Example sentences of "be set up [prep] [num] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wolfenden was commissioned not by the state but by the Central Council of Physical Recreation ( CCPR ) , which had been set up in 1935 as a co-ordinating body for the many voluntary associations involved in the running of sport . |
| 2 | Year of foundation : 1961 , replacing the Organization for European Economic Co-operation ( OEEC ) which had been set up in 1948 in connection with the Marshall Plan . |
| 3 | The National Land Fund had been set up in 1946 as the nation 's war memorial . |
| 4 | Special squads were set up in 1976 against what the Daily Mirror called " Britain 's army of dole queue swindlers " . |
| 5 | Community Forests , funded by the Forestry and Countryside Commissions , were set up in 1990 on the outskirts of major cities . |
| 6 | Its UK headquarters , although still fairly embryonic in nature , were set up in 1990 in Chertsey , Surrey , to serve the European marketplace . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The Foyle Fisheries Commission is a cross-border statutory body which was set up in 1952 under parallel legislation introduced in Northern Ireland and the Republic . |
| 9 | The Hazards Forum was set up in 1989 by the engineering institutions to assemble and exchange ideas on the management of risks and hazards . |
| 10 | Cooperative was set up in 1989 by old hands from Tandem Computers Inc , including VP of research Kim Worsencroft and CEO Dennis McEvoy , so Ellipse is inherently resilient to errors and failures . |
| 11 | Interactive Home Systems ( IHS ) was set up in 1989 in Redmond , Washington , with the aim of selling high quality visual information to homes , schools , public institutions and businesses , drawing on a constantly expanding visual information library which includes not only art but also history , science , travel , current affairs and popular culture . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Now funded by the Department of National Heritage , the Conservation Unit was set up in 1987 as part of the Museums and Galleries Commission to act as a national focus for raising conservation standards . |
| 14 | Hire Association Europe ( HAE ) was set up in 1974 as a trade association for the hire industry . |
| 15 | In one country at least — the Cameroon — a research institute , The Institute for the Reform of Primary Education at Buea , was set up in 1974 with reasonable resources in terms of personnel ( a team of twelve to fifteen nationals and experts has been employed ) , adequate funding jointly from Government and UNESCO/UNDP , and in its initial stages a sensible time scale to work to . |
| 16 | It was set up in 1981 by the British water industry in response to the United Nations ' Water Decade of 1981 to 1990 . |
| 17 | The state of Israel itself was set up in 1948 as a homeland for the Jewish people . |
| 18 | A confederated employers ' organisation was set up in 1919 at the behest of the state which wanted a partner for the application of the new law on collective wage agreements . |
| 19 | The Community Support Anti-waste Scheme ( CSAWS ) was set up in 1976 with the following aims : to promote the recycling of materials ; to give support to the government 's anti-waste programme ; to provide employment for a cross section of the community ; and to stimulate industrial , community and charitable organisations to participate in the collection and recycling of waste materials . |
| 20 | The Commission , which was set up in 1991 after a series of miscarriage of justice cases culminating in the release of the Birmingham Six after 16 years in prison , reported today . |
| 21 | Perhaps it was inevitable that when the Auditing Practices Board was set up in 1991 in the ashes of the old Auditing Practices Committee , Mr Morrison 's name should spring to mind as its first chairman . |
| 22 | The School 's forerunner , the Department of Physical Education , was set up in 1939 in response to concern about the health and fitness of the nation , with Mr A.D. Munrow as its Director and one other member of staff , Mr Max Madders . |
| 23 | After the discovery that the Tramways Department had effectively been subsidising the Illuminations for years , a completely new Illuminations Department was set up in 1936 under Freddie Field . |
| 24 | This court was set up in 1971 by the Courts Act . |
| 25 | A similar one was set up in 1779 in Haute Guienne ; and in 1787 , in the last desperate efforts to save the old régime in its death agony , no fewer than nineteen were established in généralités throughout the country . |
| 26 | A basic training working party was set up in 1986 with the task of designing a national basic training common core . |
| 27 | The group was set up in 1986 after a proposal at one of the regular — though often far apart — meetings of the four main Church leaders by Church of Ireland Primate Archbishop Robin Eames , and seconded by the late Catholic Primate Cardinal Tomas O'Fiaich . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | The society was set up in 1910 in the aftermath of the controversy surrounding the disparaging remarks of Sir George Birdwood [ q.v. ] about Indian art . |
| 30 | After two years of anxiety , one of the finest seams of steam coal in the world was struck in the Maendy pit , Cwmparc , and the Ocean Collieries Company was set up in 1867 with an authorized capital of £240,000 . |