road . |
| 3 | Having established that they had no signs of any fatigue cracks on the rear spar chord , the left and right stabilisers from two different aircraft were set up on the test rig . |
| 4 | Many new shipping companies formed in the late 1800's were set up on the strength of the coal markets . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The room looked like the dining room ; a sideboard with some bottles and a bowl of fruit on it was visible , and Penelope was now able to see that the remains of a kind of meal — a loaf of bread , a hunk of orange-coloured cheese and two glasses — were set out on one half of the table . |
| 7 | John asked , when they were set out on their journey . |
| 8 | The Tsaritsyn Commission was set up on 8 August 192 1 , and like its counterparts in other gubernii , were very closely modelled on Pomgol , the all-Russian organ in Moscow . |
| 9 | 1.1 The National Curriculum English Working Group was set up on 29 April 1988 by the Secretaries of State for Education and Science and for Wales to advise on attainment targets , programmes of study , and associated assessment arrangements for English in the National Curriculum for the period of compulsory schooling . |
| 10 | The ‘ Great Debate ’ , initiated by James Callaghan in 1977 , was set up on the premise that education was failing . |
| 11 | In a similar manner to the interview analysis technique , a record was set up on the database for each activity using the numerical codes as an identifier , and a second field used to type in all information needed or produced by that activity . |
| 12 | This was set up on 10 February in Dresden when delegates from Russia and Germany held their first joint session to discuss the restitution of art treasures missing since World War II . |
| 13 | Thus it has been able to overcome the major hurdle of the possibility of losing top contacts and clients when it was set up on its own . |
| 14 | In 1962 ELDO was set up on this basis — with the L standing for launcher . |
| 15 | If more than one yacht visited , a barbecue was set up on the beach , and many a bleary Azorian dawn was witnessed as a result . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | A year later Frederick I of Prussia ordered that in future deserters should have their nose and one of their ears cut off and be sent to hard labour for life , while after the Seven Years War a chain of military posts was set up on France 's frontiers to prevent the escape abroad of soldiers fleeing from their units . |
| 18 | The SPSG was set up on 1 September 1986 to promote studies related to science policy in the United Kingdom . |
| 19 | A working group was set up on July 19 to examine trade aspects of domestically prohibited goods and hazardous substances ( for the issue of trade in toxic and hazardous wastes see pp. 36788-89 ) ; a progress report from this working group was noted by the Dec. 4-5 session of the contracting parties . |
| 20 | The first offshore banking unit was set up on Aug. 25 by Barclays Bank of Mauritius ; offshore licences were also approved for the Bank of Baroda and Banque Privée Edmond de Rothschild , and later for S. B. International ( a joint Mauritian-Indian venture ) , the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp. and Banque Nationale de Paris . |
| 21 | A parliamentary commission of inquiry into arms sales to Iran was set up on Sept. 27 and its report , presented on April 2 , 1990 ( without SPÖ agreement ) , contained serious criticism of senior politicians and of the Voest-Alpine group 's decision to manufacture howitzers and other weapons . |
| 22 | On Oct. 12 , 1989 , a Polish Socialist Party of Labour ( PSPP ) was set up on social democratic principles . |
| 23 | The privately funded Foundation for Exchange Across the Taiwan Strait was set up on Nov. 21 as the " only important " channel entrusted by the Mainland Affairs Council with the handling of civilian affairs . |
| 24 | A new 31-member " central committee for the comprehensive management of public security " , headed by politburo standing committee member Qiao Shi , was set up on March 22 to liaise with the party central committee and the State Council in supervising work to improve public order and social stability . |
| 25 | This committee was set up on May 18-19 , consisting of Marcovic , Kadijevic and Gracanin as well as the two Vice-Presidents of the Federal Executive Council , Aleksandar Mitrovic and Zivko Pregl , the Justice and Administration Secretary Vlado Kambovski , and the Secretary-General of the government , Zoran Miskovic . |
| 26 | A Higher Economic Council for Instituting Market Relations was set up on June 23 . |
| 27 | A parliamentary commission was set up on Nov. 13 to establish whether the police had played a role in the recent violence , which continued into the following week in the departments of Jinotega and Estelí where 15 people were killed . |
| 28 | The software for the 1991 SAS/LBS was set up on the assumption that the Census data was fixed and unchanging ; however , this proved to be unrealistic . |
| 29 | A volleyball net was set up on it , a wharf stretched out into the cove . |
| 30 | 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 . |