Example sentences of "[noun sg] was set [adv prt] under " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is a rare breed in the Massif Central , numbering only 400 by 1978 when a conservation programme was set up under the auspices of the Parc Naturel Régional des Volcans d'Auvergne . |
| 2 | No mention was made in the 1956 Defence White Paper of the possibility of ending National Service , but within the War Office a committee was set up under General Sir Richard Hull ( later to become Field Marshal , succeeding Mountbatten in 1965 as Chief of Defence Staff ) to examine the size of regular Army that would be needed , and could be recruited , if National Service was abolished . |
| 3 | After an initiative by JWT , a committee was set up under former Treasury mandarin Sir Leon Pliatzky to examine production practices and to recommend action to control cost inflation . |
| 4 | The committee was set up under the terms of a voluntary agreement . |
| 5 | The Legal Academics Committee was set up under the chairmanship of QC , by the Professional Standards Committee and the JRC in November 1991 . |
| 6 | A National Security Council was set up under Gamsakhurdia 's chairmanship . |
| 7 | This authority was set up under the Medway Ports Authority Scheme of 1968 and the Medway Ports Authority Act 1973 . |
| 8 | This tribunal was set up under the Tribunals of Enquiry ( Evidence ) Act 1921 the procedure of which is designed to elicit facts . |
| 9 | China appealed to the League of Nations for support against the Japanese occupation and in December 1931 a commission was set up under Lord Lytton to investigate the situation . |
| 10 | The organization was set up under the influence of the Salvadorean Communist Party , but accepted members who were not affiliated . |
| 11 | The Advisory Committee on Legal Education and Conduct was set up under the Act to examine the practical way in which reform could be carried out . |
| 12 | A number of blacks were given government appointments and a Commission on Equal Employment Opportunity was set up under Vice-President Johnson . |
| 13 | A working party was set up under the auspices of the Institute of British Geographers , and their work is being expanded by support from ESRC . |
| 14 | During the year a working party was set up under the Chairmanship of QC to look into every possible way in which the financial burden of young entrants to the Bar can be eased . |