Example sentences of "[noun sg] set [adv prt] an [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However there are no plans at present to set up an independent council to monitor the Government 's use of statistics . |
| 2 | BSB Dorland 's grip on the £28m ( Media Register ) Rover account is threatened following Rover 's decision to set up an in-house marketing consultancy . |
| 3 | The US and Mexican governments are examining a proposal to set up an environmental fund to help tackle pollution problems on the border between the two countries . |
| 4 | Is the Secretary of State aware that in London there is a majority in favour of Labour 's proposal to set up an elected police authority for the Greater London area ? |
| 5 | The draft schedule of the Act sets out an extensive list of prescribed matters which must be taken into account , and these cover traditional and new areas . |
| 6 | Korah sets up an alternative people of God ( the Hebrew term translated ‘ company ’ in the RSV in verse 5 and beyond is the same as ‘ congregation ’ in verse 2 and elsewhere , which is used to refer to Israel as a whole ) . |
| 7 | Originally an old coaching inn set round an ancient bowling green , now carefully developed to provide up-to-date comforts in the centre of this prosperous town to the South of the City . |
| 8 | On May 25th the council set up an 11-member tribunal in The Hague . |
| 9 | The need to set up an expensive servicing network may not have been realised . |
| 10 | Barry Quirke , chairman of the Institute of Statisticians , said : ‘ We would be very keen to support any initiative to set up an independent committee , so long as it has teeth . |
| 11 | Earlier yesterday , Health Secretary Virginia Bottomley instructed the authority to set up an independent inquiry to look into the circumstances surrounding Allitt 's killing spree on the children 's ward of Grantham and Kesteven Hospital . |
| 12 | Most notable by its absence was any commitment to set up an environmental protection agency — the centrepiece of the environmental section of the Conservative Party election manifesto . |
| 13 | Television sets up an obsessive acting-out of desire , which the spectator tries to assuage by consuming the television text itself in its unique promise . |
| 14 | In October the human rights organization , Amnesty International , called on the SWAPO government to set up an impartial inquiry , claiming that at least 350 prisoners were still unaccounted for . |
| 15 | The pressure group , made up mainly of small business customers , wants the Government to set up an independent body to investigate cases like his . |
| 16 | It 's a good way to get people going , especially if they are confused , because music sets up an automatic response in us . |
| 17 | In the same year , the Home Secretary set up an internal committee to examine how the right to silence might best be modified in England and Wales . |
| 18 | Second , the age at which people marry is closely related to their ability to set up an independent household , and for women who married under the age of 20 the numbers sharing accommodation with relatives changed little between the 1950s and the 1970s ( Holman , 1981 ) . |
| 19 | In order to set out an appropriate treatment plan , the physiotherapist has to understand normal movement , and how brain damage interferes with it . |
| 20 | Delegates representing miners in most Soviet coalfields held a week-long congress in mid-June in the Ukrainian city of Donetsk , at which it was decided in principle to set up an independent miners ' union . |
| 21 | In the UK , the most notable defection from an international company to set up an independent search business has been that by David Norman and Miles Broadbent , who were both previous Mds of Russell Reynolds in London , and who took with them other colleagues to found Norman Broadbent . |
| 22 | Depending on the direction and strength of the breeze , Jack would opt either to carry his drive right over the bunker to set up an easy shot into the green or , more likely , for a conservative drive down the left side of the fairway and a mid-iron to the heart of the green . |
| 23 | Back home he spent a year setting up an outdoor pursuits centre for someone near Broad haven but it did n't take off . |
| 24 | The mentality of the time is captured in the statement by Sir Alfred Mond , ICI 's first chairman , when the company set up an agricultural research station : ‘ My ideal is to see , in this as in other chemical manufactures , our great organisation controlling the production and sales of the whole chemical manufacture within the Empire . ’ |