Example sentences of "[noun pl] were set [adv prt] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nature reserves were set up around new power stations to mollify local conservationists . |
| 2 | When he lectured at Harvard in this year , policemen had to control the crowds who came out to see him , and loudspeakers were set up for those who could not get into the auditorium . |
| 3 | New companies were set up by public subscription , and there was a substantial increase in the number of films produced . |
| 4 | The " Green Con " awards were set up in 1989 to highlight bogus claims to environmental worthiness made by business . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The Scottish Office produced a manual and a guide to legislation and support structures were set up by central government and education authorities to provide information and to respond to board queries . |
| 8 | All the lead-in codes were set up for USA-style dialling ; local , long distance and so on , and whilst these could be changed the lead-out character was set to be a semi-colon . |
| 9 | This was a pattern to be followed when UDCs were set up in other areas in succeeding years . |
| 10 | New Mental Health Tribunals were set up in each health region to deal with any complaints arising from compulsory admission procedures . |
| 11 | Special squads were set up in 1976 against what the Daily Mirror called " Britain 's army of dole queue swindlers " . |
| 12 | Our institutions were set up by middle-class people and the staff , even when their own origins are working-class , reflect those values . |
| 13 | In it coins and medals were set out on faded velvet pads and , at the back , there were cards of stamps displayed under amber polythene to protect them from the light . |
| 14 | As so defined by the Home Secretary ( Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe ) these tasks were set out in 1952 as follows : |
| 15 | Parish councils were set up in 1894 and superseded parish vestries , which had in turn supplanted manor courts . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Inquiries were set up in both cases , while Haughey announced on Sept. 22 that a serious fraud agency was to be established . |