Example sentences of "[noun] set [adv prt] by [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From July 1993 , only scientists will be allowed to enter the park , which is Russia 's contribution to a network of Arctic reserves set up by the international treaty signed at Rovaniemi in Finland in 1989 . |
| 2 | The reserve was the flagship of Project Tiger , the recovery programme set up by the Indian government and the World Wide Fund for Nature in 1972 . |
| 3 | ‘ Memphis ’ is the name of the design partnership set up by the Italian designer Ettore Sottsass in 1981 when he exhibited the furniture which has now become pseudonymous with this name at the Italian Furniture Fair . |
| 4 | As these prices fluctuated , for example after the end of the Korean war boom , there was widespread unrest — often in resistance to well-meant price stabilisation funds set up by the colonial power — and out of this unrest arose movements which were to become nationalist parties and national liberation struggles . |
| 5 | In a recent article in the Irish Times , referring to the ‘ job creation ’ units set up by the Catholic Church , the paper hailed the clergy with the headline , ‘ Priests take on Provos for the People 's hearts ’ . |
| 6 | The second is the joint committee set up by the General Council of the Bar and The Law Society , chaired by Lady Marre , which reported in July 1988 ( Marre Committee , 1988 ) . |
| 7 | ’ Police Governments ’ refers to the Western interpretation of the strict governments set up by the Soviet Union in the countries in Eastern Europe within its sphere of interest . |
| 8 | David agreed to relay the feelings of the Programme Group that subsidy should be considered to the group set up by the Open College to negotiate with the denominations and with suitable trusts concerning the setting up of financial support for courses , training , etc . |
| 9 | Since then , he has crammed in a whole host of charitable activities including being secretary of Cleveland Rotafac Trust , a charitable group set up by the Rotary Club of Guisborough and Great Ayton . |
| 10 | Systematic excavation was begun on 30 July by a team of underwater divers from Stas ( the underwater archaeology team set up by the Italian government in 1986 ) headed by Claudio Mocchegiani Carpano and Roberto Petriaggi , together with the underwater unit of the Naples Carabinieri . |
| 11 | Added to complaints by women 's organisations about the screen 's increasing sexuality ( for that era ) , the Arbuckle scandal helped to bring about censorship by the Hays Office , a self-regulating body set up by the big studios in 1922 , under lawyer Will H. Hays . |
| 12 | The last time there was an inquiry into activities which may involve cruelty to wild animals was the Scott Henderson Inquiry set up by the Labour Government in 1949 . |
| 13 | LIVERPOOL-born saxophonist Simon Haram has won national acclaim in an event set up by the Young Concert Artists Trust . |
| 14 | But I definitely want some live dates set up by the new year at the latest . |
| 15 | The Conservatives inherited the recommendations of the Royal Commission on the National Health Service set up by the preceding Labour government in 1976 ( Cmnd 7615 ) . |
| 16 | Nothing was omitted , no aspect of her being was not party to this miraculous moment of ultimate sharing , and in the final vibration of the after-shock set up by the last incredible convulsion of ecstasy , she heard Luke gasping her name and understood that she did n't hate him and never had . |
| 17 | The structure turned out to be very durable ; most of the colonial constitutions set up by the British in the next three-and-a-half centuries show similarities to the Virginia Company 's way of doing things , though there were sometimes refinements , such as a legislative council created as an upper house to work with the assembly ; and in several cases — especially when the majority of the population was not of British descent — the legislative body was appointed rather than elected . |
| 18 | Conciliation and compromise were other important indigenous principles that carried official sanction in pre-British times but which were not accommodated by the formal institutions set up by the British . |
| 19 | The activating field producing resonance is the electric and magnetic field set up by an overhead power line or magnetic field producing appliance such as an electric blanket , etc . |
| 20 | The arrangements set up by the two Houses differed widely , but they have had in common that their powers derive from the practical assistance given by the United Kingdom Government in the prompt provision of legislative proposals and other Community documents , and from the Government undertaking not to agree any proposal in the Council of Ministers until parliamentary scrutiny is complete . |
| 21 | The dismissal arrangements set up by the governing body have to provide for the CEO , or representatives , and the headteacher , unless she or he is the person concerned , to be present at all stages when a dismissal is being considered . |
| 22 | He accepted the ‘ desire to remain neutral ’ , interpreted as ‘ the reluctance of one or other state to participate in military-political blocs set up by the imperialist powers ’ as a ‘ favourable phenomenon ’ . |
| 23 | The parallel government set up by the Zaïrean opposition held its first Cabinet meeting on Nov. 1 , under the leadership of Etienne Tshisekedi , dismissed as Prime Minister by President Mobutu Sese Seko the previous month . |
| 24 | Sheep farmer Alison Hunter Blair has a lamb which has been orphaned after it 's mother died , now through a special lamb bank set up by the national farmers union she 'll be able to find a new mother for the lamb . |
| 25 | Now the company needs an additional £1 million , which its backers the British Technology Group and Prutec , the venture capital fund set up by the Prudential Assurance company , say they will give — but only at the expense of an ambitious programme of research . |
| 26 | The SSFA said the cash flow problems of the salmon farmers inside the fishing and harvesting exclusion zone should have been relieved by the £1 million bridging fund set up by the Scottish Office . |
| 27 | Surely one of the summer highlights will be a tour of National Trust sacred sites by Phoebus Cart , a theatre company set up by the Royal Shakespeare Company leading actor Mark Rylance . |
| 28 | A scheme set up by the Benevolent Fund gave him the chance to learn to fly . |
| 29 | All important to the reputation of the company is British Standard 5750 , the quality assurance scheme set up by the British Standards Institute and to which Stoddard Carpets Ltd. , were awarded full registration two years ago . |
| 30 | Throughout the colonial period they made little use of the judicial system set up by the British and made few requests of their administrators . |