Example sentences of "he set [adv prt] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In order to wean the company away from a reliance on theatre plays , he set up a major script department which drew on the talents of writers like Frank Launder , Sidney Gilliatt , Val Guest and Michael Pertwee , as well as occasionally giving jobs to young writers like Christopher Isherwood . |
| 2 | In 1961 he set up a working group , in the Ministry , ‘ to study the long term development of roads and traffic in urban areas and their influence on the urban environment ’ ; the leader was Colin Buchanan . |
| 3 | Realizing the kicks that many men get out of listening to women mouthing obscenities , he set up a unique telephone service to cater for the need and gave it the name Just Filmz Inc . |
| 4 | Before he set up a special fund for its upkeep it looked like this . |
| 5 | He set up a select committee with the job of trying to devise a political settlement to the problem of Tamil separatism ; but it got nowhere . |
| 6 | The ability to read and write was confined to churchmen ( this was common throughout the whole of northern Europe ) , not even William or his Norman Barons were able to read , so William appointed Lanfranc as Archbishop of Canterbury and he set up a diocesan pattern which endured and encouraged the growth of ecclesiastical courts of law and a succession of ‘ clerks ’ who became the forerunners of the civil servants . |
| 7 | After leaving university he set up a roadying business on the government 's Enterprise Allowance Scheme . |
| 8 | He set out a four-point plan , commencing with Iraqi compliance with UN resolutions and withdrawal from Kuwait ; the international community could then guarantee the removal of forces , and the restoration of Kuwaiti sovereignty , with arrangements to take account of " the will of the Kuwaiti people " ; an international conference should then be arranged , and comprehensive arms reductions worked out for the whole Middle East region , which would imply dialogue among all concerned , to replace confrontation with " the dynamics of good neighbourliness " . |
| 9 | The methods Souness used when he set about a struggling Rangers , turned them around and picked up Championships and cups , prepared us for what was on the way at Anfield . |