Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [prep] set [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Henry Skelton 's college responded by setting up a drugs working party involving students . |
| 2 | The time scale involved did not allow the adoption of the methods and proven practice used in setting up the " persons " system . |
| 3 | The acknowledged annual implementation costs referred to earlier were running at almost double the £220m estimated for setting up the internal market . |
| 4 | Many felt they would benefit from the assistance of trained cancer counsellors , so work began on setting up the course . |
| 5 | Much of the work involved in setting up the business has been research into the complex safety requirements . |
| 6 | Tam 's article consists of setting up a false target and then knocking it down . |
| 7 | The municipal authorities of Barcelona , who over the past few years have acquired a great deal of experience and expertise in founding and running cultural centres , have recently signed an agreement with the Fundación Salvador Allende to collaborate in setting up a museum in Santiago , Chile , to be called the Museo de la Solidaridad Salvador Allende . |
| 8 | The plan was welcomed by the National Farmers ' Union , which declared its willingness to co-operate in setting up a waste management scheme . |
| 9 | Kleinworts looked at setting up a common investment fund , and while , says Rupert Marlow , it has ‘ not eliminated the idea and may come in with something in due course ’ , it prefers to rely on authorised unit trusts and exempt unit trusts to manage its £250m of charity money . |
| 10 | These acts were described as part of a chain of military moves aimed at setting up a new alliance in the Red Sea area with the direct and active participation of the United States . |
| 11 | A couple of minutes passed in setting out the tea things and exchanging minor pleasantries . |
| 12 | In 1921 , for example , we find the police warning against setting up a ‘ continental system of domestic espionage ’ in Britain ( p. 6 ) Even SIS , which had designs on MI5 in 1945 , shied away from the latter 's counter-subversive functions , so as not to be ‘ associated with the idea of an internal Gestapo , ( p. 177 ) No wonder governments are nervous of too much openness in this area . |
| 13 | Coastguards have slammed youths who sparked a rescue alert by setting off a red flare yesterday between Cullercoats and Tynemouth . |
| 14 | There 's all those women talking about setting up a feminist information centre , they need people to help , you 're trained for it , and here you are going away — ’ |