Example sentences of "setting up the [adj] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Government Commission , set up by Labour in 1965 to circumvent the rest of the Civil Service , has been quietly declining under the Conservatives ; Heath has made his own arrangements to the same end , by setting up the Central Policy Review Staff , which has been housed by the Cabinet Office next door . |
| 2 | Here he pursued his special interest in the surgery of inflammatory bowel disease , setting up the first stoma care clinic for patients who had had ileostomies , a form of colostomy . |
| 3 | No doubt Julius Reuter would have found setting up the famous news agency far easier if he had one to bash out his stories on . ’ |
| 4 | No I think it is the basic part of he agreement setting up the original superannuation scheme . |
| 5 | At 55 he could claim a distinguished record of philanthropic and public service which included setting up the Royal Army Education Corps . |
| 6 | Mr Cossiga is particularly sensitive on one score : his own part , as junior minister of defence , in setting up the secret counter-insurgency network known as Gladio . |
| 7 | He was the author of several political histories , President of the Society of Antiquaries , the founder of a prize for a historical essay at Oxford , and shortly before the competition he had persuaded the Government to take the first steps towards setting up the National Portrait Gallery . |
| 8 | ‘ We are desperate to raise funds for research and are in the process of setting up the British Brain Tumour Association . |
| 9 | The impression of ‘ busyness ’ was achieved by setting up the 1953 Beaver Committee . |
| 10 | As soon as this task had been completed a similar procedure to that of setting up the initial data base was adopted . |
| 11 | The day Halifax spurned Hitler , the War Cabinet approved a memorandum setting up the Special Operations Executive . |
| 12 | ‘ When I was setting up the Fine Chemicals Manufacturing Organization [ FCMO ] in the early '80s , there was no doubt quality was the main way to compete more effectivey and raise performance . |
| 13 | Odinga , who resigned as Kenya 's Vice-President in 1966 , told a press conference that the NDP would seek formal registration and the repeal of provisions in the national Constitution setting up the single party state . |
| 14 | We are fortunate to have been able to offer opportunities to Scottish Amicable staff as a result of setting up the dedicated administration unit . |
| 15 | Sales manager had just finished setting up the portable testing gear when an Al Mutlaq representative wanted to buy it . |