Example sentences of "by [noun pl] set [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hazard As well as the obvious hazard to motorists approaching roadworks without warning lights , there is concern the lights could be used by terrorists to set up roadblocks . |
| 2 | A number of major reports were produced in this way ( see Chapter 3 ) , but no CACE has been constituted since 1967 , and later government reports have been issued by committees set up to consider particular issues . |
| 3 | Among printers ' mementoes , one should not forget the special examples , in the nature of things not easy to find because of the infrequency of the occasions , produced by presses set up on frozen rivers , such as the Thames and Severn . |
| 4 | In 1611 he was consulted by Londoners setting up the Londonderry plantation , and showed positive interest in joining an oil-milling venture there . |
| 5 | In one urban area 85 children had been murdered by squads set up by business men who regarded the children as vermin who robbed . |
| 6 | In Berkshire and Oxfordshire , for example , the cry of the " Church in Danger " was raised by some " hot heads " who feared the recent attempts by Nonconformists to set up a nationwide " correspondence " to pursue " the reformation of manners " was a plot against the Anglican establishment . |