Example sentences of "was set [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was to set out with the three French patrols , drive the hundred-odd miles to the Gabes Gap and pass through it as quickly as possible to create confusion in the enemy rear areas . |
| 2 | If the Church Commissioners subsequently agree to seal a Declaration of Redundancy , advice is sought on the future of the building from the Advisory Board for Redundant Churches , a national body which was set up under the Pastoral Measure . |
| 3 | Its London frontbenchers work as a team , backed by a campaign committee which was set up under the chairmanship of the shadow Commons leader , Jack Cunningham , after bad local-election results in London a year ago — and which produced the London manifesto . |
| 4 | The Advisory Committee on Legal Education and Conduct was set up under the Act to examine the practical way in which reform could be carried out . |
| 5 | This is a rare breed in the Massif Central , numbering only 400 by 1978 when a conservation programme was set up under the auspices of the Parc Naturel Régional des Volcans d'Auvergne . |
| 6 | In 1970 the Committee on Safety of Medicines was set up under the Act and began work in the following year … with the purpose of ‘ a. giving advice with respect to safety , quality and efficacy in relation to human use of any substance or article ( not being an instrument apparatus or appliance ) to which any provision of the Act is applicable and b. promoting the collection and investigation of information relating to adverse reaction for the purpose of enabling such advice to be given . ’ |
| 7 | Directly after the war a special bureau the Stichting Nederlands Kunstbezit was set up under the aegis of the Ministry of Finance and charged with the recovery of illegally removed works of art under the German occupation and their subsequent return to their rightful owners . |
| 8 | The Occupational Pensions Board , which was set up under the 1973 Social Security Act to monitor and establish minimum standards for private occupational pension schemes , was asked to consider the question of equal status for men and women in occupational pension schemes in 1975 . |
| 9 | The organization was set up under the influence of the Salvadorean Communist Party , but accepted members who were not affiliated . |
| 10 | This authority was set up under the Medway Ports Authority Scheme of 1968 and the Medway Ports Authority Act 1973 . |
| 11 | This tribunal was set up under the Tribunals of Enquiry ( Evidence ) Act 1921 the procedure of which is designed to elicit facts . |
| 12 | I am glad to confirm that the disabled persons transport advisory committee , which was set up under the Transport Act 1985 , exists to provide exactly the voice for which the Hon. Member called . |
| 13 | The committee was set up under the terms of a voluntary agreement . |
| 14 | A working party was set up under the auspices of the Institute of British Geographers , and their work is being expanded by support from ESRC . |
| 15 | The council , co-chaired by Hrawi and Syrian President Hafez al-Assad , was set up under the " treaty of brotherhood , co-operation and co-ordination " in May [ see p. 38214 ] . |
| 16 | During the year a working party was set up under the Chairmanship of QC to look into every possible way in which the financial burden of young entrants to the Bar can be eased . |
| 17 | The Legal Academics Committee was set up under the chairmanship of QC , by the Professional Standards Committee and the JRC in November 1991 . |
| 18 | A system of self-regulatory organisations ( SROs ) was set up under the auspices of the DTI and the Securities and Investments Board , the latter set up to authorise the SROs and oversee their operations . |
| 19 | The Serious Fraud Office ( SFO ) was set up under the 1987 Criminal Justice Act in response to a report by the Fraud Trials Committee formed in 1983 as a result of dissatisfaction with the ability of the City of London Fraud Squad to get convictions . |
| 20 | Inspired by Professor Isaacs , the group was set up through the University of Birmingham , within the Department of Geriatric Medicine . |
| 21 | Nearly three hundred turned up for the meeting , which was chaired by Lord Bute , and a video link was set up between the Lecture Theatre and the adjacent room to accommodate the overflow . |
| 22 | The barrel , which had already been brought from the cellar in readiness , was set up outside the pub and people helped themselves . |
| 23 | A Central Management Committee was set up for the Government legal service and , as senior Government lawyer , it fell to Ware to be chairman of this and to become head of the parallel Legal Career Service . |
| 24 | A disaster fund was set up for the widows and orphans and they were reasonably well provided for financially , although the sums they received seem very small by today 's standards of compensation and value of money . |
| 25 | The residency was set up for the Oxfordshire Area Health Authority by the City Gallery Arts Trust |
| 26 | A new Quality Performance system was set up for the person rowing the boat to give him more incentive to work harder and become a key performer . |
| 27 | We kept guard against the security forces and helped in the communal kitchen which was set up for the support committee . |
| 28 | The Bookish Portfolio , comprising shares in companies in the book business , was set up for The Bookseller in December 1981 , and liquidated last autumn . |
| 29 | It was set up for the administrative convenience of the London banks and the defendant and has been used principally in connection with the buying and selling of stocks and shares on the London market . |
| 30 | The one-year , part-time Certificate was set up for the first time in 1983. it was , and still is , aimed at developing professional competence in language teachers in adult education mainly on a pre-service and , in a more limited way , in-service basis . |