Example sentences of "and set [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We hounded him to such effect that he responded in the classic 1970s way and set up no less than an official committee of inquiry to consider the whole position . |
| 2 | Lucy arranged the contents of a folder on the table and set up a typewriter . |
| 3 | Tries by Allan Bateman and Colin Laity brought the home team back into the hunt and set up a stirring finale to the heavyweight contest . |
| 4 | But in 1985 , after the Sino-British settlement was announced , he resigned , declaring the move to be a protest against Britain 's withholding of full citizenship from Hong Kong passport holders , and set up a trust to advise would-be emigrants on alternative rights of abode . |
| 5 | He had worked along with Lutyens in the office of Sir Ernest George and set up a practice in Bourton on the Hill , Gloucestershire , where he was kept in constant commission by the smart hunting crowd . |
| 6 | The Soviet parliament voted the address unconstitutional and set up a special committee , dominated by Communist hardliners , to send a formal appeal to the Russian parliament . |
| 7 | With 800–900 of Switzerland 's 2300 professors due to retire before the end of the decade , the Swiss have taken a leaf out of Britain 's book and set up a scheme for appointing ‘ new blood ’ assistant professors at the rate of 300 in each of the next two four-year planning periods . |
| 8 | We will mount a drive against school truancy , and set up a Task Force to find the best ways of co-ordinating the work of local agencies helping young people at risk of becoming offenders . |
| 9 | We will establish a proper career structure for research fellows and set up a Pay Review Body for academic and non-academic staff to halt the brain drain . |
| 10 | A year earlier , David Damiani had married Blanche , an 18-year-old Nazareth girl , and set up a home of his own in the Arektenje district of Jaffa . |
| 11 | Jim Almonds leaped off his truck and set up a bren , but Lewes stayed where he was . |
| 12 | You and your neighbours , colleagues and soulmates are free to meet and set up a voluntary organization with almost any aim in mind . |
| 13 | Twelve minutes after the break he moved into the middle during a rare Palace break and was in just the right spot to hammer home a left-wing cross to give Palace a great victory and set up a 3rd round tie against Liverpool ! |
| 14 | The testator has instituted his sons heirs , and set up a trust : whichever dies first , if he dies childless , is to make over his share of the estate to his brother ; if both die childless the whole is to pass to the testator 's granddaughter . |
| 15 | If I were you I 'd go the whole hog and set up a large invertebrate aquarium . |
| 16 | An indication of the expectations the Act has aroused among fund managers can be gauged from the fact that , just over a year ago , merchant bankers Kleinwort Benson decided to bring together previously dispersed skills and set up a specialised division , headed by Rupert Marlow , to look after their charities fund management . |
| 17 | Had the company recorded its investment in B at the fair value of £2.1m and set up a merger reserve in its own books rather than on consolidation , no gain would arise in the parent company 's profit and loss account , but the merger reserve would become realised and available for distribution . |
| 18 | ‘ Luckily an anaesthetist recognised the symptoms and suspected Guillain Barre syndrome and set up a ventilator . |
| 19 | The 42-year-old millionaire would slash interest rates to three per cent and set up a board of go-ahead businessmen to help industry . |
| 20 | Swansea were packed with six of the current Welsh side and set up a mouthwatering revenge mission for the national side on November 21 . |
| 21 | Then Ulzana , the Apple Apache in his Gucci Ghost Shirt , would-be heir to the eagle-feathers , graduated from Berkeley , and set up a computer software firm . |
| 22 | Gazza beat David Seaman with a 35-yard free kick and set up a goal in a blistering comeback against Arsenal in the FA Cup semi-final . |
| 23 | The tears came then with the tearing sobs that racked Hari and set up a trembling within her as though she had the ague . |
| 24 | Of course there can only be one chieftain , so defeated rivals must either accept his supremacy or leave the tribe altogether and set up a new one of their own . |
| 25 | The convention established the International Civil Aviation Organization with its headquarters in Montreal and set up a secretariat which would become a most effective machine for ensuring that a rapidly developing civil aviation industry was not hampered by the red tape generated by the hundreds of frontiers that would have to be crossed . |
| 26 | 3Com Corp reached agreement to settle four consolidated class action lawsuits and set up a $9.85m fund . |
| 27 | Here she created opportunities for social workers to train in more advanced skills and set up a variety of support and counselling groups . |
| 28 | Install the program on your hard disk , plug in the dongle , boot up , and you 're asked to place the key on the sensor and set up a password . |
| 29 | When begged to return , he relented only on condition he could carry out a remarkable experiment : the so-called oprichnina , Ivan designated something like one-third of the country , carved out of scattered towns and provinces , as his personal domain , and set up a new administration to subject it to his personal will . |
| 30 | Activities that would lead towards the objective of writing a short story might be , ‘ clear the spare room out and set up a desk ’ , ‘ enrol on a weekend workshop on creative writing ’ , ‘ set aside the next four Sunday afternoons for writing ’ , ‘ arrange to visit a friend in six weeks ’ time with a completed first draft' . |