Example sentences of "that [was/were] set [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The numerous non-manufacturing subsidiaries ( such as travel agencies , restaurants and computer software firms ) that were set up in the late 1980s are most vulnerable . |
| 2 | A ‘ Book of Hours ’ was the name given to such a prayerbook intended for private or family devotion , the term ‘ hours ’ indicating not an interval of sixty minutes , but less precise parts of the day that were set aside for religious and other duties . |
| 3 | Anywhere that was obviously occupied he drove on past , as he did with any place that was exposed or too close to the main road , but deserted-looking buildings on village outskirts and elevated rows that were set back from the road generally rated at least a circling-around and a second look . |
| 4 | The erm management agency that was set up for tornado was structured and manned for that specific task . |
| 5 | He worked for the KGB at the time and he knew everything because he was involved in the secret inquiry that was set up into the ‘ incident ’ , as he called it . |
| 6 | In this article , Veronica Hanson describes a scheme that was set up by the Welsh Pre-school Playgroups Association ( PPA ) to encourage the integration into local playgroups of children who experience difficulties in learning . |
| 7 | I was Secretary of the miner 's support group that was set up in Blaenau during the year long miner 's s strike where we collected a lot of food and twinned with a town down in South Wales and made a lot of new friends . |
| 8 | 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 . |