Example sentences of "[was/were] set out [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Close to the door , rows of slatted chairs were set out behind a rope barrier . |
| 2 | The traders ' views were set out in a letter to Darlington Council from the Clark 's Yard Traders Association and the planning brief was approved . |
| 3 | Beveridge 's proposals were set out in a section of his report entitled ‘ The Problem of Age ’ . |
| 4 | The projects were set out in a pamphlet with the alluring title , We Can Conquer Unemployment : 350,000 men were to be employed on road-building , 60 , 000 on housing , 60,000 on telephone development and 62,000 on electrical development . |
| 5 | The social worker 's reasons were set out in a statement extending to some 12 pages which concluded : |
| 6 | When the sworn statements were collected and sorted , the results were set out in a list preserved in the count 's treasury at St Etienne in Troyes . |
| 7 | The first one was half of us were blindfolded and we were set out in a line and the rest had to move about 5–10 metres away and stand in a line . |
| 8 | The revised procedure was set out in a discussion document and presented to the Heads of Department . |
| 9 | After a number of days the conference was able to reach an agreement which was set out in a communique dated 21 July 1991 . |
| 10 | This was set out in a section headed ‘ Dress and Deportment ’ , and illustrates Foucault 's point ( ibid. ) that in such situations the body is ‘ docile ’ to authoritative orders from above . |
| 11 | The background to the above was set out in a letter from the Operations branch at MEHQ dated 22 February , in which they proposed the use of L Detachment as parachutists in a tactical role , for seizing and holding ground in co-operation with other forces landing by sea or advancing across the desert . |