Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] up [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But we were brought up to read good literature , to be great readers and I hope we do n't lose our traditions . ’ |
| 2 | Schools affording hundreds of thousands of places were set up to bring some form of education to the children of the poor . |
| 3 | This is a discretionary trust fund which was set up to give financial help to people who need to pay for personal care or domestic assistance in order to remain living independently in their own homes . |
| 4 | The conference was set up to attract more business to north Oxfordshire , where along of the flanks of the M40 empty office space is part of the landscape . |
| 5 | The government on Nov. 23 repealed the 1982 local government regulations affecting representation and administration at upazilla ( sub-district ) level , introducing a new ordinance under which all functions would be administered through executive orders until further orders were issued ; a 13-member commission was set up to review local government institutions . |
| 6 | At the Milan summit of 1985 , all of these moves came to a head , and an Inter-governmental Conference was set up to discuss European Union . |
| 7 | Prior to the course validation event , a subcommittee comprising — was set up to consider each course and review its ‘ enterprise ’ content . |
| 8 | Very early in the war a new body , the Zentralstelle für Auslandsdienst , was set up to influence neutral opinion , a vital propaganda target of all the major belligerents . |