Example sentences of "were set [adv prt] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In some societies the practical importance of dreams as portents of the future and as phenomena with mysterious healing properties was not only recognized but institutions were set up to exploit the fact . |
| 2 | Two commissions were set up to regulate the Danube , on which no warships were to be allowed below the Iron Gates . |
| 3 | During this time several charities were set up to help the poor . |
| 4 | The societies had been created in 1964 out of the committees which were set up to organise the 1963 commemorations of the bicentenary of the birth of Wolfe Tone , the leader of the United Irishmen and martyr of the 1798 Rising . |
| 5 | Three new Stock Exchange money brokers ( SEMBs ) joined the original six SEMBs to lend stocks and finance to GEMMs , and six inter-dealer brokers ( IDBs ) were set up to maintain an anonymous transactions service between GEMMs . |
| 6 | These were set out facing the way the explorer had gone so as to ensure a good view of him on his return . |