Example sentences of "to set [adv] in [noun prp] " in BNC.
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1 | DIY inquiry : A public inquiry into a top DIY chain store 's bid to set up in Stockton opens today in the town hall . |
2 | EIGA reckons its plan will appeal to UK and European businesses ranging from hoteliers trying to set up in Moscow to oil giants eyeing the vast energy resources of Kazakhsthan . |
3 | With AAS , new firms can be given cash incentives to set up in Tendring , or established ones can be helped to expand and create more jobs and opportunities . |
4 | ‘ Now , Tess , I have told you often enough that I have no wish to set up in Belgravia , Harley Street , or Wimpole Street , ’ said Dr Neil quietly , refusing the sandwiches which a servile McAllister was handing him . |
5 | When the development was first announced in 1990 , senior Motorola managers spoke of the company 's policy of encouraging its global suppliers to establish local operations alongside its manufacturing plants , and said they hoped that some suppliers might be persuaded to set up in Scotland . |
6 | Locate in Scotland , the agency charged with luring foreign multinationals to set up in Scotland , is generally seen as competing with the Welsh Development Agency and the Irish Development Authority to secure these coveted new tenants . |
7 | He was going to set up in London . |
8 | The second proposal was to set up a long-term residential therapeutic centre which eventually involved inviting Phoenix House , an established and reputable charity , to set up in Wirral . |
9 | Kimberly Clark negotiated at length with the council and the Department of Trade and Industry before opting to set up in Humberside . |
10 | Aw , c'm on , it was just like that in Australia not long ago : one of the wire services reports in a condescending way that under local law , the National Institute of Industrial Property of Brazil recognises only the principle of priority in brand names , so that companies like IBM Corp , Xerox Corp and Sony Corp have had to ‘ buy back ’ their names before they could do business under them in Brazil ; the US is pressing Brazil to change the law to protect internationally recognised brand names — but it is not so long ago that , legend has it , an enterprising travelling Australian spotted that car hire was becoming big business , so when he got home , he registered the names Hertz and Avis , sold the Hertz name back to the company when it wanted to set up in Australia — and then used the cash he got from Hertz to set up the Avis concession in Australia . |
11 | Jelfs originally helped SCO to set up in Australia and has been poached by Univel to be its number one employee in the Asia/Pacific region , responsible for everywhere except Japan . |
12 | I think the department of Health was swayed rather more than it should have been by that lobby , because the sort of service that was intended to set up in Camberwell has not yet been set up . |