Example sentences of "was set [adv prt] on [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first offshore banking unit was set up on Aug. 25 by Barclays Bank of Mauritius ; offshore licences were also approved for the Bank of Baroda and Banque Privée Edmond de Rothschild , and later for S. B. International ( a joint Mauritian-Indian venture ) , the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp. and Banque Nationale de Paris . |
| 2 | A year later Frederick I of Prussia ordered that in future deserters should have their nose and one of their ears cut off and be sent to hard labour for life , while after the Seven Years War a chain of military posts was set up on France 's frontiers to prevent the escape abroad of soldiers fleeing from their units . |
| 3 | It is a home from home for Sue Wilson , who has probably spent as many nights at the camp since it was set up on January 18 as she has at home . |
| 4 | A working group was set up on July 19 to examine trade aspects of domestically prohibited goods and hazardous substances ( for the issue of trade in toxic and hazardous wastes see pp. 36788-89 ) ; a progress report from this working group was noted by the Dec. 4-5 session of the contracting parties . |
| 5 | A parliamentary commission of inquiry into arms sales to Iran was set up on Sept. 27 and its report , presented on April 2 , 1990 ( without SPÖ agreement ) , contained serious criticism of senior politicians and of the Voest-Alpine group 's decision to manufacture howitzers and other weapons . |
| 6 | This committee was set up on May 18-19 , consisting of Marcovic , Kadijevic and Gracanin as well as the two Vice-Presidents of the Federal Executive Council , Aleksandar Mitrovic and Zivko Pregl , the Justice and Administration Secretary Vlado Kambovski , and the Secretary-General of the government , Zoran Miskovic . |
| 7 | A new 31-member " central committee for the comprehensive management of public security " , headed by politburo standing committee member Qiao Shi , was set up on March 22 to liaise with the party central committee and the State Council in supervising work to improve public order and social stability . |
| 8 | The privately funded Foundation for Exchange Across the Taiwan Strait was set up on Nov. 21 as the " only important " channel entrusted by the Mainland Affairs Council with the handling of civilian affairs . |
| 9 | A parliamentary commission was set up on Nov. 13 to establish whether the police had played a role in the recent violence , which continued into the following week in the departments of Jinotega and Estelí where 15 people were killed . |
| 10 | A Higher Economic Council for Instituting Market Relations was set up on June 23 . |
| 11 | Between was set out on paper as theory and what actually happened in practise . |