Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] set [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The basic aims were already set out in the original Treaty of Rome ( 1957 ) establishing the European Economic Community . |
| 2 | Stones were also set up along the Great North Road in 1708 , but the first true milestone to be set up in Britain since Roman times was that at Trumpington , just outside Cambridge , in 1727 , where it is still to be seen . |
| 3 | The bronzes were later set up in the Porticus Metelli , the first secular building in Rome specifically intended for the display of booty . |
| 4 | Both types were often set parallel with the road in an extensive plot of land . |
| 5 | Communication channels were immediately set up between the site , Melbourne , Port Moresby and London . |
| 6 | Christian roadblocks were therefore set up at the eastern end of the Ring motorway and the first 40 Muslim men to arrive at the Christian checkpoint , some of them travelling with their wives and children in their family cars to homes in east Beirut , were taken beneath the overpass and had their throats cut . |
| 7 | A Fish Association was duly set up under the chairmanship of the Duke of Kent . |
| 8 | The judicial commission of inquiry , announced by the Prime Minister , Vere Bird Sr , on April 25 , was duly set up under the chairmanship of a British QC , Louis Blom-Cooper . |
| 9 | Its blood , streaming upon the glass , was slowly set aside by the windscreen wipers . |
| 10 | The product was discreetly set out towards the back with the label half turned away . |
| 11 | That was all set out in the recent Security Council resolution to which I referred in my reply and for which we voted . |
| 12 | This hillside defence system was probably set up by the Votadini , a tribe whose continual harassment by the neighbouring Selgovae led it to seek alliance with Rome at a very early stage . |
| 13 | Does the Prime Minister recall that the cause of reconciliation in Northern Ireland was tragically set back in the aftermath of the 1974 election ? |
| 14 | Because the trust was originally set up for the purposes of mitigating inheritance tax the trust may come within the provisions of ss739 and 740 with the exemption mentioned in s741 not being available . |
| 15 | The exception was the Geological Society , whose meeting room was even set out like the House of Commons for debate rather than in rows for a lecture . |
| 16 | First , such a change does not take place overnight among all artists ; and secondly it is very hard to be certain that a given statue from the Acropolis was actually set up before the invasion . |