Example sentences of "[noun] set [adv prt] by [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We can develop in Europe only within the guidelines set out by Central Government , a Government quite clear that a joining of the attitudes and minds is desirable , not federalism . |
| 2 | It said that far too many teachers had the perception that unless they followed the good practice set down by local authority advisers , their career prospects in the city would be blighted . |
| 3 | When it becomes law , Scottish Natural Heritage will have to refer objections to proposed and existing SSSIs to yet another body , a new committee set up by Scottish Secretary Ian Lang . |
| 4 | The amendment forces Scottish Natural Heritage to refer objections to proposed and existing Sites of Special Scientific Interest ( SSSIs ) to a new committee set up by Scottish Secretary Ian Lang . |
| 5 | Mrs Mitterrand said the hospital was on Iraqi soil , in an area controlled by the rebel Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan ( PDKI ) and inside the air exclusion zone set up by Western allies to protect Iraqi Kurds . |
| 6 | Lee had recently been elected chairman of the Co-opted Resource Centre , a group set up by 21 conservative councillors within Legco following the election of liberal councillors from the United Democrats of Hong Kong in September [ see p. 38436 ] . |
| 7 | But , unusually , the venture will do everything from research and design through to manufacture compared with the now notorious ‘ screwdriver ’ assembly-only factories set up by many foreign investors in Britain . |
| 8 | Given that a prime reason for investing in science is to boost the nation 's technological performance , where was the discussion about the implications of the government 's plans to privatise the British Technology Group , the descendant of a body set up by Labour itself in the mid-1960s to perform precisely this task ? |
| 9 | The Social Science Research Council ( SSRC ) is a body set up by Royal Charter for the promotion of social science research . |
| 10 | Weslo Housing Management — a new organisation set up by local Scottish Homes management and staff — have lodged a rival bid to take over all the housing stock in the district . |
| 11 | The Christian communities ( Comunidades Cristianas de Base ) were initially small study groups set up by local parishes to discuss social problems and to try to find practical ways of solving them through community action . |
| 12 | Article 20.1 of the Danish Constitution allows powers to be ‘ delegated to international authorities set up by mutual agreement with other states for the promotion of international rules of law and cooperation ’ . |
| 13 | The carriage returns set up by this method are termed ‘ soft ’ , as against ‘ hard ’ carriage returns resulting from the return key being pressed . |
| 14 | Intervention was confined to abolishing the Health Services Board set up by Labour to regulate private sector growth , stopping the phasing out of pay beds and allowing consultants on full-time health service contracts to earn up to 10 per cent of their NHS salaries from private practice without any salary deduction . |
| 15 | And all the smouldering volcanic lava of past England-Pakistan cricket argument and controversy was reignited in those few flashpoint moments , consuming the polite arms-length relations set up by those who had foreseen the dangers from the start of the tour . |
| 16 | Dr Nicholas Parkhouse had come to Kurdestan in 1985 under arrangements set up by International Medical Relief , a body linked to the French Medecins sans Frontières which was organizing a medical assistance operation spanning both sides of the frontier at the request of KDPI leader Qassemlou . |
| 17 | Darlington 's Conservative MP , Michael Fallon , said : ‘ It is far more important to get the valuations right rather than fulfil time limits set down by local councils . ’ |
| 18 | The classical legends set down by ancient Greek poets like Homer referred to a number of gods , under their leader Zeus , supposedly located on Mount Olympus , who made occasional forays onto the human scene in various human or animal disguises . |
| 19 | The auction raised £780 for the fund set up by 23-year-old Beverley a little over six months ago and was the first fund-raising event since her death on February 24 . |
| 20 | Now the Government is set to contribute to a central fund set up by leading insurers that will meet bills for terrorist damage . |
| 21 | Any study of Abwehr intelligence affairs during the Second World War constantly refers to the work of SOE , the Special Operations Executive set up by British Intelligence in 1940 on Churchill 's instructions to coordinate resistance and the underground movement in Europe . ’ |
| 22 | No special LIFESPAN privileges are required to use this option , but you can only grant or cancel special links between yourself and other users ; you can not change links set up by other users . |
| 23 | Will we have regular reports of what the diversification unit set up by Scottish Enterprise is doing , its remit and the kind of results it is recommending ? |
| 24 | Waste management companies which collect used packaging are threatening to stop work unless they are paid the DM200 million they say they are owed by Duales System Deutschland ( DSD ) , the recycling company set up by German industry to manage its responsibilities under the 1991 recycling law . |
| 25 | GRAMPIAN Television , the Independent Television contractor in the North of Scotland , is to have its advertising airtime sold by Television Media Marketing , the sales company set up by Welsh franchise holder HTV Group . |
| 26 | At The Moot , Downton , a remarkable garden has been rescued by a preservation trust set up by local people . |
| 27 | The proliferation of committees on finance , curriculum and premises set up by many governing bodies already bears witness to this . |
| 28 | Dissonance , for example , he treats within the criteria set up by bourgeois art music . |
| 29 | SPLASH star Daryl Hannah fell in love with John F Kennedy Junior on a blind date set up by step-dad Jerry Wexler , friends have revealed . |
| 30 | Since then many more have been established , some created by the Government to oversee newly-privatised industries and others set up by private companies attracted by the idea of a ‘ righter of wrongs ’ whom the public see as independent and impartial . |