Example sentences of "to set [pron] up [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was little enthusiasm , then , as the paper moved towards the alien financial world of the City to set itself up as a public limited company . |
| 2 | Riding on a high she had decided to set herself up as an independent designer . |
| 3 | His family could n't afford to set him up as an independent farmer . |
| 4 | I have a 30 gallon corner tank , and would like to set it up for a Black Peacock , Pterois volitans . |
| 5 | We agreed to set it up at the last meeting . |
| 6 | And accordingly they treat it , as if , in the present age , this were an agreed point , among all people of discernment ; and nothing remained , but to set it up as a principal subject of mirth and ridicule , as it were by way of reprisals , for its having so long interrupted the pleasures of the world . |
| 7 | Anna Wolska , heiress to the palace of Wilanow outside Warsaw , and the Potocki and Branicki collections in it , has offered to set it up as a public institution . |
| 8 | Er , but I mean , everything you do is , is designed to set yourself up in the best possible position for when the staff come in and , and throughout the shift leaving it as best you can for the branch manager the next day . |