Example sentences of "and set [adv prt] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The money will be used to step up technological know-how , to purchase restoration equipment and set up entire restoration studios in some countries including Colombia and Cuba .
2 True to a tradition dating back to World War II underwater demolition and beach reconnaissance teams , they had not only a high standard of swimming and small boat skills , but also patrolled ashore , and set up small but deadly ambushes .
3 The aim is to mobilise academic communities in the Third World to help create and set up small-scale chemical industries .
4 Yvonne Simpson , honorary secretary of the BDA 's Darlington branch , said many hospitals had now gone beyond special staff and set up diabetic units staffed by consultants .
5 finding ways to acquire and set up sustainable and free media institutions , and requesting , as a right , allocation of adequate air time on government controlled radio and television media .
6 Users can be forced to change their passwords at set intervals , and you can examine an audit trail of a user 's previous passwords , and set up temporary accounts .
7 He settled into an export-import office in Bush House in the Strand , and set up parallel networks of secret intelligence agents to cover the penetrated areas , using the codename Z and avoiding the use of wireless .
8 Termites and ants do it seasonally when the time comes for them to mate , disperse and set up new colonies .
9 AFGHAN guerrillas have been infiltrating Soviet Central Asia with ‘ narcotics , arms and other instruments of subversion ’ in an attempt to overthrow Soviet rule and set up Islamic governments , according to the KGB chief in the Soviet republic of Tadjikistan .
10 AFGHAN guerrillas have been infiltrating Soviet Central Asia with ‘ narcotics , arms and other instruments of subversion ’ in an attempt to overthrow Soviet rule and set up Islamic governments , according to the KGB chief in the Soviet republic of Tadjikistan .
11 In 1691 the Company recognized this and set up two separate administrations , though they were run by the same governor until 1710 .
12 Tumilty , who was anxiously awaiting news of today 's Harp Senior League decider between Bann and Holywood , scored one of the goals and set up two others as George Blackwood 's squad moved to the top of the table overnight .
13 In 1967–68 , the Council 's Training Panel looked at the problems and set up two sub-committees to be concerned with the practical training element of sandwich courses in arts and social studies , and in science and technology .
14 His dazzling skills lifted them to a four-goal victory as he scored one and set up two of his striking partner Kevin Campbell 's three goals .
15 They write the programmes , devise the repertoires and set up standard operating procedures without which the financial , welfare , military and economic management tasks of government would not be administratively feasible .
16 The Norman conquerors , in attempting to establish rights to land in England , undermined indigenous oral criteria for proof of ownership , by which they as newcomers were on weaker ground than native land owners , and set up centralised , bureaucratic procedures with emphasis on written documentation , records , cross-referencing etc. over which they could exercise greater control .
17 The object-oriented database developer , Object Design Inc is aiming to become a $100m company by 1995 , and to do so , has expanded its direct sales operations and set up European headquarters in the UK .
18 After last year 's bomb the City 's police installed surveillance equipment , hired around 40 extra officers , and set up occasional road blocks .
19 From the tenth and eleventh centuries , as the church established itself in northern Spain , the French seized the opportunity and set up monastic centres in the region under the Cluniac Order .
20 Typically such a group starts out as a married couple ; the couple acquire children ; the children grow up , marry and set up nuclear households of their own ; the original household declines in size and is finally wiped out by death .
21 earn a little extra income shall I put it and far from the majority of traditional methods they are to do it legally and set up little typewriting agencies etcetera and if you keep your eye on the notice boards you 'll see various .
22 BETWEEN rounds , two a day at that period , Cotton and Toots would stroll to the car park where the chauffeur unpacked the Fortnum and Mason hamper from the back of the hired Rolls and set up folding chairs and table for an al fresco repast of caviar and champagne .
23 In 1863 he moved to Singapore and set up another , much larger studio .
24 He looked down , saying nothing , then cleared the board and set up another game .
25 If we believe the nature of our industry is likely to change , then it behoves us to experiment , and set up different ways of running things to see whether such approaches are more successful than the traditional ways of doing business .
26 Typically , technology innovators emphasise exports as the initial route for expansion and set up local sales subsidiaries to ensure proper control .
27 Already , after the American War of Independence , Aranda had argued that to retain any sort of hold in America , Spain must abandon the old theory of Empire and set up local independent Bourbon thrones or even slough off Peru . ’
28 Instead they should restrict access to plants , control contracts and set up local industries to capitalise on biodiversity .
29 AT&T Co has been awarded a $5m contract by the island of Nauru to digitise the country 's telecommunications network and set up direct international service : the order includes a 5ESS gateway switching system , equipment to digitise Nauru 's existing analogue earthstations , microwave towers and other terrestrial communications links , a cellular communications network and one year of on-site technical support ; the eight-square-mile island is 2,445 miles southwest of Hawaii and has 9,000 residents ; it makes a living exporting $75m a year in phosphates .
30 There may.be a need to decentralize and set up semi-autonomous subsidiaries or affiliates .
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