Example sentences of "was set [adv prt] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Immediately after the elections a subcommittee was set up by the Legislative Assembly to study the proposals , but progress was for the time being halted , after objections from the Chinese government , as reported in the Far Eastern Economic Review of Sept. 21 , 1989 . |
| 32 | In this article , Veronica Hanson describes a scheme that was set up by the Welsh Pre-school Playgroups Association ( PPA ) to encourage the integration into local playgroups of children who experience difficulties in learning . |
| 33 | The Inter-governmental Bureau of Informatics was set up by the United Nations . |
| 34 | It will also outline the role and operation of the Social Work Services Inspectorate , which has come in for severe criticism since it was set up by the Scottish Office a year ago . |
| 35 | Kevin Price gave us a glimpse of what was to follow with a clever break and when the ball was set up from the resulting ruck , Paul Flood was equally successful with a drop goal . |
| 36 | Sophia herself was wearing a green jersey suit and a small hat , but she felt that she did not look so absolutely right as Ianthe , whose plain blue woollen dress was set off by a feather-trimmed hat which had just the right touch of slightly dowdy elegance — if there could be such a thing . |
| 37 | The whole collection was set off by the saxe-blue Jacobean embroidery thrown over the shelves on which the pieces were carefully arranged . |
| 38 | ‘ So it was set off by the simple act of turning on the lamp ? ’ |
| 39 | Though circumstances are so changed it is relevant to remember that in their heyday syllabubs were regarded as refreshments to be offered at card parties , ball suppers and at public entertainments , rather than just as a pudding for lunches and dinners , although they did quite often figure as part of the dessert in the days when a choice of sweetmeats , fruits , jellies , confectionery and creams was set out in a formal symmetrical array in the centre of the table . |
| 40 | She was set down in a quiet side-street near the Madeleine . |