Example sentences of "[vb pp] set up a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | Successive government reports since the late 1930s had recommended setting up a national film bank , but it was only in the wake of the 1948 production crisis that the government seriously contemplated making funds available to the industry . |
3 | If you have ever considered setting up a photographic studio then you will know that there is an awful lot to think about . |
4 | A proposal by the BAPU parliamentary group to repeal Paragraph 1 , defining Bulgaria as a " People 's Republic " and as " a socialist state of the working people from town and country , headed by a working class " , was rejected on procedural grounds after a heated debate , but it was decided to set up a working group of government and opposition representatives to examine this and other possible constitutional amendments , with a view to submitting proposals to a forthcoming National Assembly session . |
5 | The Transport Secretary has decided to set up a new rail pension scheme to safeguard their interests . |
6 | ( B ) The conference had decided to set up a national assembly composed of 123 members based on the number of constituencies existing before 1969 with a speaker and two deputy speakers . |
7 | It was therefore decided to set up a Royal Commission to review the whole problem of criminal behaviour and of the means of dealing with it . |
8 | This illustrated the urgency of many commando and other wartime activities when the time needed to set up a special operation was almost impossibly short , but the official records do not show the efforts behind the scenes in preparing the ground . |
9 | The Dutch government has helped to set up a national halons " bank " to ensure the most effective use of the chemicals . |
10 | We 've got to set up a proper complaints procedure , so that people know how to complain about Social Services , although I doubt very much whether anybody would ever want to complain about Oxfordshire 's Social Services , and so on . |
11 | Had the Inland Revenue won , it would have affected so many employees — tax practitioners claim hundreds of thousands — that the Revenue would have had to set up a special unit just to cope with the paperwork . |
12 | At Guy 's Hospital the poisons unit has had to set up a psychiatric liaison service to help such patients . |
13 | The Department of the Environment has agreed to set up a second air pollution monitoring station at Longlands College , Middlesbrough . |
14 | A communiqué issued at the end of the talks said that " Iran and Iraq and the International Committee of the Red Cross ( ICRC ) have agreed to set up a joint commission to review the resumption of the exchange of prisoners of war " . |
15 | This improvement in relations was reinforced at the biannual Franco-German summit in Paris on April 25-26 , when the two leaders also agreed to set up a joint study on the " future architecture of Europe 's security " . |
16 | Ministers from six European countries , including Britain , have agreed to set up a high speed network by 1998 although there are doubts that Britaincan meet the timetable because of delays over the Channel tunnel . |
17 | At a conference of Salvadorean women 's organizations , it was agreed to set up a Constitutive Committee with a view to creating a Federation of Salvadorean Women . |
18 | Commonwealth leaders meeting in Cyprus have agreed to set up a special mission to lobby key capitals holding out on agreement on the GATT trade negotiations . |
19 | He 'd helped set up a new research wing , which was due to be officially opened in a fortnight 's time . |
20 | As well as organising conferences and courses the group also helped set up a national awards scheme and backed a number of arts publications . |
21 | Gen. Asparukhov alleged that Mishev had attempted to set up a secret arms deal with Macedonia . |
22 | Already the opposition has united to set up a working group on immigration , with a view to formulating a new bill . |
23 | The present project constitutes a pilot study after which it is hoped to set up a longer term project to follow up the initial findings . |
24 | An examination of the draft legislation also reveals that both acquirers and despatchers of goods are required to set up a new register of these movements . |