Example sentences of "set up [verb] the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In July 1988 , a new organisation , the National Association of Software and Services Company ( Nasscom ) was set up to serve the interests of software sector . |
| 2 | Delano was hired as a photographer by the Farm Security Administration ( FSA ) in 1940 , which was set up to document the plight of the displaced farmer and the accomplishments of the Roosevelt administration 's agricultural relocation and land-improvement programs . |
| 3 | Those contrary approaches , contrary calculations and contrary totals , the one nearly twice the other , had only to be set up to illustrate the difficulty of the problems in this case . |
| 4 | A local trust has now been set up to champion the restoration of the landscape ; and the Landmark Trust has taken on the principal building , the splendid banqueting house , constructed with three great arches , overlooking the valley like one of the fountains of baroque Rome . |
| 5 | On April 3 it was announced that a fund would be set up to complement the introduction with effect from March 22 of a new penal code based on sharia ( Islamic ) law [ see p. 37995 ] . |
| 6 | An audible ripple of laughter went round the court room as Brown denied vehemently that he had been ‘ set up to take the rap for the footballer ’ . |
| 7 | This emergency centre in Oxford was set up to coordinate the response to just such an incident . |
| 8 | Manfred von Richthofen , president of the West Berlin Federation , said a committee will be set up to examine the possibility of a bid from the city . |
| 9 | Manfred von Richthofen , president of the West Berlin Federation , said a committee will be set up to examine the possibility of a bid from the city . |
| 10 | Another proposal was that an independent commission would be set up to examine the question of racial discrimination . |
| 11 | The Lindop Inquiry was set up to examine the maintenance of standards in the polytechnics and colleges sector of UK higher education . |
| 12 | In 1970 , an all-party Committee of the Council had been set up to examine the future of the tramway ; rising costs had once again called into question the future of winter tramway operations . |
| 13 | In 1987 the Dragon Project Trust was set up to continue the work of the project and to study effects on consciousness at sites where specific geophysical anomalies have been noted . |
| 14 | It is therefore recommended that the LIFESPAN user hierarchy should be set up to reflect the structure of the individual organisation concerned . |
| 15 | It is therefore recommended that the LIFESPAN user hierarchy should be set up to reflect the structure of the individual organisation concerned . |
| 16 | If the system is set up to compare the amounts of each wavelength coming from different parts of the scene the problem of colour constancy is solved immediately . |
| 17 | The housing forum in Wensleydale was set up to assess the severity of the problem . |
| 18 | A TRIAL SCHEME should be set up to assess the validity of a contingent legal aid fund to finance personal injury claims for those too well-off to qualify for legal aid but too poor to pay fees , the conference was told . |
| 19 | In conventional trials set up to assess the efficacy of a new drug , the drug is given to a group of patients suffering from a particular illness , and the effects are compared with those obtained in a matched group of patients given a dummy ( or placebo ) drug . |
| 20 | A new economic commission was set up to monitor the success of the austerity measures . |
| 21 | Kazakhstan 's President Nazarbayev , however , pointed out in an interview after the close of the summit that no executive or supervisory bodies had been set up to monitor the implementation of the agreements reached there . |
| 22 | The English Association was set up to promote the maintenance of " correct use of English , spoken and written " , the recognition of English as " an essential element in the national education " , and the discussion of teaching methods and advanced study as well as the correlation of school with university work.48 From the beginning , personnel attached to the new Board of Education seem to have been sympathetic to the view of English as the most natural candidate to lead a mission of cultural renewal : at any rate , from its inception the English Association set out to ensure that such was the case . |
| 23 | The General Practitioner Board was set up to represent the interests of general practitioners . |
| 24 | Boulton and Watt beam engines pumped out water at both ends , and a brick yard was set up to make the bricks near the site — seven million were used . |
| 25 | It has been set up to ensure the future of small woodlands by finding markets for the produce of traditional management practices , such as coppicing , which also improve wildlife habitat . |
| 26 | Social institutions , including that of education , are set up to counteract the shortcomings of nature , to control and exploit it and turn it to human advantage . |
| 27 | The village chiefs ask their people if they are willing to work on the water projects , and once agreed a project committee is set up carrying the authority of all involved . |
| 28 | The move to set up the staff commission comes after local authorities asked that a body be set up to protect the interests of employees . |
| 29 | A state property fund was to be set up to administer the sale of enterprises , and the workforce would be given priority in buying shares in their enterprises ( except in cases of forced destatization or bankruptcy ) , with quotas set for sales to Soviet and foreign investors . |
| 30 | IN 1965 a Sports Council was set up to advise the government on future policy on sport and physical education . |