Example sentences of "[noun prp] [was/were] set [adv] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | A working party chaired by Lady Vaizey was set up in 1977 to look into the question of making such payments , but although it produced a paper on the subject , no further action was taken . |
| 2 | ANDRA was set up in 1977 under the auspices of the atomic energy commission ( Commissariat à l'Énergie atomique ) and its sister organization , the state nuclear corporation ( Compagnie générale des matières nucléaires ) . |
| 3 | EFQM was set up in 1988 and now has a membership of some 200 leading European businesses , all of which recognize the role of quality in achieving competitive advantage . |
| 4 | The original devolution arrangements for Ulster were set out in the Government of Ireland Act 1920 , supported by several conventional arrangements . |
| 5 | The TVEI was set up in 1983 as a series of pilot projects designed to test a variety of different methods and approaches , and was extended in 1987 , becoming a national scheme intended , eventually , to be available to all 14–18-year-olds , irrespective of ability . |
| 6 | The specific proposals of the PAC were set out in paragraph 8.10 to 8.16 . |
| 7 | The first film commission in Britain was set up in 1989 in Liverpool , in response to Mersey Television 's need for locations around that city , as they developed drama programmes from their base in Brookside . |
| 8 | The CCC was set up in June 1990 as successor to the audiovisual training centre , Hatch End , which ran courses mainly for Third World students . |
| 9 | When the ILO was set up in Geneva , Sophy Sanger was appointed chief of its legislative section , a post she held until 1924 , when she was edged out of the organization by Albert Thomas , the director . |
| 10 | The first dispensary in Darlington was set up in 1808 to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of King George 11 . |
| 11 | The plan of Magdalen was set out in 1473 and the foundation stone laid on 5 May 1474 ; the buildings were occupied in 1480 . |
| 12 | In August 1989 the third zone based at Gaylegphug was inaugurated and the fourth at Yongphalu was set up in September . |
| 13 | The Grand Trunk Canal promoted by him and his merchant associate Thomas Bently was set afoot in 1766 after the Duke of Bridgewater had already moved the line of his Runcorn cut to meet up at its northern end and complete the joining of the Trent and Mersey . |
| 14 | Motability was set up in 1977 on the initiative of the government to help holders of mobility allowance and war pensioners ' mobility supplement use their allowance to obtain a vehicle . |
| 15 | Because ZFM was set up in 1967 at the insistence of the military , who argued that economic development in the Amazon basin was necessary for national security , its managing authority , SUFRAMA ( Superintendencia da Zona Franca de Manaus ) is responsible to Defence rather than Trade . |
| 16 | Timex was set up in Dundee in 1946 . |
| 17 | June will also see the release of California-based ImMIX 's first and only product , VideoCube — ImMix was set up in 1991 . |