Example sentences of "was set [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The date for the trial of Orchin , Richmond and McCready was set eventually for mid-February 1974 , sixteen months after their arrests . |
| 2 | In various parts of the Bible all these offerings are said to " alone " — to cover sin — indicating that any act of worship was set squarely in the context of God 's forgiving grace . |
| 3 | A third dummy was in a seated position on the fourth chair which was set away from the table . |
| 4 | The Grand Trunk Canal promoted by him and his merchant associate Thomas Bently was set afoot in 1766 after the Duke of Bridgewater had already moved the line of his Runcorn cut to meet up at its northern end and complete the joining of the Trent and Mersey . |
| 5 | I think the evidence will be overwhelming that that fire was set intentionally by Koresh and h some of his core followers . |
| 6 | These ceremonies set the Church 's seal on the election , symbolized that the king was God ‘ s choice as well as man 's , and that he was set apart for the work . |
| 7 | It was generosity and wisdom I was after when I climbed up the steps to her small office which was set apart from the larger huts in the forest clearing . |
| 8 | Rome was set apart from her neighbours by her ancient fame and lasting prestige — and yet , in these centuries , one can not but think , far more by the presence of the apostles and martyrs , and of the pope . |
| 9 | Unlike the capitalist social relations of interwar France in which the writer/intellectual was set apart from his/her real and potential reading public , a distant and alienated specialist " , the new social relations of Soviet society appeared to provide the writer/intellectual with a pivotal role in social construction . |
| 10 | The second series of the Advocates was set partly in the University itself . |
| 11 | In particular , finding the other " nasty " number changes nothing — the challenge was set just for fun . |
| 12 | Total expenditure was set provisionally at 67,000 million francs CFA and revenue at 39,000 million francs CFA . |
| 13 | This rule was set solidly into our law by the House of Lords in Hollins v. Fowler . |
| 14 | Jordi 's head was set beautifully on his broad shoulders , and there was something in the way he held his neck to support that head which was unmistakably intelligent and sexy . |
| 15 | His large untidy head was set close to shoulders which rubbed against the long lobes of his ears . |
| 16 | Following the grand jury 's indictment , however , the retrial was set aside pending the outcome of the federal case . |
| 17 | The event raised £1m , most of which was set aside for investment in a trust fund . |
| 18 | Having saluted the Ambassadors , who stood in a circle next to the door leading from the Galerie de Diane to the Salle des Maréchaux , the Emperor and Empress entered the Ballroom and mounted the dais which was set aside for them . |
| 19 | White House officials played down the revolutionary tenor of Reagan 's comments , saying that no new infusion of money was set aside for lasers , only that a ‘ reorganisation ’ of the new disparate research projects is underway . |
| 20 | More than Dm300 million was set aside for future environmental protection measures , and stocks were valued according to the ‘ last in , first out ’ principle , which cuts out paper profit ( and thus reduces taxable profit ) when prices rise . |
| 21 | A row of buses waited outside the station to take the racegoers away to a variety of outlying motels , and a long new coach with darkly tinted windows was set aside for the owners . |
| 22 | Land was set aside for another ranch , and this was promptly invaded by vast herds of plains game when rain finally fell and grass grew . |
| 23 | The result was that the story was set aside for the time being . |
| 24 | An addition to Rotterdam 's World Trade Center was built in 1986–87 and one part of it was set aside for a V.I.P. entertainment suite . |
| 25 | Saturday morning was set aside for cleaning and general tidying up . |
| 26 | My hon. Friend 's second criticism of the way in which the scheme has worked is that the £24 million budget which was set aside for the two financial years — and I emphasise two years — 1989-91 was underspent . |
| 27 | The aim is to provide the kind of understanding necessary for improved policy analysis in the future and £100,000 a year was set aside for this programme . |
| 28 | Under the new schedule the period Feb. 29-March 28 was set aside for the registration of voters and a constitutional referendum would be held on March 18 ; municipal elections would follow in the first half of April and legislative elections would be held in two rounds on May 17 and May 31 . |
| 29 | Certainly workshop space was set aside for women who are involved in the Labour Party . |
| 30 | The 1990–91 figure of £50,000 under Continuing Education was set aside for a pupillage sinking fund . |