Example sentences of "[noun prp] [be] set [adv] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | VCPs are set apparently at random , and vehicles stopped in the same way , but there is a method in the madness . |
| 2 | The PHC approach proposed at Alma Ata was set up with five principles in mind : |
| 3 | The SPSG was set up on 1 September 1986 to promote studies related to science policy in the United Kingdom . |
| 4 | WHEN the Royal Bank of Scotland was set up by Royal Charter in 1727 there was a very good reason for building the word ‘ Royal ’ into its name . |
| 5 | A working party chaired by Lady Vaizey was set up in 1977 to look into the question of making such payments , but although it produced a paper on the subject , no further action was taken . |
| 6 | ANDRA was set up in 1977 under the auspices of the atomic energy commission ( Commissariat à l'Énergie atomique ) and its sister organization , the state nuclear corporation ( Compagnie générale des matières nucléaires ) . |
| 7 | EFQM was set up in 1988 and now has a membership of some 200 leading European businesses , all of which recognize the role of quality in achieving competitive advantage . |
| 8 | Western PTTs are setting up in Eastern Europe , often initially to support their multinational clients ' operations there . |
| 9 | The TVEI was set up in 1983 as a series of pilot projects designed to test a variety of different methods and approaches , and was extended in 1987 , becoming a national scheme intended , eventually , to be available to all 14–18-year-olds , irrespective of ability . |
| 10 | The first film commission in Britain was set up in 1989 in Liverpool , in response to Mersey Television 's need for locations around that city , as they developed drama programmes from their base in Brookside . |
| 11 | In 1962 ELDO was set up on this basis — with the L standing for launcher . |
| 12 | The first dispensary in Darlington was set up in 1808 to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of King George 11 . |
| 13 | The plan of Magdalen was set out in 1473 and the foundation stone laid on 5 May 1474 ; the buildings were occupied in 1480 . |
| 14 | DSD was set up by 600 enterprises in response to legislation requiring industry to collect and recycle the packaging it produces . |
| 15 | The Grand Trunk Canal promoted by him and his merchant associate Thomas Bently was set afoot in 1766 after the Duke of Bridgewater had already moved the line of his Runcorn cut to meet up at its northern end and complete the joining of the Trent and Mersey . |
| 16 | Motability was set up in 1977 on the initiative of the government to help holders of mobility allowance and war pensioners ' mobility supplement use their allowance to obtain a vehicle . |
| 17 | Because ZFM was set up in 1967 at the insistence of the military , who argued that economic development in the Amazon basin was necessary for national security , its managing authority , SUFRAMA ( Superintendencia da Zona Franca de Manaus ) is responsible to Defence rather than Trade . |
| 18 | In May 1835 , the relieving officer of the new Chailey Union was set on by thirty men in Ringmer , demanding ‘ money or blood ’ ; they got their relief in cash instead of the food tickets he offered . |
| 19 | June will also see the release of California-based ImMIX 's first and only product , VideoCube — ImMix was set up in 1991 . |
| 20 | It is understood that Farrington Stead was set up by former employees of Barlow Clowes . |