Example sentences of "were set out [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 To ensure compliance by motorists , standards for 30 km/h streets were set out by the Ministry of Transport .
2 Close to the door , rows of slatted chairs were set out behind a rope barrier .
3 The traders ' views were set out in a letter to Darlington Council from the Clark 's Yard Traders Association and the planning brief was approved .
4 Beveridge 's proposals were set out in a section of his report entitled ‘ The Problem of Age ’ .
5 The projects were set out in a pamphlet with the alluring title , We Can Conquer Unemployment : 350,000 men were to be employed on road-building , 60 , 000 on housing , 60,000 on telephone development and 62,000 on electrical development .
6 The social worker 's reasons were set out in a statement extending to some 12 pages which concluded :
7 When the sworn statements were collected and sorted , the results were set out in a list preserved in the count 's treasury at St Etienne in Troyes .
8 The first one was half of us were blindfolded and we were set out in a line and the rest had to move about 5–10 metres away and stand in a line .
9 The original devolution arrangements for Ulster were set out in the Government of Ireland Act 1920 , supported by several conventional arrangements .
10 The long trestle tables were set out in the meadow and garden lights strung out in the trees , and soon the diners began to arrive .
11 He led her to a shady café , where small tables were set out in the shadow of some tall plane trees , whose leafy patterns fell over the white tables .
12 These were set out in the code of practice issued under the Environmental Protection Act .
13 The details of that title are nowhere given , beyond a statement that they were set out in the petition of the three estates which besought Richard to take the crown .
14 The details of that title are nowhere given , beyond a statement that they were set out in the petition of the three estates which besought Richard to take the crown .
15 The precautions that should be taken to avoid this situation were set out in the section on consecutive spill , page 186 .
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