Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] set [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The air ambulance was set up a year ago as an experiment . |
| 2 | The inquiry was set up a year ago by the Howard League for Penal Reform following a spate of suicides at Feltham since August 1991 . |
| 3 | The drinking water inspectorate was set up a year ago . |
| 4 | Between the advertisements for Brylcream and Bile Beans was set out a forty-page prospectus for a ‘ new Britain' , consisting of a series of short articles putting forward proposals for a fresh approach to employment , social security , town planning , architecture , the countryside , education , health , the medical services and leisure . |
| 5 | ‘ If you mean the Prince thinks that we 'd be better off if the clock were set back a couple of hundred years , ’ Caroline said , ‘ the answer 's yes . ’ |
| 6 | The review panel was set up a year ago under the chairmanship of Professor Ron Edwards of Cardiff University . |
| 7 | This downhill was set down the long-established OK course from Bellewarde to La Daille ; the two in February will be on the new Olympic piste carved down the precipitate north-east face on to the very heart of the village . |