Example sentences of "[was/were] set [adv prt] after " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Mossad squads were set up after the massacre of 11 Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympic games in September , 1972 . |
| 2 | It was set up after a three-year campaign by an all-party war crimes group . |
| 3 | The Prince of Wales established an award for innovation in 1985 and his working group on innovation was set up after a conference at Highgrove last year . |
| 4 | The Welfare State was set up after the Second World War as a means of providing universal ‘ freedom from want ’ , according to Sir William Beveridge , and ‘ care from cradle to grave ’ for the whole population according to Sir Winston Churchill . |
| 5 | Taylor Woodrow was set up after the unintended sale of two houses by a 16-year old greengrocer 's son and his solicitor uncle . |