Example sentences of "[noun prp] [modal v] set [adv prt] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once his officers had been provided with a comprehensive register of the homages and other obligations of Gascon vassals , Edward could set about the task of governing his duchy with some confidence . |
| 2 | This tidal wave is a product of the combined efforts of the jostling of the crustal plates and the behaviour of the deep Ocean through which the resulting shock waves are transmitted : a small nudge in southern Chile can set up a wave that streaks across the entire Pacific in a matter of hours , with unimaginably enormous force . |
| 3 | Poverty rather than indifference is the reason for Moscow 's inaction , it seems : it was Mikhail Gorbachev who in his autumn 1988 UN speech in New York proposed that the UN should set up an emergency centre for the environment . |
| 4 | Egypt had already secretly proposed that Israel should set up a Palestine Liberation Committee to pursue a solution to the refugee problem in the form of a small Palestinian state in the Arab-held parts of Palestine . |
| 5 | The town 's traders agreed to move their stalls off the High Street , and the mayor agreed to give up his parking space , so the BBC could set up an exhibition marquee . |
| 6 | Another aspect of the proposal was that Glaxo would set up a research centre and co-market Imigran with a French company . |
| 7 | Transport Secretary John MacGregor will set out the Government 's plans for railfreight privatisation at a conference on the future of railfreight after privatisation to be held at London 's Marriott Hotel on January 20 . |