Example sentences of "[verb] set [adv prt] a [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wickes Developments wants to set up a 31,000 square foot superstore at Lustrum Avenue , Portrack , but the council turned down the plan saying it would take trade away from the town centre , and create traffic problems . |
| 2 | China has solved the problem of disposing of solid radioactive waste and has set up a complete purifying system for radioactive liquid and gaseous waste , according to participants in a seminar on nuclear science in Beijing . |
| 3 | BT has set up a new free service to deal with all customers ' enquiries if they are moving house . |
| 4 | I should like to hear from anyone who has set up a coldwater marine tank in this area . |
| 5 | The Democratic Platform at a conference on March 18-19 had begun discussing whether it should prepare to set up a new political party immediately after the July congress , if its policies were not adopted . |
| 6 | Defence and foreign ministers of the nine member countries of the Western European Union ( WEU ) , meeting in Bonn , Germany , on June 19 , agreed to set up a joint military force which could be deployed for peacekeeping , humanitarian and other missions , including the deployment of " combat forces in crisis management " , in Europe and elsewhere . |
| 7 | A new bid is being made to set up a 25-stall weekly market on land at the rear of The Three Tuns Hotel , Murray Street , Filey , by Market Operators and Management . |
| 8 | Informix Software Inc has indicated that it plans to set up a wholly-owned Japanese subsidiary during 1993 , according to ComputerWorld Japan . |
| 9 | The Lord Chancellor originally intended that lenders should be self-regulating , but since publishing the white paper he has decided to set up a new Authorised Conveyancing Practitioners ' Board , with consumer representatives , to police lenders offering conveyancing services . |
| 10 | The commission is now going to set up a special working group to look at the problem . |
| 11 | The ministers and presidents also agreed to set up a European Monetary Institute under " stage two " to co-ordinate the 12 national monetary policies . |
| 12 | On Dec. 11 agreement was reached to set up a single joint company to oversee the pipelines . |
| 13 | During the Dec. 23 visit of Capt. Blaise Compaoré , head of state of Burkina , agreement was reached to set up a permanent joint commission to promote co-operation and to open up diplomatic missions in the respective capitals as soon as possible . |
| 14 | In the light of growing evidence that the duty to report chartered accountants for breaches of regulations and other misdemeanours is putting Institute members off seeking help from other chartered accountants , the Institute is to consider setting up a confidential advisory scheme , possibly at district society level , which would be run along lines similar to the ‘ confessional ’ . |
| 15 | The Medium-Term Financial Strategy ( MTFS ) introduced in 1980 aimed to set out a medium-term financial framework for the monetary and fiscal policies consistent with the government 's overall strategy for reducing inflation and laying the foundations for sustainable economic growth . |
| 16 | It is clear that the founding treaties , and in particular the EEC Treaty which has by far the broadest scope of the three , have established the Communities and the institutions which enable them to operate ; but more than this , they have been held by the European Court to have set up a new legal system separate from those of the Member States . |
| 17 | The report recommends setting up a new centralized inter-agency , inter-state programme which would be responsible for funding , monitoring and giving advice . |
| 18 | This experiment uses a pair of old-type telephone handsets to set up a two-way analogue communication link over copper wires between two points which may be several hundred metres apart . |
| 19 | We will legislate to set up a new independent regulator to advise on issues affecting Post Office customers , and on the progressive introduction of competition . |
| 20 | We have taken a new initiative , brand new initiative , we 've set up a whole new scheme doing this that and the other da da da , and in a sort of a tail end , |
| 21 | The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development ( EBRD ) announced on Sept. 3 that it had set up a short-term technical advice scheme for the Soviet Union . |
| 22 | Some of the improvements may have originated from his brother Jonathan , who had set up a flourishing instrument-making business in Rotterdam . |
| 23 | He had set up a 10-strong Renewable Energy Advisory Group ( REAG ) . |
| 24 | SCOTTISH football legislators are giving serious consideration to scrapping relegation this season and agreeing to set up a 14-club Premier Division next term as a temporary measure before returning to a top tier of ten teams in 1994-95 . |
| 25 | Ante Markovic , the President of the Federal Executive Council ( federal Prime Minister ) and one of Yugoslavia 's most popular politicians , announced on May 25 that he was planning to set up a new political party based around his government team and with a programme of Western-style economic and political reforms , to contest multiparty elections to the Federal Assembly expected before the end of 1990 . |
| 26 | I know you and other parents with you are working to set up a special dyslexic unit in the Brighton area . |
| 27 | For example , we have set up a joint working party with Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise for this purpose . |
| 28 | Software house Logica Plc , London W and software and services company Finsiel SpA , have set up a new joint venture company in Italy called Logicasiel SpA , following Finsiel 's acquisition of the controlling shares in Data Management , Logica 's original joint venture partner in Italy : Logica owns 40% of Logicasiel , while Finsiel , via Data Management , owns 60% ; Logicasiel is made up of Logica General Systems , the original Logica-Data Management joint venture set up in 1985 , and GSO Informatica , which is now wholly owned by the new company ; Logicasiel has 240 staff and turnover of approximately £15m ; it operates in finance , local government and industry , but intends to focus on developing further trade links with the European Commission and pan-European organisations . |
| 29 | And she is also supporting vets who have set up a MASH-style medical unit for injured horses . |
| 30 | Kasparov and Short have set up a breakaway Professional Chess Association , and are considering bids for a title match , which would almost certainly be staged in London . |