Example sentences of "[verb] set up [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Gascoigne enjoyed good support from Batty , who had another busy game in midfield and rarely allowed the opposition to establish the sort of rhythm they tried to set up at the start , when Boban and Suker tested Woods with low shots after some swift exchanges of passes had succeeded in outmanoeuvring England 's defence .
2 On the other hand , the new kind of assignment resembles the equitable assignment in being subject to equities , i.e. to claims or defences which the debtor or other person might have set up against the assignor .
3 Although he showed particular fondness for Jessie , John certainly was not generous to the couple when after the war her husband wanted to set up in the textile business in Newcastle .
4 It was that if I wanted to set up in the business of manufacturing coffins , he would have no objections .
5 The lion 's share of Singapore 's exports is produced by the 3,000-odd foreign companies that have set up on the island .
6 Since then , 110 enterprises have set up in the centre 's offices , retail outlets and workshops .
7 There should be some recognition of the fact that the programmes that the Government have set up in the network of jobcentres , including restart , job clubs , job interview guarantees and all the programmes that they deliver through jobcentres or training and enterprise councils , help to alleviate the misery that comes with loss of employment .
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