Example sentences of "[been] [adv] set [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The federation had been formally set up in Paris on Sept. 22 by leaders of the pro-democracy movement who had fled China , including leading economists Yan Jiaqi and Chen Yizi , and Wan Runnan , head of China 's biggest private company , the Stone Co. [ see also p. 36815 ] .
2 Scottish Natural Heritage ( SNH ) has been formally set up from the merger of the Nature Conservancy Council for Scotland and the Countryside Commission for Scotland .
3 The Action Teams have been deliberately set up with a wide brief so that they can adapt to local needs without having to conform to a rigid pattern .
4 In a country without a written constitution , the work of Bagehot , Dicey , and Jennings , has actually been the written codification of the customs , conventions , precedents , and traditions that have never been simply set down in single , legal document .
5 The provisions of clauses 14 , 17 and 18 relevant to the issues before me have been helpfully set out in the affidavit of Mr. McKeown in which I have interpolated three numbers to indicate the particular passages which were dealt with in argument .
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