Example sentences of "[was/were] set [adv] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Israel appears to have shared many of the techniques and conceptions of sacrifice of her neighbours , but her own observances were set firmly in the framework of God 's revelation at Sinai . |
| 2 | The rails were set flush with the concrete and he negotiated them carefully . |
| 3 | Almost invariably , I ended up each year in front of the Star Chamber of ministers who were set up under the chairmanship of Willie Whitelaw to try to sort out the differences which remained between ministers and the Chief Secretary . |
| 4 | Even outside Europe , in Canada , Catholic unions were set up at the beginning of the twentieth century in order to ‘ protect ’ French-Canadian workers from the more suspect ideological influences of American ‘ international ’ ( actually bi-national ) unions which were organising there . |
| 5 | And that was plucked out by its roots , and two rows were set up on the green ; boys and girls were in each row . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Many new shipping companies formed in the late 1800's were set up on the strength of the coal markets . |
| 8 | Notice boards were set up on the College house , and at the corner of the road . |
| 9 | Sure enough , a second ray-gun and clock , identical to the first , were set up against the back wall . |
| 10 | The strike call was endorsed and Local Councils of Action were set up throughout the country , to await events . |
| 11 | Parisians saw the shape of things to come in the wooden triangulation towers which were set up throughout the city . |
| 12 | Elaborate pricing mechanisms — the K-factors and all the rest — were set up by the government before the sell-off ; they were aimed at helping the industry , which had long been a victim of under-investment , to pay for a capital-spending programme of at least £18 billion over the next decade . |
| 13 | Select committees were set up by the House with full powers of investigation . |
| 14 | The Mossad squads were set up after the massacre of 11 Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympic games in September , 1972 . |
| 15 | For legal support staff , regional training courses were set up in the North West and attended by over 500 staff from throughout the region . |
| 16 | Other real ale breweries were set up in the county during the 1980s , but failed . |
| 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 | Cranston roared with laughter and led Athelstan over to the far corner where a table and stools were set apart from the rest of the customers . |
| 19 | Certain lands were set aside for the upkeep of religious and charitable foundations — the vakifs . |
| 20 | Newson and Newson ( 1.3 ) suggest that it is only in this century that questions about how to bring up children have been widely discussed ; hitherto the niceties of different child-rearing philosophies were set aside in the face of a more fundamental dilemma , whether children would survive at all beyond the first few years . |
| 21 | Anywhere that was obviously occupied he drove on past , as he did with any place that was exposed or too close to the main road , but deserted-looking buildings on village outskirts and elevated rows that were set back from the road generally rated at least a circling-around and a second look . |
| 22 | The relationship is unusual in that Scrope 's men were set directly under the duke . |
| 23 | The relationship is unusual in that Scrope 's men were set directly under the duke . |
| 24 | To ensure compliance by motorists , standards for 30 km/h streets were set out by the Ministry of Transport . |
| 25 | The original devolution arrangements for Ulster were set out in the Government of Ireland Act 1920 , supported by several conventional arrangements . |
| 26 | The long trestle tables were set out in the meadow and garden lights strung out in the trees , and soon the diners began to arrive . |
| 27 | He led her to a shady café , where small tables were set out in the shadow of some tall plane trees , whose leafy patterns fell over the white tables . |
| 28 | These were set out in the code of practice issued under the Environmental Protection Act . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |