Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [verb] set [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 Since replacing the former prime minister , Bob Hawke , in an inter-party challenge 14 months ago , Mr Keating has pledged to set up a panel of eminent Australians to study how the country could become a republic , with an Australian head of state , by 2001 .
2 Already the opposition has united to set up a working group on immigration , with a view to formulating a new bill .
3 Once you have a bootable machine run FDISK to set up the partition(s) on your drive .
4 Under the auspices of the International Maritime Organization , 90 countries have agreed to set up an emergency response system to deal with oil spillages .
5 Students of the British public sector have attempted to set down the ‘ typical ’ features of industrial relations in nationalized industries .
6 A FATHER whose son was killed in a road accident has helped set up a support network in the North West for the families of other victims .
7 ( B ) The conference had decided to set up a national assembly composed of 123 members based on the number of constituencies existing before 1969 with a speaker and two deputy speakers .
8 Gen. Asparukhov alleged that Mishev had attempted to set up a secret arms deal with Macedonia .
9 The world 's major airlines have agreed to set up a task force to develop international accounting guidelines ; it will liaise with the IASC .
10 The males do like to set up a territory , and minor skirmishes can break out between them if the tank is not large enough to allow two or three separate domains .
11 The Department of the Environment has agreed to set up a second air pollution monitoring station at Longlands College , Middlesbrough .
12 In the first year of operation , NAB has begun to set up the essential third tier of its structure , namely study groups to examine and report upon specific subject areas and aspects of its operation .
13 After the war , when Helmut had something to do with a factory in Brazil , where he and Father had managed to set up a colony of displaced persons , Father supplied all the machine tools and worked closely with Helmut on the project .
14 Commonwealth leaders meeting in Cyprus have agreed to set up a special mission to lobby key capitals holding out on agreement on the GATT trade negotiations .
15 The Dutch government has helped to set up a national halons " bank " to ensure the most effective use of the chemicals .
16 The Transport Secretary has decided to set up a new rail pension scheme to safeguard their interests .
17 Immediately he joined the group of hard , inflexible German communists the Soviet Union had sent to set up a puppet government in the sector of Germany they occupied .
18 France and Italy have agreed to set up a sanctuary in which dolphins will be protected from drift-net fishing .
19 Recognizing the need for the development of international law on liability and compensation arising from the transport or disposal of hazardous wastes , the resolution requested UNEP to set up a working group of experts on this issue .
20 Aung San had planned to set up a government at Moulmein , but was put off .
21 At Guy 's Hospital the poisons unit has had to set up a psychiatric liaison service to help such patients .
22 Haymarket had intended to set up a computer business with over 20 staff to build its own PCs under the brand Eyecon and sell them through a dealer network .
23 In 1958 William Burroughs had moved to Paris , where Allen Ginsberg had helped set up the ‘ Beat Hotel ’ that persisted into the early 1960s .
  Next page