Example sentences of "[was/were] set [adv prt] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During this first period ( up to 1750 ) of relatively slow and uneven growth , trusts were set up at a rate of only eight a year and were concentrated largely around London , radiating especially to the north and west and into the Midlands . |
| 2 | In Sweden employers ' associations were set up as a counter-mobilisation to the growing organisational strength and apparent centralisation of the trade union movement . |
| 3 | Certainly at the beginning of the New Temple Period , about 1700–1600 BC , there was a major economic and possibly demographic expansion on Crete which supplied the thrust outwards ; Minoan colony settlements were set up in a band right across the southern Aegean from Kythera to Iasos . |
| 4 | Close to the door , rows of slatted chairs were set out behind a rope barrier . |
| 5 | The traders ' views were set out in a letter to Darlington Council from the Clark 's Yard Traders Association and the planning brief was approved . |
| 6 | Beveridge 's proposals were set out in a section of his report entitled ‘ The Problem of Age ’ . |
| 7 | The projects were set out in a pamphlet with the alluring title , We Can Conquer Unemployment : 350,000 men were to be employed on road-building , 60 , 000 on housing , 60,000 on telephone development and 62,000 on electrical development . |
| 8 | The social worker 's reasons were set out in a statement extending to some 12 pages which concluded : |
| 9 | When the sworn statements were collected and sorted , the results were set out in a list preserved in the count 's treasury at St Etienne in Troyes . |
| 10 | The first one was half of us were blindfolded and we were set out in a line and the rest had to move about 5–10 metres away and stand in a line . |
| 11 | On this occasion , Plage was set up over a water-hole in a clearing in the jungle , hoping that a leopard would show up to hunt or drink . |
| 12 | ‘ Zoo Check ’ was set up for a number of reasons , here are its six aims : |
| 13 | Just about every fertility clinic in the country was set up with a government grant . |
| 14 | A small project was set up with a group of students who had chosen library work as part of their Foundation Study . |
| 15 | The working party was set up as a result of the HCIMA Quality Forum held at the Institute of Directors in April last year . |
| 16 | The price review board was set up as a result of the new patent legislation . |
| 17 | There was a long series of public meetings in 1980 and one of these was set up as a sort of week-end rally to which the anti-nuclear people were invited from all over Ireland , and at a big indoor public meeting during that weekend where you would normally have expected about 400 people to turn up , only about two locals turned up and the rest were all outsiders . |
| 18 | The Prince of Wales established an award for innovation in 1985 and his working group on innovation was set up after a conference at Highgrove last year . |
| 19 | He flicked a switch on the percolator , which was set up in a recess above one of the work-benches , and reached for a fresh mug . |
| 20 | The latter was set up in a tent and foregrounded five white bigots beating a black man in the glare of automobile headlights . |
| 21 | The exhibition was set up in a room housing the work of early nineteenth century local artists , including Francis Danby . |
| 22 | The camera was set up in a growth room . |
| 23 | This was set up by a Henley member , the late Stephen Bertram , who lost his left arm in the Second War and who joined the Society in 1955 . |
| 24 | Chris Stocks was set up by a friend when The Sun newspaper asked readers to send in photographs of Chris Evans lookalikes . |
| 25 | Forty two year old decorated U D R veteran , Albert Cooper , was set up by a woman who left a booby-trapped car at this garage for repairs . |
| 26 | It was set up by a Czech called Paul Popper in 1934 . |
| 27 | In 1968 , the William Lambarde ( 1536–1601 ) Memorial Fund , was set up by a bequest of the late Mrs M.E. Lambarde , to the Society of Antiquaries of London . |
| 28 | The recycling scheme is run by the non-profit making Save-a-Cup Recycling Company which was set up by a group of plastic cup manufacturers and a number of companies in the UK vending and foodservice industries just over a year ago . |
| 29 | In November 1989 a Movement for Polish Politics ( RPP ) was set up by a number of OKP deputies , members of citizens ' committees , industrial associations and various political clubs , the aim being to unite the Polish centre-right . |
| 30 | Erm , we we talked about this sort of issue earlier on , in in relationship to the , to the R A D. Erm , I 'm not quite sure of the strong importance of that organisation to the council , but I am sure that this erm , committee was set up by a number of south west authorities who are trying to look at the future of county farms . |