Example sentences of "[adj] [pers pn] set [adv prt] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 On Friday 24 March 1933 they set up an experiment in which a mixture of ethylene and benzaldehyde was pressurized to 1,900 atmospheres at 170°C in the hope that the two substances would combine together .
2 In about 1784 he set up a press there , and founded an ambitious system of circulating libraries ; to anyone wishing to set one up he offered a stock of books , a catalogue , and instructions .
3 In 1932 she set up a facility at the Settlement Hall in Newport Road , teaching children basic skills , walking , and speech therapy .
4 In January 1986 we set up The Desktop Publishing Company and bought a complete Apple Macintosh desktop publishing system .
5 Fothergill was a doctor and in 1740 he set up a practice in White Hart Street very near the Collinson establishment and flowers from Peckham might well have adorned yet another house in the City .
6 In the 1860s Spence became interested in copper smelting , and in 1866 he set up a company in Gode to develop his ideas .
7 In 1880 he set up the Art Furnishers ' Alliance at Bond Street to sell ‘ artistic house furnishing material ’ .
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