Example sentences of "[was/were] set [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Israel appears to have shared many of the techniques and conceptions of sacrifice of her neighbours , but her own observances were set firmly in the framework of God 's revelation at Sinai . |
| 2 | The rails were set flush with the concrete and he negotiated them carefully . |
| 3 | The main features of the provincial press were set well before 1939 . |
| 4 | Traditionally , these days were set apart for special prayer and fasting . |
| 5 | The fame of Aÿ was at its peak , and its wines were set apart from other growths ; as beautifully understated by Paulmier in his treatise De Vino et Pomaceo ( Paris , 1588 ) , Aÿ was ‘ the ordinary drink of kings and princes ’ . |
| 6 | The members of this new class did not own the means of production but they were set apart from the proletariat by possession of a distinct form of capital — intellectual capital . |
| 7 | Cranston roared with laughter and led Athelstan over to the far corner where a table and stools were set apart from the rest of the customers . |
| 8 | Samuel Sharp in his History of Stamford of 1847 says : ‘ It is most likely … that certain localities … were set apart by the Druids for the assemblage of their pupils and disciples : and why may not Stamford be one of these ? ’ |
| 9 | The verdicts were set aside on 25 December by means of a law passed on 23 December empowering the President to quash any decision of the Special Court . |
| 10 | The 12 days between April 15th and April 26th were set aside for a ‘ points of light celebration of service ’ . |
| 11 | Four aides-de-camp were appointed and apartments in the Tuileries were set aside for bedroom , study and play room . |
| 12 | A ‘ Book of Hours ’ was the name given to such a prayerbook intended for private or family devotion , the term ‘ hours ’ indicating not an interval of sixty minutes , but less precise parts of the day that were set aside for religious and other duties . |
| 13 | Certain lands were set aside for the upkeep of religious and charitable foundations — the vakifs . |
| 14 | Two rooms in the hotel were set aside for children . |
| 15 | The New Shed dealt with manufactured goods ( toys , groceries , hardware , etc. ) , the Old Down Shed with bulk traffic ( flour , grain , fresh fruit ) , and two special sheds were set aside for American and French imported goods . |
| 16 | A further 100 seats were set aside for members to be appointed proportionally among political parties winning at least 5 per cent of the vote , including 20 reserved for overseas Chinese . |
| 17 | In more remote areas reserves were set aside for the igi indigenous hab , inhabitants . |
| 18 | Newson and Newson ( 1.3 ) suggest that it is only in this century that questions about how to bring up children have been widely discussed ; hitherto the niceties of different child-rearing philosophies were set aside in the face of a more fundamental dilemma , whether children would survive at all beyond the first few years . |
| 19 | Monte Samana is his , I know that now , and he deserves his profits , because he has made a holiday place that sits on the side of the hill as though it were set there by the Spaniards themselves , the Andalusians and the descendants of the Moors . ’ |
| 20 | The relationship is unusual in that Scrope 's men were set directly under the duke . |
| 21 | The relationship is unusual in that Scrope 's men were set directly under the duke . |
| 22 | He did n't realize that Ace 's motion sensors were set only to be triggered by an approaching movement source . |
| 23 | The talks were held at the CPF site and included issues which were set forth in four documents , all of them unanimously approved by community representatives and by BPXC . |
| 24 | The date for the trial of Orchin , Richmond and McCready was set eventually for mid-February 1974 , sixteen months after their arrests . |
| 25 | In various parts of the Bible all these offerings are said to " alone " — to cover sin — indicating that any act of worship was set squarely in the context of God 's forgiving grace . |
| 26 | A third dummy was in a seated position on the fourth chair which was set away from the table . |
| 27 | The Grand Trunk Canal promoted by him and his merchant associate Thomas Bently was set afoot in 1766 after the Duke of Bridgewater had already moved the line of his Runcorn cut to meet up at its northern end and complete the joining of the Trent and Mersey . |
| 28 | I think the evidence will be overwhelming that that fire was set intentionally by Koresh and h some of his core followers . |
| 29 | These ceremonies set the Church 's seal on the election , symbolized that the king was God ‘ s choice as well as man 's , and that he was set apart for the work . |
| 30 | It was generosity and wisdom I was after when I climbed up the steps to her small office which was set apart from the larger huts in the forest clearing . |