Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] set [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If I were to set aside all those communications which are expressed or expressible in words written , spoken or signed — what would be left over ? ’ |
| 2 | President Jacques Attali will argue that the bank , which was set up one year ago and before the break-up of the Soviet Union , needs new forms of financing to meet the growing economic crisis in the former republics , although he has insisted that the bank 's problem is not limited overall resources but the lack of suitable projects to finance . |
| 3 | I have a 39″ × 18″ × 12″ marine tank which was set up 16 months ago . |
| 4 | One of the largest is Denplan , which was set up four years ago by an ex-dentist . |
| 5 | Runswick Bay rescue boat committee , which was set up ten years ago after the village lost its lifeboat , has had ten call-outs in the past year . |
| 6 | The ISE Council yesterday considered a progress report from the special committee on the domestic equity market , chaired by Nigel Elwes , which was set up last year to examine stock market procedures in the wake of the October 1987 crash . |
| 7 | For the wealthy , there 's the garden of intrigue , a permanent display costing forty thousand pounds which was set up last year by a local nursery.Those with tiny gardens and less money could gain inspiration from the series of patio gardens designed for the show . |
| 8 | Jointly funded by the IFI and the DoE , it has come about as a result of the efforts of the Garrison and Melvin Community Development Association which was set up three years ago as a ‘ self help ’ group for the region . |
| 9 | The Department of Trade and Industry announced that it was setting up working groups to examine the scope for changing some of the most complex areas of company law . |
| 10 | It was set up that way , certainly , but was it set up by him ? ’ |
| 11 | Hugh you 've been minister of the parish of Inverleith here in Edinburgh for the past seventeen years , and I understand you were one of the very first vice convenors of the Board when it was set up eight years ago having already served the church on the former Interchurch Relations Committee . |
| 12 | It was set up five years ago as a new shop to combine the Art Bookshop and the Poster Gallery , which prior to that had been part of the Paperback Bookshop . |
| 13 | One of several , it was set up 15 years ago and , using immunotherapy , has an 81 per cent success rate with women who 've had multiple miscarriages . |
| 14 | Our control should be extended to the country and a tripartite commission exists to reform the Labour Code , but it was set up three years ago , and so far there have n't been any results . |
| 15 | He was appointed director of the council when it was set up last year . |
| 16 | It was set up last year at the behest of the Labour leader , John Smith , but has an independent life under Sir Gordon Borrie , former director-general of the Office of Fair Trading . |