Example sentences of "[noun] set [adv prt] an [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 They then commandeered a battery operated amplifier and two loudspeakers from the local constituency association , and via the roof of one of their cars set up an excellent PA system .
2 Sheffield , too , had such links ( even before reorganization ) formalized in an Industrial Development Advisory Committee , involving representatives of industry , trade unions , central government departments as well as the city council , and in the late 1970s Nottinghamshire set up an economic forum involving similar groups ( Johnson and Cochrane , 1981 , p. 171 ) .
3 However there are no plans at present to set up an independent council to monitor the Government 's use of statistics .
4 The Spaniards and the Italians need only home wins to set up an intriguing revenge match between two talented Latin sides who met in the Cup-Winners ' Cup final in Berne three years ago .
5 One of the first cities to set up an Architectural Department in 1938 , an exhibition in May-June 1939 illustrated plans for a redesigned civic centre , with lectures by such well known authorities on town planning as Thomas Sharp , author of Oxford Re-planned , and Clough Williams-Ellis , builder of the Italianate village of Portmeirion in Snowdonia .
6 The UK government has shelved plans to set up an environmental agency because of lack of parliamentary time in the next session for the necessary legislation .
7 There are plans to set up an Eritrean Communication and Development Institute to serve as a national training and production centre .
8 There are plans to set up an Eritrean Communication and Development Institute to serve as a national training and production centre .
9 There are also plans to set up an international school for the training of museum curators attached to the Hermitage .
10 The honorary secretary of the Royal Statistical Society denies in a letter published on this page today that there are plans to set up an independent council to monitor the Government 's use of statistics , but such a development would be desirable .
11 He has also highlighted plans to set up an independent Energy Savings Trust , funded with some of the profits made by British Gas and the regional electricity companies .
12 BSB Dorland 's grip on the £28m ( Media Register ) Rover account is threatened following Rover 's decision to set up an in-house marketing consultancy .
13 Following discussions by a forum of some 70 senior executives from the industry , brought together by the Association , and which invited the HCIMA to set up an industry-led accreditation scheme .
14 The US and Mexican governments are examining a proposal to set up an environmental fund to help tackle pollution problems on the border between the two countries .
15 Is the Secretary of State aware that in London there is a majority in favour of Labour 's proposal to set up an elected police authority for the Greater London area ?
16 The draft schedule of the Act sets out an extensive list of prescribed matters which must be taken into account , and these cover traditional and new areas .
17 Korah sets up an alternative people of God ( the Hebrew term translated ‘ company ’ in the RSV in verse 5 and beyond is the same as ‘ congregation ’ in verse 2 and elsewhere , which is used to refer to Israel as a whole ) .
18 Originally an old coaching inn set round an ancient bowling green , now carefully developed to provide up-to-date comforts in the centre of this prosperous town to the South of the City .
19 On May 25th the council set up an 11-member tribunal in The Hague .
20 The need to set up an expensive servicing network may not have been realised .
21 Barry Quirke , chairman of the Institute of Statisticians , said : ‘ We would be very keen to support any initiative to set up an independent committee , so long as it has teeth .
22 The League Against Cruel Sports set up an undercover operation which it says proves that some hunts make up to twenty thousand pounds a year without paying tax.Huntsmen say the League is resorting to desperation tactics .
23 RANGERS boss Walter Smith praised his young side as they easily overcame Hibs to set up an important week with forthcoming matches against Club Bruges and Celtic .
24 Earlier yesterday , Health Secretary Virginia Bottomley instructed the authority to set up an independent inquiry to look into the circumstances surrounding Allitt 's killing spree on the children 's ward of Grantham and Kesteven Hospital .
25 Most notable by its absence was any commitment to set up an environmental protection agency — the centrepiece of the environmental section of the Conservative Party election manifesto .
26 Television sets up an obsessive acting-out of desire , which the spectator tries to assuage by consuming the television text itself in its unique promise .
27 POLITICAL prevarication is blocking moves to set up an international agency to monitor military activity throughout the world using a network of spy satellites .
28 In October the human rights organization , Amnesty International , called on the SWAPO government to set up an impartial inquiry , claiming that at least 350 prisoners were still unaccounted for .
29 The pressure group , made up mainly of small business customers , wants the Government to set up an independent body to investigate cases like his .
30 It 's a good way to get people going , especially if they are confused , because music sets up an automatic response in us .
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