Example sentences of "be set [adv] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 The IPCC had been set up under United Nations auspices following the November 1988 world climate conference [ see p. 36784 ] and was due to meet again in August 1990 in Stockholm .
2 This is only to be expected , since the Brasserie has been set up along similar lines to L'Auberge ( i.e. it has the same staff ) .
3 Q. My tank has been set up for five months now , and I do not seem to be able to achieve a good green algae growth .
4 A helpline has been set up for anxious parents .
5 A telephone hotline , manned twenty four hours a day , has been set up for former pupils of a school where the head has been suspended and a governor arrested by police .
6 A democratic , parliamentary system of government has been set up with free elections at least once every five years .
7 On our review model the tremolo has been set up with three springs instead of Stevie 's five , and the baseplate is kicked up way too high from the face of the body .
8 Job shops have been set up on both sites , manned by trained staff .
9 Duty rotas of guardians , who may be called upon at short notice , have been set up in many areas for this purpose .
10 Illegal arms and bomb factories have been set up in many parts of northern India to fuel the conflicts .
11 Similar associations have been set up in other counties , and already national competitions are staged .
12 Can we be assured that those regional representatives will reflect the political majority in those regions and will not simply be Government nominees , as we have seen in so many quangos and regional bodies that have been set up in recent years ?
13 Prior to 1974 these various activities took place in an uncoordinated manner , but , since then , budget committees have been set up in both houses .
14 Thus Communist parties were functioning in the major Latin American countries by 1923 , and had been set up in most others by the end of the decade .
15 Special police units have been set up in some areas , usually but not always staffed by women police officers .
16 He said that special bodies had been set up in 20 enterprises and organizations to deal with " irregularities " and " speculation " in the supply of these goods .
17 A new international organisation , the Forest Stewardship Council ( FSC ) , has been set up by environmental groups with the aim of setting worldwide standards for good forest management .
18 Local businesses responded generously to an appeal from School , and a generous grant was received from a fund which had been set up by leading industrialists to help Independent Schools to provide buildings and equipment for Scientific teaching and research .
19 Attempts to bolster the numbers of the endangered rufous hare wallaby in the Australian outback have been set back by domestic cats , which have killed 11 of the rare animals introduced to remote areas after a captive breeding programme .
20 In particular , a limited number of bursaries have been set aside for mature students .
21 In the sunken garden , orange snapdragons and pink asters , raised in the sheltered nursery beds , had been set out in lurid masses .
22 What has been set out in these pages is a programme which could change Britain for good .
23 Perhaps we will even copy the German Gruppe in which the decentralized units are set up as separate companies with their own top managements .
24 The laws often also mean that specific committees and specific departments are set up within local authorities to administer the services .
25 The actual ATs and PS are set out in separate documents ( for example Science and the National Curriculum ) which have recently been issued to schools ( and are also available for purchase through HMSO ) .
26 Guidance notes on fees for MAS work are set out in various sections of this MAS Practice Guide as follows :
27 The terms and conditions of their engagement ( and many organisations are careful not to use the word " employment " ) are set out in special handbooks , or in the contracts which casual workers are required to sign , and these seek to make the parties ' lack of mutual obligation clear .
28 The principles of corporate ownership are set out in multi-lingual editions of our detailed brochure available on request .
29 The organisation will consist of executive and advisory boards and ad hoc committees and task forces will be set up for specific projects .
30 Support networks for black managers and staff should also be set up with existing networks and resources .
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