Example sentences of "[conj] set [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.

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1 It is up to them whether they move in with Mum and Dad or set up a caravan on site until the work is finished .
2 We will strengthen support for such schemes and consult about the possibility of creating a new tax incentive to encourage companies to establish or extend an ESOP or set up a co-operative .
3 Others have found it more advantageous to acquire a local bank or set up a joint venture with local banks .
4 Councils in other parts of the country also adopted the Manchester approach and appointed workers or set up a unit .
5 Or set up a business ?
6 They could have published a White Paper or set up a commission of inquiry .
7 A US company that set up a film importing subsidiary in South Korea was subjected to intensive intimidation , including the release of snakes into cinemas to deter cinema customers .
8 It was a stupid thing , he thought , three gold baubles on springs that set up a continual motion , banging one against the other , and he kept it on his desk only to please her .
9 Attractions included a travelling funfair that set up every year on the field beside the factory 's private runway and a gigantic firework display during the evening .
10 BP was one of a consortium of international oil companies that set up an oil spill response base in Singapore .
11 Nor could jumpy Orrell cope with the efficiency of the steady , unflurried Pilgrim , the full-back , who kicked Wasps ' penalty goals besides putting in the delicate chip that set up the try for Oti .
12 The reason I started writing tunes was because I could n't find tunes that set up the kind of guitar playing I wanted to do as an improviser .
13 The Mirror rang the London firm that set up the line , Cablecom Productions .
14 The nuts and bolts of the deal have been put together cleverly to comply with the 1982 Cable Act and with the specific terms of the 1984 consent decree from Judge Harold Greene that set up the Baby Bells .
15 Both originated in a split in the nationalist movement of the early 1920s about the acceptability of the 1921 treaty with Britain that set up the Irish Free State .
16 Murray 's cross from the right in the 67th minute was precise and evaded everyone except McCoist , whose header was turned towards Dykstra 's right-hand post and was as finely judged as the ball that set up the chance .
17 Time stood still and suddenly there was only one focus — this mounting , spiralling pressure that set off a high-pitched singing inside her head and made breathing hazardous .
18 Staff need to be made aware of the indicators that trigger off their own prejudices — snotty noses , nose- and ear-rings , coloured hair , leather jackets , elaborate and expensive school uniforms , gum-chewing — all those things that set off an expectation of a certain kind of behaviour , regardless of the individual young person 's personality .
19 The wretched towns of lower Aragon , detested by liberal soldiers , became strongholds of Carlism and it was the desolation of decaying artisan towns that set off the polemics on the effectiveness of ecclesiastical charity .
20 He was dressed in a dark suit , expensively tailored , and a plain white shirt and bright silk tie that set off the crisp , glossy blackness of his hair .
21 Thus , in June 1985 , the Commission published a White Paper that set out a programme and timetable for the adoption of 300 legislative proposals ( later reduced to 282 ) to achieve a single market .
22 This paper that set out the excuse me , the paper set out the details of the I T capital code goes on to ninety-four , five .
23 We hounded him to such effect that he responded in the classic 1970s way and set up no less than an official committee of inquiry to consider the whole position .
24 Lucy arranged the contents of a folder on the table and set up a typewriter .
25 Tries by Allan Bateman and Colin Laity brought the home team back into the hunt and set up a stirring finale to the heavyweight contest .
26 But in 1985 , after the Sino-British settlement was announced , he resigned , declaring the move to be a protest against Britain 's withholding of full citizenship from Hong Kong passport holders , and set up a trust to advise would-be emigrants on alternative rights of abode .
27 He had worked along with Lutyens in the office of Sir Ernest George and set up a practice in Bourton on the Hill , Gloucestershire , where he was kept in constant commission by the smart hunting crowd .
28 The Soviet parliament voted the address unconstitutional and set up a special committee , dominated by Communist hardliners , to send a formal appeal to the Russian parliament .
29 With 800–900 of Switzerland 's 2300 professors due to retire before the end of the decade , the Swiss have taken a leaf out of Britain 's book and set up a scheme for appointing ‘ new blood ’ assistant professors at the rate of 300 in each of the next two four-year planning periods .
30 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 .
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