Example sentences of "was set [adv prt] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After an initiative by JWT , a committee was set up under former Treasury mandarin Sir Leon Pliatzky to examine production practices and to recommend action to control cost inflation . |
| 2 | The Highlands Congested Districts Board was set up for this purpose in 1897 , but it was able to achieve very little . |
| 3 | In 1962 ELDO was set up on this basis — with the L standing for launcher . |
| 4 | At first the ramp was set up without any flat bottom or platforms and three feet of vert , the ramp remained like this for about half a year . |
| 5 | The corporation was set up in that far-sighted move to stimulate and control the regeneration of the docklands area . |
| 6 | It is understood that Farrington Stead was set up by former employees of Barlow Clowes . |
| 7 | The aquarium was set up like this for two weeks . |
| 8 | The rationale for this was set out at some length : |