Example sentences of "[conj] set [adv prt] a [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They point out that setting up a screening system that is as accurate as the UK one is very difficult . |
| 2 | Then , influenced by his aunt Naomi Treen ( née Cubitt ) , a teacher at an elementary school practising Pestalozzian methods , he obtained in 1851 the post of master at Holy Trinity National School , Lambeth , where the progressive vicar , the Revd James Gillman , allowed him to pioneer revolutionary teaching methods in natural history and to set up a school museum . |
| 3 | For through sponsorship , ActionAid is working to improve farming methods and educational facilities , and to set up a community development programme so the villagers themselves learn how to identify problems and deal with them more effectively . |
| 4 | to try and set up a scout group |
| 5 | Could I ask you very quickly on that note , do you think the answer is to try and set up a voting mechanism amongst the deferred pensioners , or is the answer that one should actually appoint a professional independent trustee , specifically with the duties of looking after the deferred pensioners in the debates that you have identified often take place ? |
| 6 | Where labour and manufacturing facilities are often quite economical in overseas countries and setting up a manufacturing base saves transportation costs . |
| 7 | These included removing dozens of military officers and all 14 Supreme Court judges , approving radical judicial reforms , banning everyone cited for rights abuses from public office for ten years and setting up a compensation fund for victims of the war . |
| 8 | The Whitehaven Youth Trust is renovating the old Whitehaven Market Hall and setting up a youth club . |
| 9 | President Ali Hassan Mwinyi reshuffled the Cabinet on March 6 , 1989 , creating two new ministries and setting up a planning commission in the Office of the President . |
| 10 | However a hand drill can be a useful extra tool for making holes in locations remote from a power supply , or simply for a one-off drilling job in the workshop for which it is not worth unpacking and setting up a power tool . |
| 11 | New Line has ploughed its profits from ‘ Nightmare on Elm Street ’ and ‘ Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ’ into buying other firms ' film libraries and setting up a distribution system . |
| 12 | I 'll need your help to clear one of the chambers and set up a school room . |
| 13 | Extend needle and syringe exchange facilities and local health care services and set up a specialist drug clinic . |
| 14 | He paid her a lump sum and set up a trust fund for daughter Angelique . |
| 15 | Then Ulzana , the Apple Apache in his Gucci Ghost Shirt , would-be heir to the eagle-feathers , graduated from Berkeley , and set up a computer software firm . |
| 16 | To catch on to the developing barbecue market , the BTIS is also to spotlight June as its first Quality British Turkey Month ; arrange sampling tests for up to 150,000 consumers ; and set up a turkey charity ball — or turkey trot — in conjunction with a major charity . |
| 17 | We will establish a proper career structure for research fellows and set up a Pay Review Body for academic and non-academic staff to halt the brain drain . |
| 18 | On May 28 , 1989 — International Day of Action for Women 's Health we plan to hold a seminar/meeting to consolidate our gains and set up a support network for the genital mutilation campaign . |
| 19 | 3Com Corp reached agreement to settle four consolidated class action lawsuits and set up a $9.85m fund . |
| 20 | He took over his own printing company called E L Hildreth in the forties and in the fifties sometime sold that out and set up a design shop to produce books and magazines , near Brattleboro , Vermont , and the prep school that I went to had retained him for many years as their printing adviser and , you know , he did the catalogues . |
| 21 | Similar steps had been taken on May 31 by France and were taken on June 6 by Italy , while the Belgian government warned against eating British beef and set up a health inquiry . |
| 22 | A law signed on March 5 ( given in full in Rossiskaya gazeta of May 6 ) laid down the legal foundations of individual and state security and set up a Security Council responsible for this area , chaired ex officio by the Russian President . |
| 23 | We will mount a drive against school truancy , and set up a Task Force to find the best ways of co-ordinating the work of local agencies helping young people at risk of becoming offenders . |
| 24 | I had dropped out of regular English teaching and set up a special-needs unit in the school . |
| 25 | As a response to popular demands for greater democracy , Habyarimana in November announced plans to abandon one-party rule and set up a review commission , whose brief was to make recommendations on the country 's future political system . |
| 26 | Had the company recorded its investment in B at the fair value of £2.1m and set up a merger reserve in its own books rather than on consolidation , no gain would arise in the parent company 's profit and loss account , but the merger reserve would become realised and available for distribution . |
| 27 | On May 28 Kaunda announced plans to sell 40 per cent of shares in public utilities and services and 49 per cent of shares in state mining , industrial and commercial enterprises , as well as to set up a stock exchange , a move perceived as a way of attracting more aid from Western donors . |
| 28 | When setting up a user hierarchy within LIFESPAN , it is advisable to bear in mind the following points : |
| 29 | When setting up a rack system , the connections are nearly always made from the back , and if a wireless system is used this is fed into the preamp 's rear input , although the front panel input invariably overrides this should you ever require the use of a lead . |
| 30 | When setting up a community leg ulcer clinic , nurses need to be knowledgeable about many aspects of care ( Fig 1 ) . |