Example sentences of "[noun] set [adv prt] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | Adams set off an a solo run down the left reminiscent of his days at Leeds , and in the end Southampton 's adventure was rewarded leaving Ipswich with nothing to show for an entertaining afternoon 's work . |
| 2 | Of a sudden Hector set up an extraordinarily excited yapping . |
| 3 | Sheffield , too , had such links ( even before reorganization ) formalized in an Industrial Development Advisory Committee , involving representatives of industry , trade unions , central government departments as well as the city council , and in the late 1970s Nottinghamshire set up an economic forum involving similar groups ( Johnson and Cochrane , 1981 , p. 171 ) . |
| 4 | Originally an old coaching inn set round an ancient bowling green , now carefully developed to provide up-to-date comforts in the centre of this prosperous town to the South of the City . |
| 5 | On May 25th the council set up an 11-member tribunal in The Hague . |
| 6 | The Lithuanian Supreme Council set up an " anti-blockade commission " headed by Prime Minister Kazimiera Prunskiene , and on April 25 declared a " state of economic siege " , including rationing of food , petrol and other essential goods . |
| 7 | The Institute set up an independent Financial Reporting Commission last year , which was chaired by Dr Louden Ryan , former governor of the Bank of Ireland , in an attempt to address the expectations gap ( see ACCOUNTANCY , June 1991 , p 14 ) . |
| 8 | Blackwells in Reading set up an ‘ Under £10 ’ table , which had to be constantly replenished and which the group may well replicate in other shops next year . |
| 9 | The Department for Enterprise set out an initiative to encourage the growth of links between schools and the world of work . |
| 10 | Burke and Chinkin set out an expert 's code of conduct in an appendix to their article cited at 14.9.2 . |
| 11 | And in a special report to mark the anniversary , Oxfam set out an agenda to tackle the root causes of disaster and suffering … |
| 12 | Senate set up a working party under Professor Furmston , Council asked consultants Coopers & Lybrand Deloitte to look at the matter , convocation set up an ad hoc working group to respond to the first two reports , and the Vice-Chancellor produced a report for Council which drew together the common threads in all three . |
| 13 | In the same year , the Home Secretary set up an internal committee to examine how the right to silence might best be modified in England and Wales . |
| 14 | A sole practitioner , Mark Ledger , was brought in to head up the Salisbury office , which Ms Harris had set up prior to the merger ; the new firm set up an insolvency department under Geoffrey Morgan ; and 18 months later another sole practitioner , Philip Parmenter , was brought in to set up another office in Witney , Oxfordshire . |
| 15 | In 1839 the government set up an inspectorate to further central supervision of the way the growing state aid was being spent . |
| 16 | The mentality of the time is captured in the statement by Sir Alfred Mond , ICI 's first chairman , when the company set up an agricultural research station : ‘ My ideal is to see , in this as in other chemical manufactures , our great organisation controlling the production and sales of the whole chemical manufacture within the Empire . ’ |
| 17 | Following a statement to Parliament and his Woolwich speech in March and April 1965 , Crosland set up an informal planning group under the Minister of State , Reg Prentice , ‘ to discuss the future pattern of advanced work in the further education system ’ and ‘ the related question of the best arrangements for the government of such colleges ’ . |
| 18 | As part of his investigation into the extent of racial disadvantage in Britain , Smith set up an experiment in which the independent variable was race and the dependent variable was the success or otherwise of applications for a broad range of jobs . |
| 19 | Recognizing this , the NFFC set up an independent unit , Group 3 , to finance low-budget films . |
| 20 | Forty-three members of the old party set up an HSWP cell , and urged their comrades all over the country to do the same . |
| 21 | As part of the RSC sesquicentenary celebration , the Newcastle and North East Coast Section set up an exhibition at the Museum of Science and Technology , Newcastle upon Tyne , to commemorate the history of the chemical industry on Tyneside and Wearside . |
| 22 | Jock set up an old aircraft wing with a tin of petrol inside to simulate a fuel tank , which he propped up on some oil drums . |