Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] set [adv prt] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As there was no other business the Conference concluded quickly after its momentous decision to set up a national organisation of the deaf and dumb . |
| 2 | This notice sets out a positive and negative condition that must be satisfied : |
| 3 | Er I 've been able just this week to set up a little er programme at er at work whereby er I have a list of all the newspapers and T Vs and radio stations on a file , and I can tap in a press release , press the button and it would fax them all one after the other , to the various interested bodies . |
| 4 | In 1917 the British government set up a new department of overseas trade designed to bring commerce and foreign policy into more effective contact : its head was to be responsible to both the foreign secretary and the president of the board of trade . |
| 5 | It has 94 rooms and self-catering apartments set around a central pool and bar , around which much of the hotel life revolves . |
| 6 | And the EEC this year set up a technical committee to help the development of trolleybuses . |
| 7 | As a movement in the same direction the German foreign office set up a legal and commercial department in 1885 and the British one acquired a legal adviser in 1893 ( a post of Legal Assistant Under-Secretary had already been created in 1876 ) . |
| 8 | The hypnotic induction sets up a peculiar state of ‘ dissociated consciousness ’ |
| 9 | During a 24-hour visit to Argentina on March 2-3 , 1990 , President Virgilio Barco of Colombia and Menem signed a joint declaration setting up a ministerial commission for political co-ordination and integration . |
| 10 | In July 1918 these universities set up a Joint Standing Committee of Convocations , intended to be non-political and non-partisan , the main purpose being the selection , on approved educational grounds , of candidates for the parliamentary constituency . |
| 11 | Amalia Cardos de Mendez in the Art of Ancient Mexico sets out a simple plan for the language and goes to great length to explain the Maya calendar . |
| 12 | The promotion-winning team set off a short time ago from the County Ground to tour the town in an open-topped bus , before a civic reception given by Thamesdown Council . |
| 13 | A neat interchange in the 24th minute set up a good chance for Dinamo 's Djamaravli , but he scooped his shot high and wide . |
| 14 | In France , the post-war nationalizations set up a tripartite scheme of management with representation of users , public authorities and employees ( Dubois 1975 : 161–3 ; Holter 1982 ) . |
| 15 | Two stunning resorts set around a glimmering bay . ’ |
| 16 | The two forged blocks set up a visual field where the entire space becomes a manifestation of sculpture . |
| 17 | The Labour Party promptly changed its position and in October 1974 ( when the SNP won eleven seats with 30 per cent of the Scottish vote ) promised to bring in legislative devolution setting up a Scottish Assembly with most of the functions of the secretary of state in the hands of a separate Scottish executive responsible to that Assembly . |
| 18 | Not a full-time neglect , but one which sets her as a decoration on the perimeter of his life as a busy executive setting up a new venture . |
| 19 | This departure from the rigid procedures of experimental psychology sets up a radical challenge to the conventional discipline . |
| 20 | In 1977 UNEP set up a co-ordinating committee to review research and calculate projections for ozone depletion . |
| 21 | Discontent over the operation of the new service was one of the factors that led the Labour government to set up a Royal Commission on the National Health Service in 1976 . |
| 22 | Wherever Jews were to be found — whether in the Holy Land or in the far-flung Diaspora — his name had become a household word as one of the select band of zealots whose spirit had never relinquished the hope of one day setting up a Jewish state in Palestine . |
| 23 | In 1887 Davies set up a limited liability company , the Ocean Coal Company , with a nominal capital of £536,000 . |
| 24 | The Soviet media linked the concern of the conference delegates over international tension in the ‘ Arab Gulf and the Arabian Peninsula ’ to ostensible American plans to set up a new military alliance in the Red Sea area . |
| 25 | The Labour leader , John Smith , is believed to have told the Scottish leadership not to support any efforts to set up a Scottish parliamentary council and Mr Clarke 's proposals are intended to maintain Lib Dem support for the convention . |
| 26 | In 1860 Frith set up a photographic company in Reigate to record as many locations in Britain as he could . |
| 27 | Simultaneously a dozen Greek newspapers were being financed by British money , which was also used in the same year to set up a pro-British magazine in Japan . |
| 28 | The Combined Studies Board in October of that year set up a special working party to discuss a variety of difficulties being encountered , including resource constraints facing the BA in Music at Huddersfield Polytechnic , acute accommodation difficulties facing the creative arts course at Newcastle Polytechnic , and poor recruitment and various kinds of dissatisfaction at some other institutions . |
| 29 | The first section of that document set out a powerful ‘ case for a common curriculum in secondary education to 16 ’ . |
| 30 | Mr Bates , a local school governor , is a supporter of the controversial Macmillan City Technology College in Middlesbrough and is fighting his campaign on four main issues : law and order , the Conservative Government 's ability to lead the country out of recession , the Prime Minister 's commitment to the health service and his expectation that Langbaurgh voters will reject the plans of other parties to set up a regional assembly . |