Example sentences of "[was/were] laid down in the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The foundations of modern archaeology were laid down in the 17th century , and throughout the 17th and 18th centuries emphasis was put on the recording of archaeological monuments , initially as part of general topographical works , but eventually as part of a study of the monuments themselves . |
| 2 | It is only fair to put on record , so that the student of war today can trace Trenchard 's early thinking , by recalling that the Harris war aircraft were laid down in the mid-thirties . |
| 3 | Its weakness was its technical conservatism ; although in 1880 the Admiralty agreed to reintroduce breechloading guns on heavy ships , the armoured cruisers Impérieuse and Warspite , which were laid down in the same year , were still designed to carry a full spread of sail . |
| 4 | This demographic pattern was laid down in the first half of the century when the inter-war birth-rate declined markedly . |
| 5 | The standard of care expected of a doctor was laid down in the following case . |
| 6 | It was laid down in the 1991 Duopoly Review that it should not be allowed to offer entertainment until at least 1997 , when the situation will again be reviewed , and possibly for another three years after that . |