Example sentences of "[noun pl] set [adv prt] in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seems clear from the surviving images that emperors took interest in and approved the form of their portraits , particularly those that would be seen by many of their subjects on coins and statues set up in public places . |
| 2 | With all the possibilities set out in great detail , action could be taken , but the results are not striking . |
| 3 | The move came amidst concern about the high levels of bad debt carried by the Nigerian banking system , particularly that held by some of the smaller banks set up in recent years . |
| 4 | And national or local government may offer subsidies for businesses to set up in favoured areas . |
| 5 | However , in the late 1970s they stated quite categorically that they were not able to take an initiative on the priorities set down in national policy . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've got four old Vickers guns set up in strategic positions , so neither group should be able to get in . |
| 7 | Windfarms are groups of 100ft high wind turbines set up in exposed areas to create electric power . |
| 8 | Even so , by the end of April 20,000 Kurdish refugees a day were returning to havens set up in northern Iraq by Western troops — not without some hesitation , as when Kurdish peshmerga declared the haven at Zakho unsafe because there were still Iraqi police in the town . |
| 9 | Throughout the period a high percentage of workers , especially in the newly developed areas and the many enterprises set up in rural areas , were born into peasant families . |