Example sentences of "set up in [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Throughout the period a high percentage of workers , especially in the newly developed areas and the many enterprises set up in rural areas , were born into peasant families . |
2 | Set up in 1987 , Futuroscope calls itself an image park . |
3 | In particular , stresses set up in such samples can be relieved in all directions whereas stresses in bedrock are much more concentrated since the rock is confined both laterally and vertically . |
4 | The move came amidst concern about the high levels of bad debt carried by the Nigerian banking system , particularly that held by some of the smaller banks set up in recent years . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | ‘ I 've got four old Vickers guns set up in strategic positions , so neither group should be able to get in . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | Windfarms are groups of 100ft high wind turbines set up in exposed areas to create electric power . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | 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 ’ . |
12 | 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 . |
13 | 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 . |
14 | 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 . |
15 | 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 . |
16 | 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 . |
17 | 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 . |
18 | Set up in 1984 , Radio RIN currently broadcasts for 20 hours a day and successfully competes with many of the country 's commercial stations . |
19 | 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 . |
20 | Even so , by the end of April 20,000 Kurdish refugees a day were returning to havens set up in northern Iraq by Western troops — not without some hesitation , as when Kurdish peshmerga declared the haven at Zakho unsafe because there were still Iraqi police in the town . |
21 | 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 . |
22 | Set up in 1972 it was established with £3 million to help parents with the costs of some special provisions . |
23 | In the Habsburg territories Joseph I set up in 1709 a new permanent committee of nine officials to control foreign affairs . |
24 | The Labour Party was developing from the federation of industrial and political organizations set up in 1900 . |
25 | Set up in 1851 , the first of these precursors of the CWS was the London-based Central Co-operative Agency . |
26 | It seems clear from the surviving images that emperors took interest in and approved the form of their portraits , particularly those that would be seen by many of their subjects on coins and statues set up in public places . |
27 | 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 . |
28 | Set up in 1975 , CITES regulates trade by its 103-member nations in hundreds of rare and endangered species from orchids to orang utans . |