Example sentences of "[noun pl] [was/were] set [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The swimmers and sunbathers had all gone , getting ready for dinner , and the groundsmen were setting up the tables and lighting the barbecue . |
| 2 | Mrs Davidson , of Stirling , said that so many people had contacted them that the association 's annual meeting had decided the only way to raise its profile and make a difference for patients was to set up a body covering Scotland as a whole . |
| 3 | While the mechanics were setting up the cars , she thought she 'd go outside into one of the empty stands to try to find a breath of wind , anything rather than standing in the back of the pits in the high humidity which made her skin glow . |
| 4 | One of his innovations was setting up a group which meets on Wednesdays for a five-hour session of yoga , baby massage , lunch and discussion — attended by an assortment of pregnant women , new mothers , midwives and obstetricians . |
| 5 | The irony is that no VAT would be levied if hoteliers were to set up a separate sandwich bar business next to their property and handed out sandwiches and drinks . |
| 6 | Between the advertisements for Brylcream and Bile Beans was set out a forty-page prospectus for a ‘ new Britain' , consisting of a series of short articles putting forward proposals for a fresh approach to employment , social security , town planning , architecture , the countryside , education , health , the medical services and leisure . |
| 7 | The main consequence of these discussions was to set up an International Commission of Chemical Nomenclature to continue the work started at the conference . |