Example sentences of "be set [adv prt] [prep] [noun prp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The news agency TASS reported that a commission had been set up under Uzbek Prime Minister Abdulkhashim Mutalov , to investigate the disturbances . |
| 2 | The commission had been set up on June 4 to examine the implementation of the May 28 Sejm resolution on the exposure of former agents [ see p. 38972 ; the resolution had in fact originally called for exposures by June 6 , not June 20 as stated on that page ] . |
| 3 | This had been set up in September 1989 as a joint venture between Radio Moscow and a Franco-Italian consortium , and had been provided with technical equipment and premises at the Moscow Radio building . |
| 4 | The CVR , also known as the Rettig Commission after its chairman Raúl Rettig , a former Supreme Court judge , had been set up in April 1990 and had taken over 4,000 testimonies during its research . |
| 5 | The RTC had been set up in August 1989 [ see p. 36843 ] as a new arm of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ( FDIC ) , to be supervised by William Seidman , the FDIC chairman , and with an oversight board which decided policy and funding . |
| 6 | The event has been set up by Darlington Environmental Watch who want the representatives of the three major parties to answer hard-hitting questions about their green plans for the town . |
| 7 | His views on this latter issue are set out in Labov 1975 ( and elsewhere ) . |
| 8 | But he did not dismiss the idea and added that a new committee would be set up in June 1995 to examine how far compliance with the code and the report 's other recommendations had progressed . |
| 9 | A RACE Equality Council branch could be set up in Darlington next month . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Suffice as it 's to say that the negotiations did provide for extra seats for Germany in account of the additional population that accrued to Germany from the reunification of East and West Germany and er er at the same time the opportunity was taken to allot some extra seats to some other countries er which erm bore in mind er more closely than before , the respective differences in population sizes of the various countries that make up the community , er the two special committees that I referred to Mr Deputy Speaker , were set up in July nineteen ninety three . |
| 12 | David Dunbar and his team from Aid Unlimited are setting off on September 15 with a 12-ton lorry packed with vital supplies for orphanages in Arad , Tamisura , and Tackash . |
| 13 | The first offshore banking unit was set up on Aug. 25 by Barclays Bank of Mauritius ; offshore licences were also approved for the Bank of Baroda and Banque Privée Edmond de Rothschild , and later for S. B. International ( a joint Mauritian-Indian venture ) , the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp. and Banque Nationale de Paris . |
| 14 | It is a home from home for Sue Wilson , who has probably spent as many nights at the camp since it was set up on January 18 as she has at home . |
| 15 | A working group was set up on July 19 to examine trade aspects of domestically prohibited goods and hazardous substances ( for the issue of trade in toxic and hazardous wastes see pp. 36788-89 ) ; a progress report from this working group was noted by the Dec. 4-5 session of the contracting parties . |
| 16 | A parliamentary commission of inquiry into arms sales to Iran was set up on Sept. 27 and its report , presented on April 2 , 1990 ( without SPÖ agreement ) , contained serious criticism of senior politicians and of the Voest-Alpine group 's decision to manufacture howitzers and other weapons . |
| 17 | This committee was set up on May 18-19 , consisting of Marcovic , Kadijevic and Gracanin as well as the two Vice-Presidents of the Federal Executive Council , Aleksandar Mitrovic and Zivko Pregl , the Justice and Administration Secretary Vlado Kambovski , and the Secretary-General of the government , Zoran Miskovic . |
| 18 | A new 31-member " central committee for the comprehensive management of public security " , headed by politburo standing committee member Qiao Shi , was set up on March 22 to liaise with the party central committee and the State Council in supervising work to improve public order and social stability . |
| 19 | A parliamentary commission was set up on Nov. 13 to establish whether the police had played a role in the recent violence , which continued into the following week in the departments of Jinotega and Estelí where 15 people were killed . |
| 20 | The privately funded Foundation for Exchange Across the Taiwan Strait was set up on Nov. 21 as the " only important " channel entrusted by the Mainland Affairs Council with the handling of civilian affairs . |
| 21 | A Higher Economic Council for Instituting Market Relations was set up on June 23 . |
| 22 | A Monetary Co-operation Fund , to give support to weak currencies , was set up in April 1973 , but proved of limited value . |
| 23 | Sure Style was set up in March last year by two directors of the failed double glazing firm Storm Seal . |
| 24 | Here the Lignite Action Group was set up in March 1985 after a public meeting in Moortown to express concern over test-drilling in the area was attended by 500 people . |
| 25 | To provide immediate employment for young men between 18 and 25 , the Civilian Conservation Corps ( CCC ) was set up in March 1933 . |
| 26 | Andrew Heaton , of Wigan , whose son , Paul , died in a road accident at the age of 15 , said : ‘ The organisation was set up in London last February and its services are now open to everyone . |
| 27 | In the UK , Barclays Computer Operations , Knutsford , Cheshire , which was set up in January 1991 by Barclays Bank Plc to provide in-house facilities management , is stepping out into the commercial marketplace with its own offerings — OPM ( Operator Presentation Manager ) , and DataPlace . |
| 28 | Figures from this business now include Lucas Electronics , which was set up in January 1993 , and comprises the combined Lucas aerospace and automotive electronic operations . |
| 29 | The NAC , comprising NATO member states and former Warsaw Pact members , was set up in December 1991 [ see p. 38698 ] . |
| 30 | The Commission was set up in December 1977 at the World Bank 's instigation , under the chairmanship of Willy Brandt , former Chancellor of the Federal Republic of West Germany . |