Example sentences of "[v-ing] to set [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , together with several colleagues , I was endeavouring to set up an informal meeting with ministers to try and discuss this matter er when the haemophiliac 's representative decided to go to law for their own good reasons , because that made it more difficult for any negotiations to take place . |
| 2 | An RAF Warrant Officer in the Medical Administration branch , this Veteran was in the war from the start , helping to set up a field hospital . |
| 3 | 30 , London suburban background , now squatting , helping to set up a law centre to advise women . |
| 4 | Robinson also cited the work of the commission 's judicial task force in recommending and helping to set up a scientific organization inside the Federal Judicial Center that will provide guidance for judges on the question of interpreting scientific evidence in court ( see page 481 ) . |
| 5 | He revisited the USA in 1917 to play a decisive part in helping to set up the first official American military intelligence service . |
| 6 | Jack Boyle ( Brian Devlin ) showed very good comic timing , helping to set up the comic aspect of the play . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm helping to set out the stalls for the hospital bazaar — should be back about midday , ’ she called , as she let herself out of the house . |
| 8 | Further to our meeting last Friday , I am writing to set out the advice and assistance that we are able to provide in connection with the intended sale of Older Business Limited . |
| 9 | In connection with the role you have asked me to undertake in the dispute between Mr D Smith and the other directors of and shareholders in Smith & Co Limited , I am writing to set out the nature of the responsibilities which you wish me to perform . |
| 10 | In theory , anyone wanting to set up a bank should have $300,000 ( £175,000 ) capital . |
| 11 | Cleveland social services and Cleveland Cooperative Agency are looking to set up a ‘ sitting ’ service so that carers of elderly people can take a break when the county council 's Tithebarn resource centre opens in Stockton later this year . |
| 12 | Billy Neilson , a prominent Wear Valley councillor until last May 's Christopherian coup , was approached the other day by someone seeking to set up a small business in Sunderland . |
| 13 | This is particularly unfortunate because in deciding to set aside the demand the judge exercised a discretion , and on this appeal I am discharging an appellate jurisdiction and not hearing the matter afresh and exercising my own discretion : see In re Gilmartin ( A Bankrupt ) [ 1989 ] 1 W.L.R. 513 . |
| 14 | BLANTYRE 's Jim McCann and Richard Corsie , from Edinburgh , go into action in today 's semi-finals of the Midland Bank World Indoor Singles Championship attempting to set up the first all-Scottish final for four years on Sunday . |
| 15 | Paragraph 29 of the statement of claim alleges that the third and fourth defendants and through them , the fifth defendant were ‘ knowingly concerned ’ in the breaches of section 3 , 47 , 56 and 57 in four specified respects , namely , ( i ) in authorising the transfer of a sum of U.S. $250,000 out of an account in the name of the second defendant into which investors ' money had been paid ; ( ii ) in making arrangements during the postal strike in September 1988 for the collection from investors of their cheques and for the distribution of advertisements inviting investment in Euramco ; ( iii ) in paying investors ' cheques into Pantell S.A. 's bank account ; and ( iv ) in attempting to set up an account at Barclays Bank 's Holborn branch for another company , also called Pantell S.A. |
| 16 | Disgraced during the 1960s Cultural Revolution for allegedly attempting to set up an " independent kingdom " , Ulanhu was rehabilitated in 1973 as a member of the CCP central committee . |
| 17 | Before attempting to set out an approach to disruptive pupils , I believe it is important to preface the debate with a general comment on education — first , because the nature of the topic can generate emotions that lead to a distortion of the author 's overall perspective , and second , while I am critical of many educational responses to disruptive pupils I do not wish to add to teachers ' feelings of being under siege . |
| 18 | I am going to set up a two foot tank . |
| 19 | I am going to set up a two foot tank . |
| 20 | The commission is now going to set up a special working group to look at the problem . |
| 21 | We 're going to set up a safari park in the back garden and cream teans on the lawn |
| 22 | Barnes has fired up a powerful B side and told them : ‘ We are going to set down a performance that will make the selectors take notice . |
| 23 | I 'm going to set off a flare . ’ |
| 24 | That 's if we 're not going to set off the alarm system ! ’ |
| 25 | The Midland Bank 's small business and branch managers have been issued with a business information guide to help them better understand the needs of people wishing to set up a bookshop or specialist comic shop . |
| 26 | John Tompkins is wishing to set up an open canoe group for advanced paddlers . |
| 27 | Proper notice through registry recordings can be accomplished without having to set up a universal or central registry . |
| 28 | An EC life insurer can now provide insurance in other member states without having to set up a branch or agency in those other states , according to the Insurance Companies ( Amendment ) Regulations 1993 which came into force on 20 May 1993 , giving effect to the Second Life Insurance Directive ( 90/619/EEC ) of 8 November 1990 . |
| 29 | Attempts are continuing to set up a rescue package for a travel firm which collapsed , putting the holidays of hundreds of customers in doubt . |
| 30 | The process had been crowned by the Tsar 's undertaking to set up a State Duma , a permanent forum for public participation in the affairs of government . |