Example sentences of "was set [adv prt] [prep] [noun prp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | A Higher Economic Council for Instituting Market Relations was set up on June 23 . |
| 10 | A Monetary Co-operation Fund , to give support to weak currencies , was set up in April 1973 , but proved of limited value . |
| 11 | Sure Style was set up in March last year by two directors of the failed double glazing firm Storm Seal . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | To provide immediate employment for young men between 18 and 25 , the Civilian Conservation Corps ( CCC ) was set up in March 1933 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | The NAC , comprising NATO member states and former Warsaw Pact members , was set up in December 1991 [ see p. 38698 ] . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | The LSE group ( which was set up in October 1990 to support the Irish students ' campaign and to campaign for abortion rights for women in England and Ireland ) will be organising a further picket on that day to highlight this fundamental attack on Irish women 's right to choose . |
| 20 | The authority was set up in September 1989 to supervise the newly privatized water industry . |
| 21 | It was set up in September 1987 under the Department of Education Special Services Division , and its brief was threefold : |
| 22 | The Foundation was set up in September this year by Coutts and Co , Zurich . |
| 23 | The fund , which was set up in February 1989 to collect money to service Poland 's foreign debt , was closed at the end of 1990 after reports of mismanagement . |
| 24 | The Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee ( BRAC ) is a non-governmental organisation which was set up in February 1972 , after the Liberation War of 1971 . |
| 25 | The Medical Manpower Standing Advisory Committee was set up in July 1991 to fulfil this role and has just produced its first report ( p ? ? ? ) . |
| 26 | An enquiry , chaired by Mrs Justice Butler Sloss , was set up in July 1987 and reported exactly a year later ( DOH , 1988 ) . |
| 27 | The Committee of Inquiry into Human Fertilisation and Embryology was set up in July 1982 under the chairmanship of Dame Mary Warnock to investigate in vitro fertilisation and human genetic research . |
| 28 | The IITP was set up in July last year and launched last October . |
| 29 | FARCO , which was set up in July 1990 , represents 212 community radio stations and 17 community television stations . |
| 30 | The CCC was set up in June 1990 as successor to the audiovisual training centre , Hatch End , which ran courses mainly for Third World students . |