Example sentences of "were set out [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | As so defined by the Home Secretary ( Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe ) these tasks were set out in 1952 as follows : |
| 5 | 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 . |