Example sentences of "were set [adv prt] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stalls were set up to a considerable depth on either side of the main road , which swelled out like a sausage shaped balloon for half a mile or so and then closed in again . |
| 2 | The scheme was carried out by the Agricultural Adjustment Administration ( AAA ) and the committees were set up at a local level with farmer representatives from the various areas of production , such as wheat , cotton , dairy produce , rice and tobacco . |
| 3 | There were many stations which , whilst not being strictly private , were set up by a narrow section of the public and usually barred to casual travellers . |
| 4 | By statistical analysis of his surveys he showed that the megaliths were set out to a common unit of measurement , the megalithic yard of 0.83 m. , not in simple circles but in circular arcs centred on right-angled triangles . |
| 5 | His religious opinions were set out in A Short History of the Evangelical Movement ( 1915 ) , and his personal interpretation of Whig philosophy in Politics and Personalities ( 1917 ) . |
| 6 | The aims of the national curriculum and its related assessment procedures were set out in a consultative paper published in July 1987 in which it was anticipated that standards of educational provision and attainment would be raised by : |
| 7 | But he stood there watching until the little car had disappeared , as though Ellen were setting off on a long and dangerous journey from which she might never return . |