Example sentences of "[was/were] set [adv] [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In some societies the practical importance of dreams as portents of the future and as phenomena with mysterious healing properties was not only recognized but institutions were set up to exploit the fact . |
| 2 | Two commissions were set up to regulate the Danube , on which no warships were to be allowed below the Iron Gates . |
| 3 | The ease and speed with which the acts of the Good Parliament were set aside revealed the strength of the court in the face of opposition from the commons and a group of discontented nobles . |
| 4 | These were set out facing the way the explorer had gone so as to ensure a good view of him on his return . |
| 5 | This emergency centre in Oxford was set up to coordinate the response to just such an incident . |
| 6 | The General Practitioner Board was set up to represent the interests of general practitioners . |
| 7 | A new economic commission was set up to monitor the success of the austerity measures . |
| 8 | A commission headed by the newly appointed First Deputy Prosecutor General was set up to examine the incident . |
| 9 | The committee was set up to examine the principles that should govern GCE A level syllabuses and their assessment . |
| 10 | The Lindop Inquiry was set up to examine the maintenance of standards in the polytechnics and colleges sector of UK higher education . |
| 11 | This was set up to promote the theory and findings of Dr Ryke Geerd Hamer , who claims that the real causes of cancer are mental conflict experienced in isolation . |
| 12 | The English Association was set up to promote the maintenance of " correct use of English , spoken and written " , the recognition of English as " an essential element in the national education " , and the discussion of teaching methods and advanced study as well as the correlation of school with university work.48 From the beginning , personnel attached to the new Board of Education seem to have been sympathetic to the view of English as the most natural candidate to lead a mission of cultural renewal : at any rate , from its inception the English Association set out to ensure that such was the case . |
| 13 | Delano was hired as a photographer by the Farm Security Administration ( FSA ) in 1940 , which was set up to document the plight of the displaced farmer and the accomplishments of the Roosevelt administration 's agricultural relocation and land-improvement programs . |
| 14 | An army camp that was set up to support the Normandy landings and has become the lynchpin of the British Army is celebrating its fiftieth anniversary . |
| 15 | In 1985 a working party was set up to formulate the CAB 's anti-racist policy , briefed by NACAB central office 's ethnic minorities specialist services officer and the growing Black Workers Group . |
| 16 | A team led by LOPL 's general manager , Rupert Kidd , and consisting of Lewis Affleck and Martin White was set up to tackle the problem . |
| 17 | As the Cuban revolution was dedicated to reducing inequalities of all kinds , it was only a year before the Federation of Cuban Women ( FMC ) was set up to tackle the problems facing women . |
| 18 | In you review of the 486SX machines you state that ‘ once again it was set up to use the MS DOS device drivers ( HIMEM , MOUSE and SMARTDrive ) , although the ones that come with Windows 3.1 are much better ’ . |
| 19 | In July 1988 , a new organisation , the National Association of Software and Services Company ( Nasscom ) was set up to serve the interests of software sector . |
| 20 | In 1987 the Dragon Project Trust was set up to continue the work of the project and to study effects on consciousness at sites where specific geophysical anomalies have been noted . |
| 21 | The housing forum in Wensleydale was set up to assess the severity of the problem . |
| 22 | Boulton and Watt beam engines pumped out water at both ends , and a brick yard was set up to make the bricks near the site — seven million were used . |
| 23 | A National Declaration Committee was set up to run the campaign , involving not only peace organizations , but also the Labour and Liberal Parties , the TUC and the Co-operative Movement , and churches of many denominations . |
| 24 | In 1954 the Nordic Council agreed to work for as comprehensive a Nordic common market as possible , and a committee was set up to study the question . |
| 25 | A working party was set up to establish the prevalence of microphthalmos and anophthalmos in Scotland . |
| 26 | IN 1965 a Sports Council was set up to advise the government on future policy on sport and physical education . |
| 27 | The camera was set up to cover the interior of the store , and the images of the men , filmed as they walked past on the pavement outside , are not clear . |
| 28 | The EEC Court of Justice , however , was set up to interpret the Treaty of Rome and ensure that both the EEC institutions and the member states were fulfilling their obligations under the treaty . |
| 29 | This committee was set up to review the Youth Service , which was thought to be demoralised and unprepared to deal with the increasing demand from the ‘ baby boom ’ children who were reaching adolescence . |
| 30 | The Geneva conference was set up to discuss the report . |