Example sentences of "set up as [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Russian news agency ITAR-TASS reported on Nov. 23 that Aliyev had accepted election as leader of a newly formed political party , Yeni Azerbaijan ( New Azerbaijan ) , set up as a constructive opposition . |
| 2 | After staging several provocative manoeuvres in Vilnius , the newly arrived Soviet paratroopers on Jan. 11 occupied the headquarters of the Lithuanian Defence Council , a government department set up as a first step towards establishing an independent Lithuanian army . |
| 3 | While Jacob was dreaming of Jacob 's Ladder at Beth-El , his head was pillowed on a rock which upon waking he set up as a holy monument . |
| 4 | Soon after Mrs Thatcher came to power in 1979 she disbanded the Royal Commission on the Distribution of Income and Wealth , set up as a permanent body by the Labour government in 1974 to report periodically on changes in distribution trends . |
| 5 | A turnout of 99.5 per cent was reported by the ITAR-TASS news agency in elections held from Nov. 24 to Dec. 7 for 50 of the 60 members of the Khalk Maslakhaty ( People 's Council ) , set up as the supreme body of state power under the Turkmen Constitution adopted in May , and comprising one member from each electoral district . |