Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [verb] set [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After which an attempt was made to set out the most elementary logical conditions that must be satisfied before anything can qualify as a potential existent . |
| 2 | 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 ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ Senility is known to set in a good deal earlier in many cases . ’ |
| 4 | My job was to help set up the items , do the research , write some of the scripts and linking material , and brief the interviewers . |
| 5 | Another civilian was trying to set up a camera and tripod to photograph the scene and everybody was trying to sidestep the vomit on the carpet . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | An effort was made to set up the stud in a more favoured , not to say more conventional , site in the foothills of the Nilgiris . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | In all the countries across Europe , the most likely individuals handling Virgin material for the licensee in that country were approached to set up the new local Virgin office . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Lloyds Register of Shipping was to have set up a large administration centre next to Junction ( 16 ) Sixteen of the M-Four , but it 's chosen a site in Hampshire instead . |
| 16 | It had not originally been intended to carry on the research after that date , but it was so successful that finding was obtained to set up a panel study . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | On Dec. 11 agreement was reached to set up a single joint company to oversee the pipelines . |
| 19 | During the Dec. 23 visit of Capt. Blaise Compaoré , head of state of Burkina , agreement was reached to set up a permanent joint commission to promote co-operation and to open up diplomatic missions in the respective capitals as soon as possible . |