Example sentences of "[adj] were set [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Places like this were set up for disenfranchised groups ’ , says Susannah Lopez , one of the two co-op members . |
| 2 | Most of these were set up in the early 1970s , often from existing sites rather than de novo . |
| 3 | [ These were set up , and later amalgamated to form the Business and Technician Education Council ( BTEC ) . ] |
| 4 | The Act also contains a number of aggravated offences of possessing a firearm with various intents , and these were set out in Chapter 7.7 above . |
| 5 | These were set out facing the way the explorer had gone so as to ensure a good view of him on his return . |
| 6 | These were set out in the code of practice issued under the Environmental Protection Act . |
| 7 | These were set off by news of Bayonne , of Murat 's executions of the patriots of the 2nd of May in Madrid , or of the failure of the authorities to celebrate the feast of St. Ferdinand . |
| 8 | Many new shipping companies formed in the late 1800's were set up on the strength of the coal markets . |
| 9 | Nine were set up in 1970 alone , and this rate was maintained through the decade of the 1970s , rising to fourteen in 1973 and dropping to seven in 1977 . |
| 10 | So much so that , despite the recession , more than 250,000 new businesses have been started in the last 12 months — and over a third were set up by women . |