Example sentences of "[was/were] set [adv prt] by the " in BNC.
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| 31 | The National Council for Vocational Qualifications was set up by the Government . |
| 32 | The Working Party on Internal Migration in Britain , which was set up by the Institute of British Geographers in l988 , aims at the better understanding of the patterns , causes and implications of migration in Britain . |
| 33 | The Research programme on Environmental Issues was set up by the ESRC Environment and Planning Committee with the aim of increasing the intellectual and practical contributions of the social sciences to the understanding and amelioration of environmental problems . |
| 34 | A special committee was set up by the Supreme Council to register deserters in order to try to ensure their legal protection . |
| 35 | Immediately after the elections a subcommittee was set up by the Legislative Assembly to study the proposals , but progress was for the time being halted , after objections from the Chinese government , as reported in the Far Eastern Economic Review of Sept. 21 , 1989 . |
| 36 | The Front for the Defence of Malagasy Socialism ( FMSM — an alliance led by Jérôme Marojama Razanabahiny of Vonjy ) , was set up by the government as a counterweight to the new opposition parties . |
| 37 | The new draft allowed permanent government officials to hold Cabinet posts concurrently ; gave the NLA , which was set up by the military , the power to nominate senators ; and gave senators , along with MPs , the right to screen candidates for the premiership , and to launch no confidence motions against the government . |
| 38 | The Labour Party was set up by the trade unions and is still funded by the trade unions . |
| 39 | A working party to tackle the under representation of ethnic minorities at management level in the hospitality industry was set up by the Commission for Racial Equality . |
| 40 | The ACE system was set up by the ISMA , Euroclear and Cedel to satisfy pre-settlement matching requirements of the two clearing systems , and is offered to all participants in them . |
| 41 | Staffing allotment will be 654 for England , 225 for Wales , 385 for Scotland and 86 for the joint UK Nature Conservation Committee , which was set up by the Department of Environment to provide a central voice for the NCC . |
| 42 | It was set up by the government to advise it on environmental policy . |
| 43 | This project was set up by the county council and Countryside Commission to experiment with new approaches to path maintenance . |
| 44 | The project should be discussed by the school librarian and the teachers to examine a ) what is being taught b ) what skills pupils are expected to acquire c ) what aspects of information handling are involved d ) at what stage of the project will pupils use the microcomputer e ) what information the pupils will gain from the microcomputer and how this information will be used In Bridge of Don Academy in Aberdeen , a project was set up by the school librarian and the modern studies teacher who was teaching a class of third-year pupils on the topic of " Conflict and the protection of the environment " . |
| 45 | It is not a consortium of millionaires , but was set up by the leaders of the developed nations at the Bretton Woods conference in 1944 . |
| 46 | A West Lothian advanced training group was set up by the club and there are also two junior development groups which operate as feeder teams . |
| 47 | NAMAS , specialists in the field of laboratory techniques , was set up by the government to raise and maintain the standards of laboratory work . |
| 48 | The whole collection was set off by the saxe-blue Jacobean embroidery thrown over the shelves on which the pieces were carefully arranged . |
| 49 | The earlier student strike , in April , was set off by the dismissal of law teacher Dominic Mngomezulu , which students believed was due to his union activities . |
| 50 | ‘ So it was set off by the simple act of turning on the lamp ? ’ |