Example sentences of "[be] set [adv] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | The IPCC had been set up under United Nations auspices following the November 1988 world climate conference [ see p. 36784 ] and was due to meet again in August 1990 in Stockholm . |
2 | This is only to be expected , since the Brasserie has been set up along similar lines to L'Auberge ( i.e. it has the same staff ) . |
3 | A helpline has been set up for anxious parents . |
4 | This new board has been set up with equal representation from CGLI and BTEC to validate and examine courses for the Certificate of Pre-vocational Education ( CPVE ) . |
5 | A democratic , parliamentary system of government has been set up with free elections at least once every five years . |
6 | The new sanctuary has been set up on dry prairie land south of Lac Leman . |
7 | Twenty phone lines have been set up in Aberconwy council 's offices to give advice to victims . |
8 | Similar associations have been set up in other counties , and already national competitions are staged . |
9 | A joint government and opposition commission had been set up in late September with the aim of preventing a repeat of the first-round chaos ; however , two opposition parties withdrew from the commission on Oct. 11 . |
10 | Can we be assured that those regional representatives will reflect the political majority in those regions and will not simply be Government nominees , as we have seen in so many quangos and regional bodies that have been set up in recent years ? |
11 | Firms that have employed women in this way are , for example , the American concerns , the maquiladoras , that have been set up in northern Mexico near the US border . |
12 | Clearly , in order to save some money , the carousel has been set up in downtown Oslo , about ten kilometres away . |
13 | A new international organisation , the Forest Stewardship Council ( FSC ) , has been set up by environmental groups with the aim of setting worldwide standards for good forest management . |
14 | Merton is the second of two major ventures in the recruiting business which have been set up by entrepreneurial Michael Silverman . |
15 | The Fondation Amazonie has been set up by Belgian film maker Jean-Pierre Dutilleux , formerly among the leading lights of pop singer Sting 's Rainforest Foundation . |
16 | Two new bodies had been set up by presidential decree in September . |
17 | One of the most controversial areas of GLC activity ( and this was picked up by the Tories in a party political broadcast as early as 1984 ) , was the Gay Teenage Group which had been set up by gay young men in 1976 . |
18 | Local businesses responded generously to an appeal from School , and a generous grant was received from a fund which had been set up by leading industrialists to help Independent Schools to provide buildings and equipment for Scientific teaching and research . |
19 | Attempts to bolster the numbers of the endangered rufous hare wallaby in the Australian outback have been set back by domestic cats , which have killed 11 of the rare animals introduced to remote areas after a captive breeding programme . |
20 | In particular , a limited number of bursaries have been set aside for mature students . |
21 | He reported that £1,000 had been set aside for proper surfacing of paths at Radford Park . |
22 | The only substantial aid received by the government so far had been $300,000,000 from the United States agreed by the US Congress in May 1990 [ see p. 37450 ] , which had been gradually disbursed , except for $50,000,000 which had been set aside for clearing debt arrears . |
23 | In the sunken garden , orange snapdragons and pink asters , raised in the sheltered nursery beds , had been set out in lurid masses . |
24 | Perhaps we will even copy the German Gruppe in which the decentralized units are set up as separate companies with their own top managements . |
25 | The laws often also mean that specific committees and specific departments are set up within local authorities to administer the services . |
26 | VCPs are set apparently at random , and vehicles stopped in the same way , but there is a method in the madness . |
27 | The actual ATs and PS are set out in separate documents ( for example Science and the National Curriculum ) which have recently been issued to schools ( and are also available for purchase through HMSO ) . |
28 | Guidance notes on fees for MAS work are set out in various sections of this MAS Practice Guide as follows : |
29 | The terms and conditions of their engagement ( and many organisations are careful not to use the word " employment " ) are set out in special handbooks , or in the contracts which casual workers are required to sign , and these seek to make the parties ' lack of mutual obligation clear . |
30 | The principles of corporate ownership are set out in multi-lingual editions of our detailed brochure available on request . |