Example sentences of "[noun] [noun prp] [verb] set [adv prt] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under pressure from environmental critics and rapid population growth , Las Vegas has set up a water authority to manage supplies . |
| 2 | Twice former title-holder Richard Corsie advanced to set up an all-Scottish second-round clash with Gourlay when he coasted to a straight-sets win over South Africa 's Bill Moseley . |
| 3 | Occupational safety officials in South Africa have set up a public inquiry to investigate mercury poisoning of at least three employees of a British-owned toxic waste reprocessing plant at Cato Ridge in Natal . |
| 4 | Local authorities in countries bordering the North Sea have set up an organization , Kimo , for the purpose of sharing information on technology and good practice with the ultimate aim of improving the coastal and marine environments while also safeguarding economic prosperity . |
| 5 | Agreeing that the cakes should be protected , Mr Pinkney had set up a sort of crêpe paper barrier along the front of the display . |
| 6 | Lord Justice Watkins , sitting with Mr Justice Garland , also rejected criticism made by Mr Justice Henry at an earlier hearing that Mr Saunders had set up a trust fund to render himself less likely to face litigation and reduce his ability to pay legal costs . |
| 7 | , President Bush has set up a President 's Commission on Environmental Quality , whose brief is to report within two years on ways in which the marketplace may be tapped for environmental protection . |
| 8 | In recent months , Sir Keith has set up a national committee to explore some of these possibilities . |
| 9 | Now Mr Robertson plans to set up a support group for Swindon people growing up with the problems of different cultures at home and outside . |
| 10 | Three years on , Mr Garnett has set up a company — Wisdom Agricultural — to make and market the device . |
| 11 | ICI Australia has set up an imaginative scheme to improve industry/teacher links , whereby one of its employees and one teacher are paired in a scientific expedition alongside a distinguished researcher . |
| 12 | Later , during the 1960s , Academician M. Tikhomirov proposed setting up a commission to locate the library , and some of its expeditions were still active as late as the 1970s . |
| 13 | In response to demand SCOTVEC has set up a working group of employer and college representatives to develop a new HND in Social Care Management . |
| 14 | The sculptor Rob Blote has set up a gallery in his home in Wassenaar with the specific purpose of selling works of art which the Dutch government had purchased through the BKR Scheme . |
| 15 | This astonishing success , considering the size of his forces and the difficulty of much of the terrain over which he fought , only succeeded in outraging Alfonso , who seems to have believed — or been persuaded to believe — that El Cid intended to set up a rival kingdom in Valencia . |
| 16 | To study the benefits of downsizing a corporate information system , Sun Microsystems France has set up a ‘ club de reflexion ’ of approximately 40 French directors of information technology , says Eric Saillard , manager of rightsizing marketing at Sun 's French subsidiary . |
| 17 | The Automobile Association was established on 26 June 1905 , a few months after Charles Jarrott and William Letts had set up a warning system to advise motorists of police speed traps on some sections of the London to Brighton road . |
| 18 | The computer company IBM has set up an internal " Environment Council " with a " green senior manager " in every department , in an effort to improve environmental performance . |
| 19 | Paul and Pauline Lavery have set up a branch of the National Meningitis Trust after losing toddler Ian . |
| 20 | TOUR operator Airtours has set up a hit-squad of inspectors to seek out and axe shoddy Continental hotels . |