Example sentences of "[noun pl] [was/were] set [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although clear guidelines were set down for teachers on the minimum time commitment and core content of each of the projects , the organisation and management of the projects were at the discretion of the teacher . |
| 2 | His broad shoulders and powerful legs were set off to perfection by the excellent cut , while a snow-white silk shirt emphasised his tanned , rugged face . |
| 3 | The New Shed dealt with manufactured goods ( toys , groceries , hardware , etc. ) , the Old Down Shed with bulk traffic ( flour , grain , fresh fruit ) , and two special sheds were set aside for American and French imported goods . |
| 4 | To this end , schools were set up for peasant women and for prostitutes , who were numerous since Havana had previously been a notorious entertainment centre for North Americans , to give them an education and to provide them with some skills and training ready for the job market . |
| 5 | During the 1950s further units were set up at London and Liverpool University to assess attitudes in industry . |
| 6 | Whether or not as a result of the unease expressed at this meeting , two completely separate organizations were set up in its wake . |
| 7 | He did n't realize that Ace 's motion sensors were set only to be triggered by an approaching movement source . |
| 8 | By statistical analysis of his surveys he showed that the megaliths were set out to a common unit of measurement , the megalithic yard of 0.83 m. , not in simple circles but in circular arcs centred on right-angled triangles . |
| 9 | Nature reserves were set up around new power stations to mollify local conservationists . |
| 10 | In more remote areas reserves were set aside for the igi indigenous hab , inhabitants . |
| 11 | When he lectured at Harvard in this year , policemen had to control the crowds who came out to see him , and loudspeakers were set up for those who could not get into the auditorium . |
| 12 | She was highly critical , however , of the terms under which the League of Nations was set up in 1919 , partly because the League was permitted the use of force and economic sanctions , and partly because it was committed to supporting the Versailles settlement , which she regarded from the start as an unjust and unstable peace . |
| 13 | In Sweden employers ' associations were set up as a counter-mobilisation to the growing organisational strength and apparent centralisation of the trade union movement . |
| 14 | Road blocks were set up by Lothian and Borders police and neighbouring forces were also helping . |
| 15 | Lists of the so-called Anti-Reformers or Boroughmongers were set out in the radical press , and as the electors were so few and were persons of standing , their views were really known in advance and the outcome could be predicted accurately — contrary to the modern opinion polls which so often are at variance with the result . |
| 16 | Certainly at the beginning of the New Temple Period , about 1700–1600 BC , there was a major economic and possibly demographic expansion on Crete which supplied the thrust outwards ; Minoan colony settlements were set up in a band right across the southern Aegean from Kythera to Iasos . |
| 17 | The cells were cultured in DMEM , with or without the addition of calcipotriol ( MC-903 ) at a final concentration of 10 - 5 to 10 - 9 M. All plates were set up in quadruplicate . |
| 18 | Other real ale breweries were set up in the county during the 1980s , but failed . |
| 19 | During this first period ( up to 1750 ) of relatively slow and uneven growth , trusts were set up at a rate of only eight a year and were concentrated largely around London , radiating especially to the north and west and into the Midlands . |
| 20 | New companies were set up by public subscription , and there was a substantial increase in the number of films produced . |
| 21 | The first English factory to manufacture looking glass plates was set up by Sir Robert Mansell in the reign of James I. |
| 22 | A year later Frederick I of Prussia ordered that in future deserters should have their nose and one of their ears cut off and be sent to hard labour for life , while after the Seven Years War a chain of military posts was set up on France 's frontiers to prevent the escape abroad of soldiers fleeing from their units . |
| 23 | In 1988 a Franco-German research programme for the preservation of historic monuments was set up at the fifty-second summit meeting between the two countries . |
| 24 | A further 100 seats were set aside for members to be appointed proportionally among political parties winning at least 5 per cent of the vote , including 20 reserved for overseas Chinese . |
| 25 | Traditionally , these days were set apart for special prayer and fasting . |
| 26 | The " Green Con " awards were set up in 1989 to highlight bogus claims to environmental worthiness made by business . |
| 27 | Lesbian and Gay-Men 's Sub-Committees were set up in such a way as to give a high level of representation to people from outside the council 's structure , and to ensure that their voices could be heard . |
| 28 | The rails were set flush with the concrete and he negotiated them carefully . |
| 29 | Fresh air bases were set up in Bank Mine and a team of brave and dedicated doctors went underground to assist . |
| 30 | Their duties and responsibilities were set out in detail in the Public Assistance Order of 1930 : |