Example sentences of "[adj] [was/were] set [adv prt] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was set up by a Henley member , the late Stephen Bertram , who lost his left arm in the Second War and who joined the Society in 1955 . |
| 2 | This was set up by the Fair Trade Foundation which you were asking about , . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Aldershot Town 1992 was set up by fans of the original club when it folded earlier this year with huge financial problems . |
| 5 | 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 . |