Example sentences of "[was/were] set the [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | This created the conditions which were to set the pattern of religious justification for strife for centuries to come , and there is little doubt that nearly all , if not all wars in historic time have had some kind of religion or ‘ god ’ put forward as requiring the human race , or parts of it to engage in bloodshed and misery . |
| 2 | Teams representing a cross-section of housing interests were set the task of building a sandy estate incorporating a housing mix of family and old folks ' homes . |
| 3 | My reference in the next ensuing paragraph to the general principles of responsibility of the principal for the acts of the agent was to set the context of the consideration that in that particular case the solicitors for the creditors were equally deceived by the dishonest conduct of the son as were his own parents . |
| 4 | An area of concern was identified and a project team was set the objective of finding a solution . |
| 5 | This feature is illustrated in figure 5.2 , in which it can be seen that in period 3 ( odd ) w t was set the end of the period 2 ( even ) but was actually set two periods earlier in period 1 ( odd ) . |
| 6 | Doug felt that , as his head of department , Mary was setting the agenda of the meetings , even though she had not seen the videos he made while teaching : ‘ There may be conflict there . |