Example sentences of "were set out [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | In it coins and medals were set out on faded velvet pads and , at the back , there were cards of stamps displayed under amber polythene to protect them from the light . |
| 3 | The room looked like the dining room ; a sideboard with some bottles and a bowl of fruit on it was visible , and Penelope was now able to see that the remains of a kind of meal — a loaf of bread , a hunk of orange-coloured cheese and two glasses — were set out on one half of the table . |
| 4 | John asked , when they were set out on their journey . |
| 5 | These dispositions and their object — that of bringing Iran 's crude-oil export system to a standstill — were set out with ample detail and forceful purpose by the country 's leadership . |
| 6 | In option three areas , streets were set out as Woonerven . |
| 7 | They stopped for lunch at a wayside trattoria and were shown into a shady courtyard at the back , where half a dozen tables were set out under the trees . |
| 8 | To ensure compliance by motorists , standards for 30 km/h streets were set out by the Ministry of Transport . |
| 9 | Close to the door , rows of slatted chairs were set out behind a rope barrier . |
| 10 | When original objectives were set out in the early 1980s for improving services and reducing costs at the exchange through cutting down on the amount of paperwork , more detailed efforts were made to put the objectives into action . |
| 11 | The Germans placed this box usually in the gaps in hedges and the approaches to farm buildings , and the rest of a wide area they covered with ingenious booby-traps and other very strange devices , many of these being set off by wandering cattle and horses , as usually happened when the Commando mines and booby-traps were set out in the hedgerows and orchards in front of our positions . |
| 12 | The Act also contains a number of aggravated offences of possessing a firearm with various intents , and these were set out in Chapter 7.7 above . |
| 13 | The long trestle tables were set out in the meadow and garden lights strung out in the trees , and soon the diners began to arrive . |
| 14 | As so defined by the Home Secretary ( Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe ) these tasks were set out in 1952 as follows : |
| 15 | Beveridge 's proposals were set out in a section of his report entitled ‘ The Problem of Age ’ . |
| 16 | Their duties and responsibilities were set out in detail in the Public Assistance Order of 1930 : |
| 17 | When the sworn statements were collected and sorted , the results were set out in a list preserved in the count 's treasury at St Etienne in Troyes . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | ( Proposal document ) These project objectives were set out in the first project report ( Taylor , 1983 ) and are quoted in Section 2.1 . |
| 20 | The specific proposals of the PAC were set out in paragraph 8.10 to 8.16 . |
| 21 | He pointed out that even in the original form which it took when Cocks v. Thanet District Council was decided , section 69(1) conferred a measure of discretion on the local authority since in principle at least the local authority could choose between the three methods of discharging its duty which were set out in paragraphs ( a ) , ( b ) and ( c ) . |
| 22 | The social worker 's reasons were set out in a statement extending to some 12 pages which concluded : |
| 23 | The precautions that should be taken to avoid this situation were set out in the section on consecutive spill , page 186 . |
| 24 | The original devolution arrangements for Ulster were set out in the Government of Ireland Act 1920 , supported by several conventional arrangements . |
| 25 | The aims of the national curriculum and its related assessment procedures were set out in a consultative paper published in July 1987 in which it was anticipated that standards of educational provision and attainment would be raised by : |
| 26 | His religious opinions were set out in A Short History of the Evangelical Movement ( 1915 ) , and his personal interpretation of Whig philosophy in Politics and Personalities ( 1917 ) . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | The major changes which were set out in that strategy have however been carried into effect — the establishment of a National Conveyancing Protocol , the establishment of a financial services vehicle to assist solicitors and a more positive approach to solicitors involvement in estate agency . |
| 29 | The first one was half of us were blindfolded and we were set out in a line and the rest had to move about 5–10 metres away and stand in a line . |
| 30 | Further details were set out in the written statement published on 13 November . |