Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] set out [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | By statistical analysis of his surveys he showed that the megaliths were set out to a common unit of measurement , the megalithic yard of 0.83 m. , not in simple circles but in circular arcs centred on right-angled triangles . |
2 | Lists of the so-called Anti-Reformers or Boroughmongers were set out in the radical press , and as the electors were so few and were persons of standing , their views were really known in advance and the outcome could be predicted accurately — contrary to the modern opinion polls which so often are at variance with the result . |
3 | The rationale underlying the Land Commission Act was set out in a 1965 white paper : |
4 | Their duties and responsibilities were set out in detail in the Public Assistance Order of 1930 : |
5 | Some of his ideas were set out in his only book , the highly readable The Power behind the Microphone ( 1941 ) , which also charts , highly selectively , his own experience . |
6 | The procedures for ordering reprints were set out in RBG Office Notice 15/91 [ numbered 15/90 in error ] , dated February 27 1991 . |
7 | The original devolution arrangements for Ulster were set out in the Government of Ireland Act 1920 , supported by several conventional arrangements . |
8 | The Germans placed this box usually in the gaps in hedges and the approaches to farm buildings , and the rest of a wide area they covered with ingenious booby-traps and other very strange devices , many of these being set off by wandering cattle and horses , as usually happened when the Commando mines and booby-traps were set out in the hedgerows and orchards in front of our positions . |
9 | They stopped for lunch at a wayside trattoria and were shown into a shady courtyard at the back , where half a dozen tables were set out under the trees . |
10 | The long trestle tables were set out in the meadow and garden lights strung out in the trees , and soon the diners began to arrive . |
11 | He led her to a shady café , where small tables were set out in the shadow of some tall plane trees , whose leafy patterns fell over the white tables . |
12 | The revised procedure was set out in a discussion document and presented to the Heads of Department . |
13 | The role was an innovative one , and its initial scope was set out in the 1985 job specification ( Leeds City Council 1985c ) . |
14 | When original objectives were set out in the early 1980s for improving services and reducing costs at the exchange through cutting down on the amount of paperwork , more detailed efforts were made to put the objectives into action . |
15 | ( Proposal document ) These project objectives were set out in the first project report ( Taylor , 1983 ) and are quoted in Section 2.1 . |
16 | Further details were set out in the written statement published on 13 November . |
17 | The principles and assumptions to be used for valuations were set out in regulations laid on2 September . |
18 | This argument was set out with particular clarity by James Mill in his celebrated Essay on Government , first published in 1820 . |
19 | A case where the claim was set out in one letter agreed by both parties and a later , unilateral , submission was not copied to the other party is discussed in l3.13.2 . |
20 | In 1976 ( Re S ) the principle of making a condition for access was set out by Cairns , L. J. as follows : ‘ Clearly no condition should be imposed which would be regarded as detracting from the rights and duties of the adoptive parents ’ . |
21 | The specific proposals of the PAC were set out in paragraph 8.10 to 8.16 . |
22 | The aims of the national curriculum and its related assessment procedures were set out in a consultative paper published in July 1987 in which it was anticipated that standards of educational provision and attainment would be raised by : |
23 | Though circumstances are so changed it is relevant to remember that in their heyday syllabubs were regarded as refreshments to be offered at card parties , ball suppers and at public entertainments , rather than just as a pudding for lunches and dinners , although they did quite often figure as part of the dessert in the days when a choice of sweetmeats , fruits , jellies , confectionery and creams was set out in a formal symmetrical array in the centre of the table . |
24 | The social worker 's reasons were set out in a statement extending to some 12 pages which concluded : |
25 | The projects were set out in a pamphlet with the alluring title , We Can Conquer Unemployment : 350,000 men were to be employed on road-building , 60 , 000 on housing , 60,000 on telephone development and 62,000 on electrical development . |
26 | Beveridge 's proposals were set out in a section of his report entitled ‘ The Problem of Age ’ . |
27 | His religious opinions were set out in A Short History of the Evangelical Movement ( 1915 ) , and his personal interpretation of Whig philosophy in Politics and Personalities ( 1917 ) . |
28 | They are not — it was a working document from officials ; Ministers ' views were set out in the citizens charter as they are set out in the Bill . |
29 | The traders ' views were set out in a letter to Darlington Council from the Clark 's Yard Traders Association and the planning brief was approved . |
30 | The precautions that should be taken to avoid this situation were set out in the section on consecutive spill , page 186 . |