Example sentences of "be [verb] set [adv prt] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The government and the banks are considering setting up a national data system of business angels , it would probably have to be government funded . |
| 2 | Show how software that allows alternate indexes to be created can be used to set up an inverted file system |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm hoping to set up a special league . |
| 4 | Attempts are being made to set up a comprehensive " protection and control network " for pandas in China 's Sichuan province , according to officials of the Chengdu wildlife protection department . |
| 5 | A new bid is being made to set up a 25-stall weekly market on land at the rear of The Three Tuns Hotel , Murray Street , Filey , by Market Operators and Management . |
| 6 | The couple is expected to set up a separate residence for themselves on or shortly after marriage ( that is , and has long been , a general European pattern ) , and the chief obligations of the spouses are to each other and to their children , and only after that to their own families of origin . |
| 7 | John Tompkins is wishing to set up an open canoe group for advanced paddlers . |
| 8 | ‘ Senility is known to set in a good deal earlier in many cases . ’ |
| 9 | In the light of growing evidence that the duty to report chartered accountants for breaches of regulations and other misdemeanours is putting Institute members off seeking help from other chartered accountants , the Institute is to consider setting up a confidential advisory scheme , possibly at district society level , which would be run along lines similar to the ‘ confessional ’ . |
| 10 | THE ROYAL Statistical Society is to consider setting up an independent council to monitor the Government 's use of statistics and research in a climate of growing concern about political interference . |
| 11 | Peter Sands believes in the National Health Service , but he 's leaving to set up a private practice ; one of 13 dentists in Abingdon . |
| 12 | He said : ‘ The new government is trying to set up a new country but they have no natural resources and they are desperately short of everything . |
| 13 | If the father is trying to instil good table manners while the mother is arguing , ‘ What does it matter , so long as she eats ? ’ , or the mother is trying to set up a sensible bedtime routine while father says ‘ Another half-hour wo n't hurt ’ , mealtimes and bedtimes will soon turn into problem areas . |
| 14 | CLEVELAND PARK is hoping to set up a two-dog match between the Middlesbrough track 's current top dog , Goulane Peggy , and exciting newcomer I 'm Sloppy . |
| 15 | The U D M is planning to set up a giant recycling plant here to provide employment for an area badly hit by pit closures . |
| 16 | France is planning to set up a national system for recovering and recycling packaging waste similar to that being implemented in Germany [ see ED 49/50 ; 56 ] . |
| 17 | An examination of the draft legislation also reveals that both acquirers and despatchers of goods are required to set up a new register of these movements . |
| 18 | I know you and other parents with you are working to set up a special dyslexic unit in the Brighton area . |
| 19 | In fact , together with several colleagues , I was endeavouring to set up an informal meeting with ministers to try and discuss this matter er when the haemophiliac 's representative decided to go to law for their own good reasons , because that made it more difficult for any negotiations to take place . |
| 20 | A proposal by the BAPU parliamentary group to repeal Paragraph 1 , defining Bulgaria as a " People 's Republic " and as " a socialist state of the working people from town and country , headed by a working class " , was rejected on procedural grounds after a heated debate , but it was decided to set up a working group of government and opposition representatives to examine this and other possible constitutional amendments , with a view to submitting proposals to a forthcoming National Assembly session . |
| 21 | At a conference of Salvadorean women 's organizations , it was agreed to set up a Constitutive Committee with a view to creating a Federation of Salvadorean Women . |
| 22 | On Dec. 11 agreement was reached to set up a single joint company to oversee the pipelines . |
| 23 | During the Dec. 23 visit of Capt. Blaise Compaoré , head of state of Burkina , agreement was reached to set up a permanent joint commission to promote co-operation and to open up diplomatic missions in the respective capitals as soon as possible . |
| 24 | Lloyds Register of Shipping was to have set up a large administration centre next to Junction ( 16 ) Sixteen of the M-Four , but it 's chosen a site in Hampshire instead . |
| 25 | Ante Markovic , the President of the Federal Executive Council ( federal Prime Minister ) and one of Yugoslavia 's most popular politicians , announced on May 25 that he was planning to set up a new political party based around his government team and with a programme of Western-style economic and political reforms , to contest multiparty elections to the Federal Assembly expected before the end of 1990 . |