Example sentences of "and [modal v] set [adv prt] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At about the same time as the State Department was receiving this cable from their most senior man on the spot , Secretary of State Byrnes was cabling the Paris embassy that the French were planning to reconquer Tonkin and might set up a puppet government ; while in Hanoi the French commander , General Morlière , was claiming that the US and Chinese consuls had denounced the ‘ criminal and bestial folly ’ of the Vietminh ; although apparently they had n't said a word one way or the other . |
| 2 | ‘ Labour supports action to prevent crime and would set up a partnership between the police , the council and the local people . |
| 3 | Mr Fallon said the Conservatives aimed to reduce the emission of gases and would set up an environment agency . |
| 4 | He called them spectaculars and would set up the storyline , do the lyrics and librettos with J. J. Wood and co-write the music with Cuthbert Clarke . |
| 5 | He expresses no doubts , knows precisely what is required and will set about the job with the same approach as he would building a house . |