Example sentences of "[noun sg] to set [adv] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then Joanna asked thoughtfully , ‘ Sophie , when you first made up your mind to set up on your own , did you contemplate doing any large-animal work at all ? ’ |
| 2 | Also issued on Oct. 26 , a decree granted foreign investors ( individual or corporate ) the right to set up on Soviet soil a 100 per cent foreign-owned enterprise , or to buy a shareholding in existing Soviet enterprises . |
| 3 | It 's a dangerous operation to set out on . |
| 4 | She had built up a good little business in the indoor market-hall and now she and George had amassed enough in the bank to set up on a farm of their own . |
| 5 | Training : Tax relief will be given to employers helping employees leaving their company to set up on their own . |
| 6 | Kind souls , such as Mr Smith , who had reckoned that Tiller had encouraged his son to set up on his own , were proved wrong . |