Example sentences of "[being] set [adv] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Trestles were being set up along both sides of the room , but only a few sombrely dressed ladies were seated , the rest of the company apparently preferring to mill about in the centre of the hall . |
| 2 | ‘ Management development programme being set up for all departments and supervisory training for clerical and manual staff ’ … |
| 3 | They refer to the mines being set up by some Londoners and others " … of which nature they conceive this Copper worke to be , but to spend a farr greater proportion of fewell and therefore more odious , the redress wherof we leave to your honbl consideration . " |
| 4 | Local support groups are being set up in different areas in London and they have good leaflets on various HIV related topics for women . |
| 5 | The façade is wonderfully elegant , the Baroque dressing being set off by superb windows . |
| 6 | Indeed Gow 's appearance was formidable , an uncompromisingly Scottish kind of countenance being set off by bushy eyebrows and side-whiskers , and anything like conceit or pretentiousness on the part of a pupil might provoke a wounding sarcasm . |