Example sentences of "were set out [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 By statistical analysis of his surveys he showed that the megaliths were set out to a common unit of measurement , the megalithic yard of 0.83 m. , not in simple circles but in circular arcs centred on right-angled triangles .
2 They stopped for lunch at a wayside trattoria and were shown into a shady courtyard at the back , where half a dozen tables were set out under the trees .
3 To ensure compliance by motorists , standards for 30 km/h streets were set out by the Ministry of Transport .
4 Close to the door , rows of slatted chairs were set out behind a rope barrier .
5 Beveridge 's proposals were set out in a section of his report entitled ‘ The Problem of Age ’ .
6 When the sworn statements were collected and sorted , the results were set out in a list preserved in the count 's treasury at St Etienne in Troyes .
7 The social worker 's reasons were set out in a statement extending to some 12 pages which concluded :
8 The aims of the national curriculum and its related assessment procedures were set out in a consultative paper published in July 1987 in which it was anticipated that standards of educational provision and attainment would be raised by :
9 His religious opinions were set out in A Short History of the Evangelical Movement ( 1915 ) , and his personal interpretation of Whig philosophy in Politics and Personalities ( 1917 ) .
10 The first one was half of us were blindfolded and we were set out in a line and the rest had to move about 5–10 metres away and stand in a line .
11 The projects were set out in a pamphlet with the alluring title , We Can Conquer Unemployment : 350,000 men were to be employed on road-building , 60 , 000 on housing , 60,000 on telephone development and 62,000 on electrical development .
12 The traders ' views were set out in a letter to Darlington Council from the Clark 's Yard Traders Association and the planning brief was approved .
13 When original objectives were set out in the early 1980s for improving services and reducing costs at the exchange through cutting down on the amount of paperwork , more detailed efforts were made to put the objectives into action .
14 The Germans placed this box usually in the gaps in hedges and the approaches to farm buildings , and the rest of a wide area they covered with ingenious booby-traps and other very strange devices , many of these being set off by wandering cattle and horses , as usually happened when the Commando mines and booby-traps were set out in the hedgerows and orchards in front of our positions .
15 The long trestle tables were set out in the meadow and garden lights strung out in the trees , and soon the diners began to arrive .
16 The details of that title are nowhere given , beyond a statement that they were set out in the petition of the three estates which besought Richard to take the crown .
17 ( Proposal document ) These project objectives were set out in the first project report ( Taylor , 1983 ) and are quoted in Section 2.1 .
18 The precautions that should be taken to avoid this situation were set out in the section on consecutive spill , page 186 .
19 The original devolution arrangements for Ulster were set out in the Government of Ireland Act 1920 , supported by several conventional arrangements .
20 Further details were set out in the written statement published on 13 November .
21 They are not — it was a working document from officials ; Ministers ' views were set out in the citizens charter as they are set out in the Bill .
22 Lists of the so-called Anti-Reformers or Boroughmongers were set out in the radical press , and as the electors were so few and were persons of standing , their views were really known in advance and the outcome could be predicted accurately — contrary to the modern opinion polls which so often are at variance with the result .
23 The details of that title are nowhere given , beyond a statement that they were set out in the petition of the three estates which besought Richard to take the crown .
24 These were set out in the code of practice issued under the Environmental Protection Act .
25 He led her to a shady café , where small tables were set out in the shadow of some tall plane trees , whose leafy patterns fell over the white tables .
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