Example sentences of "[adj] were set up [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Places like this were set up for disenfranchised groups ’ , says Susannah Lopez , one of the two co-op members . |
| 2 | Most of these were set up in the early 1970s , often from existing sites rather than de novo . |
| 3 | Many new shipping companies formed in the late 1800's were set up on the strength of the coal markets . |
| 4 | Nine were set up in 1970 alone , and this rate was maintained through the decade of the 1970s , rising to fourteen in 1973 and dropping to seven in 1977 . |
| 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 . |