Example sentences of "[was/were] set [adv prt] in the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | For legal support staff , regional training courses were set up in the North West and attended by over 500 staff from throughout the region . |
2 | Other real ale breweries were set up in the county during the 1980s , but failed . |
3 | The original devolution arrangements for Ulster were set out in the Government of Ireland Act 1920 , supported by several conventional arrangements . |
4 | The long trestle tables were set out in the meadow and garden lights strung out in the trees , and soon the diners began to arrive . |
5 | He led her to a shady café , where small tables were set out in the shadow of some tall plane trees , whose leafy patterns fell over the white tables . |
6 | These were set out in the code of practice issued under the Environmental Protection Act . |
7 | The details of that title are nowhere given , beyond a statement that they were set out in the petition of the three estates which besought Richard to take the crown . |
8 | The details of that title are nowhere given , beyond a statement that they were set out in the petition of the three estates which besought Richard to take the crown . |
9 | The precautions that should be taken to avoid this situation were set out in the section on consecutive spill , page 186 . |
10 | The committee was set up in the wake of the Cleveland child sex abuse inquiry to implement the National Health Service and Community Care Act . |
11 | At St Asaph , a wine-shop was set up in the cathedral and the font was used as a trough for animals . |
12 | The future of Lothar and his supporters was settled when Louis met them at Blois in September : The emperor sat in his pavilion which was set up in the middle of a wide field on a hill where the whole army could see him , and his faithful sons [ Pippin and Louis ] stood beside him . |
13 | Pearce Print was set up in the centre of Northampton in 1979 and moved to the new Moulton Park Industrial Estate until changing its location to Kettering in 1991 . |
14 | Bric-a-brac was donated and sold on the stall which was set up in the factory canteen . |
15 | A right wing military Government was set up in the South as a result of the peace conference was convened at Geneva in 1954 . |
16 | When he was well enough , a makeshift court was set up in the hospital for a 30-minute hearing into which Broderick hobbled on crutches . |
17 | One of the initiatives er was er the Congress the Wa all Wales Congress that was set up in the miner 's strike for instance . |
18 | Many police officers were angry that the cases had been brought at all , since the methods employed by the defendant constables were said to have involved no more than what was set out in the Home Office-approved Tactical Options Manual . |
19 | The framework for the National Curriculum was set out in the Education Reform Act 1988 . |
20 | The aim of the book was set out in the preface ( which , unlike many items in these plans , was actually written ) . " |
21 | Miss Pritchard of Croft Lodge at Clappersgate , where he was a frequent visitor , was set out in the book as having lands too thick with trees . |
22 | I guessed that it was set back in the farmhouse , unless he had some sort of remote control toy . |