Example sentences of "[noun prp] [be] set up [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | On this occasion , Plage was set up over a water-hole in a clearing in the jungle , hoping that a leopard would show up to hunt or drink . |
| 2 | ‘ So old Boris is setting up as a lifesaver , is he ? ’ |
| 3 | Greenwich was set up as a new meridian which would suit the astronomers ' convenience , and the government relied on them to make the new meridian into a suitable base-line for calculating the longitude . |
| 4 | Operation Gemini was set up as a high profile battle against criminals . |
| 5 | AA was set up as a monthly hardcopy abstracts journal in 1954 and an online database was introduced in 1986 containing material from 1980 to date , giving easy access to abstracts spanning the discipline of analytical chemistry . |