Example sentences of "[noun pl] [be] set [adv prt] in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The way in which the above activities are set out in this handbook is deliberately quite detailed in order to suit those who prefer to know how to do everything step by step . |
| 2 | She was highly critical , however , of the terms under which the League of Nations was set up in 1919 , partly because the League was permitted the use of force and economic sanctions , and partly because it was committed to supporting the Versailles settlement , which she regarded from the start as an unjust and unstable peace . |
| 3 | The " Green Con " awards were set up in 1989 to highlight bogus claims to environmental worthiness made by business . |
| 4 | Lesbian and Gay-Men 's Sub-Committees were set up in such a way as to give a high level of representation to people from outside the council 's structure , and to ensure that their voices could be heard . |
| 5 | Local Marine Boards were set up in all main ports and a Shipping Master appointed by each to take administrative responsibility for masters ' and mates ' examinations and the business of engaging and discharging seamen under pain of penalty for " crimping " and other similar offences . |
| 6 | Amber Film Productions was set up in 1969 as a collective group of technicians , documenting working class life in the North East of England . |
| 7 | The Department of East Asian Studies was set up in 1967 . |
| 8 | In Manchester , for example , a permanent Tactical Aid Group of seventy-four specially trained officers was set up in 1976 . |
| 9 | This was a pattern to be followed when UDCs were set up in other areas in succeeding years . |
| 10 | Mail order computer retailer and manufacturer Chipboards Plc has called in the receivers , Robson Rhodes , which are now trying to sell the combined or separate businesses and assets of the group as a going concern : the company comprises a Chipboards division , which sells clone personal computers , upgrades and peripherals by mail order and has a turnover of £8m ; and a Chipset division , which manufactures high-end clone personal computers such as file servers , Unix machines and workstations for computer-aided design and generates £3m in revenues ; Chipboards was set up in 1987 , is based in Bisley , near Woking , Surrey , and claims to have a customer base of 20,000 . |
| 11 | New Mental Health Tribunals were set up in each health region to deal with any complaints arising from compulsory admission procedures . |
| 12 | Special squads were set up in 1976 against what the Daily Mirror called " Britain 's army of dole queue swindlers " . |
| 13 | Thus a bureau des fonds with a wide range of responsibilities including control of the ministry 's finances was set up in 1725 , a bureau du chiffre for the cyphering and decyphering of despatches in 1749 and a bureau des interprètes in 1768 . |
| 14 | As so defined by the Home Secretary ( Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe ) these tasks were set out in 1952 as follows : |
| 15 | All these Evils are set down in great and Anciente Bookes called Grimoires . |
| 16 | Parish councils were set up in 1894 and superseded parish vestries , which had in turn supplanted manor courts . |
| 17 | These councils were set up in 1953 following the report of the Gowers Committee of 1950 into what could be done for the preservation of houses of historic interest . |
| 18 | Inquiries were set up in both cases , while Haughey announced on Sept. 22 that a serious fraud agency was to be established . |