Example sentences of "[was/were] set [adv prt] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | And that was plucked out by its roots , and two rows were set up on the green ; boys and girls were in each row . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Many new shipping companies formed in the late 1800's were set up on the strength of the coal markets . |
| 6 | Notice boards were set up on the College house , and at the corner of the road . |
| 7 | Sure enough , a second ray-gun and clock , identical to the first , were set up against the back wall . |
| 8 | The strike call was endorsed and Local Councils of Action were set up throughout the country , to await events . |
| 9 | Parisians saw the shape of things to come in the wooden triangulation towers which were set up throughout the city . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Select committees were set up by the House with full powers of investigation . |
| 12 | The Mossad squads were set up after the massacre of 11 Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympic games in September , 1972 . |
| 13 | For legal support staff , regional training courses were set up in the North West and attended by over 500 staff from throughout the region . |
| 14 | Other real ale breweries were set up in the county during the 1980s , but failed . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | To ensure compliance by motorists , standards for 30 km/h streets were set out by the Ministry of Transport . |
| 17 | The original devolution arrangements for Ulster were set out in the Government of Ireland Act 1920 , supported by several conventional arrangements . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | These were set out in the code of practice issued under the Environmental Protection Act . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | The precautions that should be taken to avoid this situation were set out in the section on consecutive spill , page 186 . |
| 24 | The taxi driver who left us at the station , enchanted by the idea that we were setting off for the source of the Nile , refused to accept any fare . |
| 25 | The Advisory Committee on Legal Education and Conduct was set up under the Act to examine the practical way in which reform could be carried out . |
| 26 | In 1970 the Committee on Safety of Medicines was set up under the Act and began work in the following year … with the purpose of ‘ a. giving advice with respect to safety , quality and efficacy in relation to human use of any substance or article ( not being an instrument apparatus or appliance ) to which any provision of the Act is applicable and b. promoting the collection and investigation of information relating to adverse reaction for the purpose of enabling such advice to be given . ’ |
| 27 | Its London frontbenchers work as a team , backed by a campaign committee which was set up under the chairmanship of the shadow Commons leader , Jack Cunningham , after bad local-election results in London a year ago — and which produced the London manifesto . |
| 28 | During the year a working party was set up under the Chairmanship of QC to look into every possible way in which the financial burden of young entrants to the Bar can be eased . |
| 29 | The Legal Academics Committee was set up under the chairmanship of QC , by the Professional Standards Committee and the JRC in November 1991 . |
| 30 | The organization was set up under the influence of the Salvadorean Communist Party , but accepted members who were not affiliated . |