Example sentences of "set up [prep] [num] " in BNC.

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1 ( 5 ) The setting up of ad hoc sub-committees ( committees set up for one purpose only and disbanded after their task is accomplished ) is a useful technique to make sure that the Hon.
2 Set up in 1987 , Futuroscope calls itself an image park .
3 Set up in 1981 and operated by the Department of Trade and Industry , the LGS has been heavily criticised as a tool for helping channel funds to small business because of the high cost of the funds involved .
4 Set up in 1991 , the service has received requests for traces from over 15,000 people and possible pension source has been located in over 90 per cent of cases .
5 Through Colquhoun and MacBryde , who were receiving patronage from two sisters who lived in Lewes , Mrs Frances Byng Stamper and Caroline Byng Lucas , he became associated with the Society of London Painters-Printers which set up in 1948 , in conjunction with the Redfern Gallery .
6 In France the now outmoded system of jeunes de langue created by Colbert was gradually replaced by the more up-to-date teaching provided by the Ecole Spéciale des Langues Orientales Vivantes set up in 1795 .
7 Set up in 1979 under the chairmanship of Anthony Ramp ton , its original brief was primarily concerned with the causes of ethnic minority , and especially ‘ West Indian ’ , ‘ underachievement ’ .
8 Set up in 1979 [ see p. 29817 ] , the primary aim of the SADCC had been to counter economic destabilization by , and regional dependence on , apartheid South Africa .
9 The Ozone Trends Panel , a working party of scientists set up in 1986 by NASA , has calculated a three per cent depletion in stratospheric ozone on a global level since 1969 .
10 Set up in 1980 to turn Kuwait 's oil and gas interests into an international company , the company has bought up most of Gulf Oil 's European assets .
11 State owned funds — those which manage the Business Expansion Scheme ( Set up in 1983 to encourage investment by private investors in unquoted companies , through tax relief at their marginal rate up to £40,000 in a year ) and the Scottish and Welsh Development Agencies , set up to fund growth in their particular areas .
12 Set up in 1983 under the Finance Act , the BES has been a major facilitator of the channelling of funds to businesses ( Peat Marwick 1986 ) , many of which would apparently not have been able to raise capital without the help of the BES , although it was also reported that very little of the funds were provided for seedcorn businesses .
13 Set up in 1985 mainly to service the supermarket sector , Elm 's emphasis on technical innovation , product quality and customer service helped it build a strong customer base and penetrate international markets .
14 Set up in 1984 , Radio RIN currently broadcasts for 20 hours a day and successfully competes with many of the country 's commercial stations .
15 Set up in 1942 under the unpromising name of the Taxation and Financial Relations Committee , the TAC was designed to provide a forum ( and perhaps a safety valve ) for the growing number of business members who at that time were excluded from Council membership , but who wished to contribute their business experience to the consideration of taxation and financial issues .
16 Set up in 1972 , the NRC is not a permanent body and is only activated in times of crisis — as during the miners ' strike , from which two developments of particular importance emerged .
17 Set up in 1972 it was established with £3 million to help parents with the costs of some special provisions .
18 In the Habsburg territories Joseph I set up in 1709 a new permanent committee of nine officials to control foreign affairs .
19 The Labour Party was developing from the federation of industrial and political organizations set up in 1900 .
20 Set up in 1851 , the first of these precursors of the CWS was the London-based Central Co-operative Agency .
21 Set up in 1920 by actor Leslie Howard and director Adrian Brunel among others , with the hope that they could do something about ‘ raising the standards of British films ’ , the company had only enough capital to produce six short comedies .
22 Set up in 1975 , CITES regulates trade by its 103-member nations in hundreds of rare and endangered species from orchids to orang utans .
23 Finally , the ruling only applies to members of schemes set up after 13 March 1989 , and to new employees joining existing schemes from 1 June 1989 .
24 As with the 1987 change , this latest rule only affects members of new schemes ( set up after 13 March 1989 ) or new members joining established schemes after 1 June 1989 .
25 As already stated , the change only affects those joining new pension schemes set up after 13 March 1989 or new members joining existing schemes after 1 June 1989 .
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