Example sentences of "[art] [noun pl] [verb] set [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They immediately had to dive for cover , however , as the Germans had set up a pair of machine guns in front of the doors behind hastily piled crates . |
| 2 | The proposals have set off a heated debate within the milk industry , whose outcome is likely to have important ramifications north of the Border , where the Scottish milk boards are facing a similar fate to that of their English and Welsh counterpart . |
| 3 | Meanwhile the supporters want to set up a petition encouraging Flashman to go . |
| 4 | The participants voted to set up an Association for Communication and Theological Education to carry forward the discussions held at Yale . |
| 5 | Here the organisers have set up an international event where walkers , climbers and people everywhere can do something they enjoy doing and benefit others at the same time . |
| 6 | At this meeting the delegates agreed to set up a steering committee consisting of members from Germany , Holland , Italy and Great Britain , with John Young as Chairman . |
| 7 | But the assumption , doubtful in itself , that in a Co-operative Community the distinction would have had no meaning does not explain why , when in the real world of Rochdale in the 1850s the distinction became apparent to them the Pioneers chose to set up the production arm as a separate society . |
| 8 | He says ; The police have set up an incident room with four teams of officers working on the case . |
| 9 | Mr Tammames said : ‘ The Socialists have set up a client state where the pensioners , the people on the dole , are all sucking sustenance through government tubes . |
| 10 | The Peloponnesians ravaged the mine district in 430 ( Thuc. ii.55 ) , but it is hard to destroy a mine without explosives , and it was not till the Spartans envisaged setting up a fort on Attic territory at Decelea ( p. 142 ) that there could be talk of seriously damaging Athens ' mining revenues ( vi.91 ) . |
| 11 | Nearer the cottage the soldiers had set up an infestation grid , the dull mauve light attracting anything small and winged from the surrounding meadows . |
| 12 | His party argued the Tories had set up a Economic Development Forum but had not put enough money in . |