Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] set [adv] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The Society of Authors set up a powerful lobby , which convinced a Parliamentary Committee that the common law of obscene libel should be replaced by a modern statute which afforded some protection to meritorious literature .
2 Rather in the same way that the mite of scabies sets up an allergic reaction , in certain people infected with candida an intense irritation occurs , which may be quite out of proportion to the degree of infection .
3 Following his failure to grab a slice of Dan-Air , he announced that he is pressing ahead with plans to set up a small European airline if Virgin can get permission to fly from Heathrow to Brussels , Paris and Maastricht .
4 This was confirmed in April 1948. when ‘ it was agreed that Abdallah would control Arab Palestine if he did not interfere with efforts to set up a Jewish State . ’
5 He then served on committees to set up a republican government and abolish kingship and the House of Lords .
6 In Berkshire and Oxfordshire , for example , the cry of the " Church in Danger " was raised by some " hot heads " who feared the recent attempts by Nonconformists to set up a nationwide " correspondence " to pursue " the reformation of manners " was a plot against the Anglican establishment .
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