Example sentences of "they [was/were] set [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If they were to set up their own company in America instead , and negotiate a distribution deal with an American major just as they had done with Island when first setting up Virgin — then that profit margin could be inflated from around 18 per cent to 80 per cent . |
| 2 | The approach was a reaction to the days when teams took the field without any overall plan of how they were to set about winning , when the only initiative that came from management was to encourage friendships in the team so that players were more ready to discuss tactics among themselves . |
| 3 | Though he could n't hear them , Trent knew that they were setting up a race . |
| 4 | Without any fuss they were setting up a machine-gun while a party came straight up the hill towards the ambush positions . |
| 5 | They were setting up an introduction agency for Thai women and British men . |
| 6 | In a statement broadcast on national radio , the soldiers , who appeared to be led by Capt. Valentine Strasser , announced that they were setting up a National Provisional Defence Council . |
| 7 | For most of the children it was a big adventure , at least when they were setting off with their school friends . |
| 8 | They said they were setting off at nine o'clock as if to go |
| 9 | The members of this new class did not own the means of production but they were set apart from the proletariat by possession of a distinct form of capital — intellectual capital . |
| 10 | It has been argued that catholic schools do not do the job for which they were set up , that is educate Roman catholics sufficiently to keep them in the church . |
| 11 | They were set up to provide young people with basic , well-ordered accommodation from which they could experience the countryside . |
| 12 | They were set up to provide local people with county council and community information , and have dealt with enquiries ranging from bus timetables to details of local doctors and dentists . |
| 13 | Units of the centrally planned national economy existed in many forms as they were set up by ministries , ‘ centres of production ’ , and directorates of production and were managed either on the basis of the responsibility of a single individual , namely a state-appointed director , or ( particularly from and after the 1956 Revolution ) by workers ' councils or a council of deputies elected by the whole work-force of the enterprise . |
| 14 | They were set up under section 56 of the Transport Act 1962 . |
| 15 | They were set up in close succession by the Secretary of State for Scotland to study the curriculum ( Munn ) and assessment ( Dunning ) in the third and fourth years of Scottish secondary schools ; they kept in close touch with each other throughout their deliberations ; and they presented their reports with complementary recommendations at the same time . |
| 16 | Porter , quoted by Hall , suggests that these IRCs are removing from the research councils money which should be allocated to ‘ responsive mode funding ’ ( researchers applying directly to the councils for research grants ) and basic research , because they were set up to foster research areas thought to have potential economic importance . |
| 17 | But the figures are quite clear that there are benefits of having in-house erm erm , fields that can compete against the private sector for county council work , and the fear , and the reason why they were set up in the first place , to make sure that you could n't have outside erm , er or private organisations setting up cartels to basically screw the local government down , and charge whatever price they want and con us through and through . |
| 18 | That may be why chatlines , costing up to 48p a minute , have been popular with young people since they were set up in the late Eighties dangerously popular , in some cases . |
| 19 | He said he had met Mounsey in prison and believed they were set up by the same gang of traffickers in Bangkok . |
| 20 | It is a relief to know that the police , at least , were sufficiently attuned to the realities of contemporary social research to drop charges even if a nagging doubt remains as to how or by whom they were set on to the investigators . |
| 21 | The details of that title are nowhere given , beyond a statement that they were set out in the petition of the three estates which besought Richard to take the crown . |
| 22 | John asked , when they were set out on their journey . |
| 23 | The details of that title are nowhere given , beyond a statement that they were set out in the petition of the three estates which besought Richard to take the crown . |
| 24 | Only his eyes were small , and they were set so deeply in their orbits that you could not tell what colour they were . |