Example sentences of "[noun prp] [was/were] set [adv prt] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | WHEN the Royal Bank of Scotland was set up by Royal Charter in 1727 there was a very good reason for building the word ‘ Royal ’ into its name . |
| 2 | ACSS was set up by himself and interested friends five years before and he had been working on it since . |
| 3 | The Inter-governmental Bureau of Informatics was set up by the United Nations . |
| 4 | British domination of Egypt was set up by Sir Evelyn Baring ( soon to be Lord Cromer and known to his subordinates as " the Lord " ) . |
| 5 | LINNET was set up by Logica , SD-Scicon and University College , London , in association with DTI , to introduce organisations to the practical application of neural network technology in the context of their own business areas . |
| 6 | Poland was set up by the Allies to help subdue Germany , but was then criticised for taking German territory . |
| 7 | DSD was set up by 600 enterprises in response to legislation requiring industry to collect and recycle the packaging it produces . |
| 8 | In May 1835 , the relieving officer of the new Chailey Union was set on by thirty men in Ringmer , demanding ‘ money or blood ’ ; they got their relief in cash instead of the food tickets he offered . |
| 9 | It is understood that Farrington Stead was set up by former employees of Barlow Clowes . |