Example sentences of "it [was/were] set [adv] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | Monte Samana is his , I know that now , and he deserves his profits , because he has made a holiday place that sits on the side of the hill as though it were set there by the Spaniards themselves , the Andalusians and the descendants of the Moors . ’ |
| 2 | It was set up by about thirty young unemployed men in January 1965 . |
| 3 | Thus it was Floridablanca , a stiff bureaucrat , who planned the road system radiating from Madrid , the completion of which was to be the achievement of Isabelline liberalism ; indeed , the fate of the Corps of Road Engineers , set up in the eighteenth century , was bound up with the fate of liberalism itself ; dismantled by Ferdinand VII it was set up by the Liberal Revolution in 1820 ; dissolved in the reaction of 1823 , it was re-established by liberals in 1834 . |
| 4 | It will also outline the role and operation of the Social Work Services Inspectorate , which has come in for severe criticism since it was set up by the Scottish Office a year ago . |
| 5 | And it was set up by CAFOD , Christian Aid , the New Consumer , Oxfam , Traidcraft Exchange , which is the charity side of Traidcraft and the World Development Movement . |
| 6 | It was set up by Act of Parliament in 1966 to manage the airports at Heathrow , Gatwick , Stansted and Prestwick . |
| 7 | It was set up by three sisters with funds from their family 's whisky business . |
| 8 | Quite sure that you 'll find in the end that I 'm right and it was set up by murdering bog-trotters . |
| 9 | It was set up by the government to advise it on environmental policy . |
| 10 | It was set up by a Czech called Paul Popper in 1934 . |
| 11 | It was set up by Leroy May , after only 5 minutes . |
| 12 | In theory , it was set off by two boys who stole a can of soft drink from a third boy . |
| 13 | ‘ So it was set off by the simple act of turning on the lamp ? ’ |