Example sentences of "[was/were] set the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Iraqis argued that if the USA were to set the date for the Bush-Aziz meeting , Iraq should have been allowed to choose the date of the Baker-Saddam meeting . |
| 2 | This created the conditions which were to set the pattern of religious justification for strife for centuries to come , and there is little doubt that nearly all , if not all wars in historic time have had some kind of religion or ‘ god ’ put forward as requiring the human race , or parts of it to engage in bloodshed and misery . |
| 3 | It is a particularly successful version compared with those produced by other pupils in the group who were set the task . |
| 4 | Teams representing a cross-section of housing interests were set the task of building a sandy estate incorporating a housing mix of family and old folks ' homes . |
| 5 | Between the archers were set the formations of pikemen and swordsmen . |
| 6 | It was the Summer of Love and the young were setting the controls for the heart of the sun . |
| 7 | The four of them , ignoring him , were setting the trolley up again , jabbering among themselves in Kamalian . |
| 8 | The Americans were setting the pace . |
| 9 | ON MONDAY , the second day of the Marui Pipeline Masters , the waves were glassy and tubular and the local hotshots were setting the pace . |
| 10 | An hour before games were due to begin , the club was plunged into darkness by a major fault at the local sub-station , just as officials were setting the stage for the event . |
| 11 | In the finale , as the whole orchestra was pronouncing the triple supplication ‘ Do-na-no-bis-pa-cem ’ , all at once a wonderful gesture escaped you : you plunged your left fist deep down as if you were setting the torch to the side of a funeral pyre . |
| 12 | I reassured him that this warning was unnecessary : my ambition was to set the record for the slowest lap of the circuit . |
| 13 | Thirdly the cry to the Father was to set the captives free from the Devil , who ensnares and traps what goodness is left in human beings . |
| 14 | On this field I found the best combination was to set the Silver Sabre at minimum discrimination and maximum sensitivity . |
| 15 | The first was tackled in a way that was to set the pattern — a devastating technique that the Prince has used time and again : bringing people together who would not normally meet . |
| 16 | My reference in the next ensuing paragraph to the general principles of responsibility of the principal for the acts of the agent was to set the context of the consideration that in that particular case the solicitors for the creditors were equally deceived by the dishonest conduct of the son as were his own parents . |
| 17 | But , as things transpired , it was Nation 's eventual storyline , initially titled ‘ The Mutants ’ that was to set the seal on the way the science fiction stories would be handled within Doctor Who 's structure . |
| 18 | In brief , then , the EMS was set the twin objectives of reducing the volatility of intra-EC exchange rates and of effecting a permanent reduction in member countries ' inflation rates . |
| 19 | Thus was set the standard for my spell in the Production Department … |
| 20 | An area of concern was identified and a project team was set the objective of finding a solution . |
| 21 | This feature is illustrated in figure 5.2 , in which it can be seen that in period 3 ( odd ) w t was set the end of the period 2 ( even ) but was actually set two periods earlier in period 1 ( odd ) . |
| 22 | Doug felt that , as his head of department , Mary was setting the agenda of the meetings , even though she had not seen the videos he made while teaching : ‘ There may be conflict there . |
| 23 | Here the station was setting the tone for a new British self-image , one more related to the power of medieval romance than classical imperial rule . |
| 24 | He knew anyway what John was doing , which was setting the fuse . |
| 25 | When she got down again her mother was setting the table for high tea ; Clara , mutely . |
| 26 | could do , I mean if I was setting the exam I probably would , sort of , you know people know roughly about , I mean they 're all going to drive cars one car . |