Example sentences of "[noun prp] [was/were] set [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Inter-governmental Bureau of Informatics was set up by the United Nations . |
| 2 | The original devolution arrangements for Ulster were set out in the Government of Ireland Act 1920 , supported by several conventional arrangements . |
| 3 | Taylor Woodrow was set up after the unintended sale of two houses by a 16-year old greengrocer 's son and his solicitor uncle . |
| 4 | Poland was set up by the Allies to help subdue Germany , but was then criticised for taking German territory . |
| 5 | When a joint committee of CST and CASS was set up during the debates , it was chaired by Sir Alan Richmond , who described it as ‘ the most difficult committee I have ever chaired in my life ’ . |
| 6 | Directly after the war a special bureau the Stichting Nederlands Kunstbezit was set up under the aegis of the Ministry of Finance and charged with the recovery of illegally removed works of art under the German occupation and their subsequent return to their rightful owners . |