Example sentences of "[noun sg] [is] [verb] set [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.

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1 In the light of growing evidence that the duty to report chartered accountants for breaches of regulations and other misdemeanours is putting Institute members off seeking help from other chartered accountants , the Institute is to consider setting up a confidential advisory scheme , possibly at district society level , which would be run along lines similar to the ‘ confessional ’ .
2 Senility is known to set in a good deal earlier in many cases . ’
3 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 .
4 THE ROYAL Statistical Society is to consider setting up an independent council to monitor the Government 's use of statistics and research in a climate of growing concern about political interference .
5 He said : ‘ The new government is trying to set up a new country but they have no natural resources and they are desperately short of everything .
6 At the point where the program is trying to set up the tutorial files it reports that it is unable to find ‘ Festina Text ’ and skips the entire operation .
7 CLEVELAND PARK is hoping to set up a two-dog match between the Middlesbrough track 's current top dog , Goulane Peggy , and exciting newcomer I 'm Sloppy .
8 The couple is expected to set up a separate residence for themselves on or shortly after marriage ( that is , and has long been , a general European pattern ) , and the chief obligations of the spouses are to each other and to their children , and only after that to their own families of origin .
9 If the father is trying to instil good table manners while the mother is arguing , ‘ What does it matter , so long as she eats ? ’ , or the mother is trying to set up a sensible bedtime routine while father says ‘ Another half-hour wo n't hurt ’ , mealtimes and bedtimes will soon turn into problem areas .
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