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

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1 It is to set up an ancillary file with the records in sequential key order and each record consisting only of a count field .
2 The main consequence of these discussions was to set up an International Commission of Chemical Nomenclature to continue the work started at the conference .
3 One of the first things Tolkien did after his return to Oxford in 1925 was to set up an Icelandic reading group such as he had enjoyed during his last job , as Professor of English at Leeds .
4 Our first step was to set up an independent trust to repair the building .
5 For appearances ' sake I maintained the fiction that I was setting up an independent enterprise in the EFL field .
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