Example sentences of "[pers pn] set [adv prt] an [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we desire something which opposes a current belief , we set up an inner conflict — so look carefully at your beliefs in this area of your life . |
| 2 | We set up an independent Ministry of consumer protection : this Government closed it down . |
| 3 | ‘ At the start , we set up an advisory group with some head teachers . |
| 4 | Instead , they set up an internal task force and produced a ‘ bowdlerised ’ version . |
| 5 | They set about an extensive programme of repair and renovation of the complex and have so far successfully restored one of the Clutterbuck water wheels , as well as a Tangye Compound Steam Engine ( plus a portable boiler ) , that formerly powered stick making machinery . |
| 6 | It sets up an ideal world of nature , which is nevertheless represented as attainable reality ( to use a formula of Schiller 's ) In other words , it is constructed on the false premise that man is archetypally good and naturally artistic ( witness the absurd convention of the eternally virtuous hero forever bursting effortlessly into song ) . |