Example sentences of "[noun pl] set up 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 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 .
3 And national or local government may offer subsidies for businesses to set up in favoured areas .
4 ‘ I 've got four old Vickers guns set up in strategic positions , so neither group should be able to get in .
5 Windfarms are groups of 100ft high wind turbines set up in exposed areas to create electric power .
6 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 .
7 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 .
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