Example sentences of "[coord] [modal v] set [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At about the same time as the State Department was receiving this cable from their most senior man on the spot , Secretary of State Byrnes was cabling the Paris embassy that the French were planning to reconquer Tonkin and might set up a puppet government ; while in Hanoi the French commander , General Morlière , was claiming that the US and Chinese consuls had denounced the ‘ criminal and bestial folly ’ of the Vietminh ; although apparently they had n't said a word one way or the other . |
| 2 | ( 2 ) The Upgrading of Land Tenure Rights Bill would enable 300,000 black householders to convert their existing 99-year leases to full ownership of their homes , and would set up a single property register , while government land loaned to rural tribes for communal farming would be transferred to ownership by those tribes . |
| 3 | ‘ Labour supports action to prevent crime and would set up a partnership between the police , the council and the local people . |
| 4 | Mr Fallon said the Conservatives aimed to reduce the emission of gases and would set up an environment agency . |
| 5 | He called them spectaculars and would set up the storyline , do the lyrics and librettos with J. J. Wood and co-write the music with Cuthbert Clarke . |
| 6 | He expresses no doubts , knows precisely what is required and will set about the job with the same approach as he would building a house . |
| 7 | The heads of agreement will be prepared by us in consultattion with you and will set out the principal terms such as the definition of profits for the purpose of the multiplier . |