Example sentences of "[noun pl] were set [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Although clear guidelines were set down for teachers on the minimum time commitment and core content of each of the projects , the organisation and management of the projects were at the discretion of the teacher .
2 His broad shoulders and powerful legs were set off to perfection by the excellent cut , while a snow-white silk shirt emphasised his tanned , rugged face .
3 To this end , schools were set up for peasant women and for prostitutes , who were numerous since Havana had previously been a notorious entertainment centre for North Americans , to give them an education and to provide them with some skills and training ready for the job market .
4 During the 1950s further units were set up at London and Liverpool University to assess attitudes in industry .
5 Whether or not as a result of the unease expressed at this meeting , two completely separate organizations were set up in its wake .
6 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 .
7 Nature reserves were set up around new power stations to mollify local conservationists .
8 When he lectured at Harvard in this year , policemen had to control the crowds who came out to see him , and loudspeakers were set up for those who could not get into the auditorium .
9 In Sweden employers ' associations were set up as a counter-mobilisation to the growing organisational strength and apparent centralisation of the trade union movement .
10 Road blocks were set up by Lothian and Borders police and neighbouring forces were also helping .
11 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 .
12 Certainly at the beginning of the New Temple Period , about 1700–1600 BC , there was a major economic and possibly demographic expansion on Crete which supplied the thrust outwards ; Minoan colony settlements were set up in a band right across the southern Aegean from Kythera to Iasos .
13 The cells were cultured in DMEM , with or without the addition of calcipotriol ( MC-903 ) at a final concentration of 10 - 5 to 10 - 9 M. All plates were set up in quadruplicate .
14 Other real ale breweries were set up in the county during the 1980s , but failed .
15 During this first period ( up to 1750 ) of relatively slow and uneven growth , trusts were set up at a rate of only eight a year and were concentrated largely around London , radiating especially to the north and west and into the Midlands .
16 New companies were set up by public subscription , and there was a substantial increase in the number of films produced .
17 The " Green Con " awards were set up in 1989 to highlight bogus claims to environmental worthiness made by business .
18 Lesbian and Gay-Men 's Sub-Committees were set up in such a way as to give a high level of representation to people from outside the council 's structure , and to ensure that their voices could be heard .
19 Fresh air bases were set up in Bank Mine and a team of brave and dedicated doctors went underground to assist .
20 Their duties and responsibilities were set out in detail in the Public Assistance Order of 1930 :
21 This was particularly noticeable when hostels were set up by individuals or by groups of sympathisers , rather than by religious or other charitable organisations .
22 In France State-owned arms factories were set up at Maubeuge and Charleville in 1718 ; the government made itself responsible for the supply of uniforms in 1747 ; and the old system of military hospitals , which had left them largely in private hands , was abolished in 1788 .
23 Some of his ideas were set out in his only book , the highly readable The Power behind the Microphone ( 1941 ) , which also charts , highly selectively , his own experience .
24 The dogs were set off by it and the dogs set off the sheep and the goats and the cows .
25 The procedures for ordering reprints were set out in RBG Office Notice 15/91 [ numbered 15/90 in error ] , dated February 27 1991 .
26 Notice boards were set up on the College house , and at the corner of the road .
27 Local Marine Boards were set up in all main ports and a Shipping Master appointed by each to take administrative responsibility for masters ' and mates ' examinations and the business of engaging and discharging seamen under pain of penalty for " crimping " and other similar offences .
28 Committees and forums were set up inside the local authority , the local Trades Council and the local Labour Party , and together they formulated the idea of a new Employment Department to co-ordinate all the council 's efforts to tackle the economic crisis in the city .
29 The Scottish Office produced a manual and a guide to legislation and support structures were set up by central government and education authorities to provide information and to respond to board queries .
30 All the lead-in codes were set up for USA-style dialling ; local , long distance and so on , and whilst these could be changed the lead-out character was set to be a semi-colon .
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