Example sentences of "set up [art] [adj] " 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 | Khieu Samphan , 58 , has a doctorate in economics from the University of Paris , and after returning to Cambodia set up a left-wing newspaper and served in Sihanouk 's parliament before fleeing to join the Khmer Rouge in the bush in 1967 . |
| 3 | The software can load and save the results for a sample , characterised by the number of phrases and their depth and type , set up a continuous dialogue with the operator and update the database for tests in progress . |
| 4 | Noell died a rich but not fabulously wealthy man , having already settled much of his property and set up a substantial charity in his native town . |
| 5 | In order to wean the company away from a reliance on theatre plays , he set up a major script department which drew on the talents of writers like Frank Launder , Sidney Gilliatt , Val Guest and Michael Pertwee , as well as occasionally giving jobs to young writers like Christopher Isherwood . |
| 6 | In 1989 KPMG Peat Marwick set up a separate environment unit to help its clients become more aware of environmental responsibilities , problems and opportunities . |
| 7 | In 1879 , breeders in Friesland set up a separate herdbook , the Friesch Rundvee Stamboek ( FRS ) . |
| 8 | Sinn Fein 's success was built around the pledge that , if elected , they would refuse to take up their seats in Westminster and set up a separate Irish parliament instead . |
| 9 | In 1944 he produced the first fixed-odds football coupon , and set up a separate football company in 1944 . |
| 10 | In 1977 UNEP set up a co-ordinating committee to review research and calculate projections for ozone depletion . |
| 11 | For a moment the noise was indescribable , much of it contributed by McAllister , who set up a keening cry , and , in endeavouring to make matters better by dabbing at the debris on Mrs Darrell 's lap with a damask napkin , made them worse . |
| 12 | There he set up a small photographic portrait business , and made some early forays into recording ethnic ‘ types ’ and customs . |
| 13 | After the experience of the 1924 Labour Government , Clifford Allen , now Chairman of the ILP , set up a small commission to plan a coherent economic strategy for a future Labour government . |
| 14 | In 1848 , when the new chaplain for the English Church arrived , Lowe set up a rival church ( the Beco Chapel ) with his own supporters , who numbered about one third of the English Church members , and took with him communion plate and silver from the English Church . |
| 15 | On Sept. 21 , Gorbachev set up a Political Consultative Council , to be subordinate to the USSR President . |
| 16 | Chief Aviation Ordnanceman John Finn set up a .50 calibre gun and fired on the attackers , he was wounded several times but continued to fight back , later he was awarded the Medal of Honour . |
| 17 | She wanted to be held by him , and as the sad , poignant music began it set up a yearning inside of her that she did n't know how to dispel . |
| 18 | Two draws by Pegg set up a 10-8 win , with Kormann being forced to attempt a draw to the two-foot from the frosty outside ice ; it slipped through to the back of the house . |
| 19 | The government set up a high-level council for alternative economics on Nov. 6 , under the chairmanship of Liberal Party leader Igor Merkulov , to work out a strategy for building a market economy , including measures to strengthen the currency coupon and , later , Ukraine 's new currency against the US dollar . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 22 | Orders had pushed up men on top of men and set up a living wall against the monstrous German avalanche . ’ |
| 23 | This set up a Civil Rights Commission empowered to assist blacks to exercise their right to vote . |
| 24 | Abigail , who had been put upstairs in one of the bedrooms to sleep , set up a wailing sound . |
| 25 | It abolished the distinction between elementary and higher education , and set up a unified system of free , compulsory schooling from the age of 5 to 15 ( to be raised when practicable to 16 ) . |
| 26 | Now there is a waiting list of would-be residents for vacancies in existing houses or in new ones , and parents in Providence , Rhode Island , have asked the Wizanskys to help them set up a similar scheme . |
| 27 | In January 1933 it set up a central By-Election Insurance Fund to help needy constituencies to put forward candidates . |
| 28 | During that summer , tenants ' associations which had been formed in Rossville Flats , Meenan Park , Shantallow , Rossville Street , Lecky Road and Foyle Hill set up a central council to coordinate their activities . |
| 29 | A permanent WEU group would set up military units answerable to the WEU , plan possible deployments , and set up a European armaments agency . |
| 30 | They also set up a light-engineering works ( one of a number throughout the Prussian east ) at Dirschau ( Tczew ) . |