Example sentences of "[noun pl] [was/were] set [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | He did n't realize that Ace 's motion sensors were set only to be triggered by an approaching movement source . |
| 3 | In more remote areas reserves were set aside for the igi indigenous hab , inhabitants . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Traditionally , these days were set apart for special prayer and fasting . |
| 6 | The rails were set flush with the concrete and he negotiated them carefully . |
| 7 | The fame of Aÿ was at its peak , and its wines were set apart from other growths ; as beautifully understated by Paulmier in his treatise De Vino et Pomaceo ( Paris , 1588 ) , Aÿ was ‘ the ordinary drink of kings and princes ’ . |
| 8 | A row of buses waited outside the station to take the racegoers away to a variety of outlying motels , and a long new coach with darkly tinted windows was set aside for the owners . |
| 9 | The verdicts were set aside on 25 December by means of a law passed on 23 December empowering the President to quash any decision of the Special Court . |
| 10 | The relationship is unusual in that Scrope 's men were set directly under the duke . |
| 11 | The relationship is unusual in that Scrope 's men were set directly under the duke . |
| 12 | Four aides-de-camp were appointed and apartments in the Tuileries were set aside for bedroom , study and play room . |
| 13 | Cranston roared with laughter and led Athelstan over to the far corner where a table and stools were set apart from the rest of the customers . |
| 14 | Certain lands were set aside for the upkeep of religious and charitable foundations — the vakifs . |
| 15 | Newson and Newson ( 1.3 ) suggest that it is only in this century that questions about how to bring up children have been widely discussed ; hitherto the niceties of different child-rearing philosophies were set aside in the face of a more fundamental dilemma , whether children would survive at all beyond the first few years . |
| 16 | In May 1965 £100 from the Society Stewards ' accounts was set aside as the beginning of a Building Fund , the purpose of which was either to extend the existing halls or to build new ones . |
| 17 | Israel appears to have shared many of the techniques and conceptions of sacrifice of her neighbours , but her own observances were set firmly in the framework of God 's revelation at Sinai . |
| 18 | The second series of the Advocates was set partly in the University itself . |