Example sentences of "[noun pl] [was/were] set [adv prt] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although clear guidelines were set down for teachers on the minimum time commitment and core content of each of the projects , the organisation and management of the projects were at the discretion of the teacher . |
| 2 | His broad shoulders and powerful legs were set off to perfection by the excellent cut , while a snow-white silk shirt emphasised his tanned , rugged face . |
| 3 | To this end , schools were set up for peasant women and for prostitutes , who were numerous since Havana had previously been a notorious entertainment centre for North Americans , to give them an education and to provide them with some skills and training ready for the job market . |
| 4 | During the 1950s further units were set up at London and Liverpool University to assess attitudes in industry . |
| 5 | Road blocks were set up by Lothian and Borders police and neighbouring forces were also helping . |
| 6 | The cells were cultured in DMEM , with or without the addition of calcipotriol ( MC-903 ) at a final concentration of 10 - 5 to 10 - 9 M. All plates were set up in quadruplicate . |
| 7 | The first English factory to manufacture looking glass plates was set up by Sir Robert Mansell in the reign of James I. |
| 8 | A year later Frederick I of Prussia ordered that in future deserters should have their nose and one of their ears cut off and be sent to hard labour for life , while after the Seven Years War a chain of military posts was set up on France 's frontiers to prevent the escape abroad of soldiers fleeing from their units . |
| 9 | Fresh air bases were set up in Bank Mine and a team of brave and dedicated doctors went underground to assist . |
| 10 | Their duties and responsibilities were set out in detail in the Public Assistance Order of 1930 : |
| 11 | This was particularly noticeable when hostels were set up by individuals or by groups of sympathisers , rather than by religious or other charitable organisations . |
| 12 | In France State-owned arms factories were set up at Maubeuge and Charleville in 1718 ; the government made itself responsible for the supply of uniforms in 1747 ; and the old system of military hospitals , which had left them largely in private hands , was abolished in 1788 . |
| 13 | The procedures for ordering reprints were set out in RBG Office Notice 15/91 [ numbered 15/90 in error ] , dated February 27 1991 . |
| 14 | The first commission of sewers was set up in Lincolnshire by Henry de Bathe in 1258 . |
| 15 | Two bodies were set up in October 1990 to press for the introduction of multiparty democracy and the convening of a national conference on the country 's political future . |
| 16 | Stalls were set up in Rainey Street , Queen Street and Market Square , while police diverted traffic away from the town centre . |
| 17 | Roadblocks were set up throughout Lima , and an estimated 15,000 people were reportedly arrested for questioning , although the Interior Minister AugustÃn Mantilla confirmed that none of these were suspected of direct involvement in the attack . |
| 18 | The principles and assumptions to be used for valuations were set out in regulations laid on2 September . |
| 19 | Humanities computing centres were set up in Oxford , Liege , Tubingen and other places . |
| 20 | Peripheral day hospitals and day centres were set up in Malvern and Evesham . |
| 21 | Women 's Aid Centres were set up in Dublin and other major cities as I was preparing to leave Ireland . |
| 22 | Other important curriculum development centres were set up in Ghana ( 1967 ) and Zambia ( 1970 ) . |
| 23 | A number of short-lived clandestine presses were set up within Russia , and at the same time radical publicists took full advantage of periods of lighter censorship . |
| 24 | A Higher Economic Council for Instituting Market Relations was set up on June 23 . |
| 25 | In the early sixties , two long-term chimpanzee projects were set up in Tanzania : Jane Goodall 's in the wooded savannah around the Gombe Stream Research Center , and Toshida Nishida 's in the Mahale Mountains , some 200km south . |
| 26 | On 28 June 1919 the Treaty was put into effect and plebiscites were set up in Warmia , Mazuria and Silesia to determine the exact areas of land to be allocated to Poland . |
| 27 | Extra appointments could be financed by the court 's customers paying higher charges when cases were set down for trial . |
| 28 | Excluding the lay fraternities , 280 private chantries were set up in London during the fourteenth century , the heyday of the movement . |
| 29 | Weekly group meetings were set up in Newham when five or six workers were on the payroll . |
| 30 | In option three areas , streets were set out as Woonerven . |