Example sentences of "set [adv] a [adj] [noun pl] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is why it is so important that , as one of the conclusions of the Maastricht settlement , it was agreed that the 12 countries should set up an organisation loosely known as Europol whose first job would be to set up a Europeanwide drugs intelligence unit among the Twelve , which should lead to a greater level of co-operation with our continental partners to stop Ecstasy and other drugs coming into the country . |
| 2 | We 've got to set up a proper complaints procedure , so that people know how to complain about Social Services , although I doubt very much whether anybody would ever want to complain about Oxfordshire 's Social Services , and so on . |
| 3 | Prosecution witness Isham Chandra Dutta said he agreed to set up a dummy gems company in Bombay , for a £20,000 fee , which included a mail message centre with false letterheads and invoices . |
| 4 | His task was to set up a dummy gems firm in Bombay . |
| 5 | The home secretary announced plans to set up a special police unit to investigate suspects . |
| 6 | Firms are now required to set up an internal complaints procedure " which shall , inter alia , ensure that clients are informed whom to approach in the event of any problem with the service provided " ( Solicitors ' Practice Rule 15 and see Chapter 5 ) . |
| 7 | Is the Secretary of State aware that in London there is a majority in favour of Labour 's proposal to set up an elected police authority for the Greater London area ? |
| 8 | Labour will set up a Human Rights Division in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office , and require all Britain 's diplomatic posts abroad to appoint an officer to monitor human rights . |
| 9 | It would set up a National Monuments Commission to care for ancient sites , institute small penalties for vandals who damaged them , and — most important — give the commission a right of purchase if the owner of a scheduled monument wanted to destroy it . |
| 10 | We will set up a National Qualifications Council to coordinate a single system of academic and vocational courses for 14–19 year olds , and a new Higher Education Standards Council to monitor quality in higher education . |
| 11 | As well as organising conferences and courses the group also helped set up a national awards scheme and backed a number of arts publications . |
| 12 | We have now set up a Human Rights Committee , properly structured and managed , with a defined budget . |
| 13 | As indicated above , we have now set up a Validated Courses Section within the Assessment Department and ( ) is heading this . |
| 14 | Amnesty called on the government ( which had recently set up a human rights task force and an inquiry into alleged atrocities ) to admit the extent of abuses in the past , including its own role , in order to clear the atmosphere for a fresh approach on human rights observance . |
| 15 | Since the Bingham Report it has set up a special investigations unit and improved staff training . |
| 16 | PEP had set up a Post-war Aims Group even before the war began , and within a week of its outbreak had circulated.a draft report on war aims . |
| 17 | Stuart King of the Management Training Centre at Kingswood is setting up a new resources centre , but it is far less ambitious . |
| 18 | The Royal Commission on Justice has recommended changes to include curtailing a defendant 's automatic right to be tried by jury and setting up a new appeals procedure . |
| 19 | In the next few months , with British taxpayers ' money , we shall be setting up a national drugs intelligence unit in Czechoslovakia to try to intercept drugs coming overland . |
| 20 | The proposal for National Parks , however , received further support in the Dower report , published in 1945 , and that of the Hobhouse committee , which proposed setting up a National Parks Commission paid for out of public funds . |
| 21 | This problem overlapped with that of the Public Schools generally , and he had already in the summer secured Cabinet approval for setting up a Public Schools Commission . |
| 22 | Back home he spent a year setting up an outdoor pursuits centre for someone near Broad haven but it did n't take off . |
| 23 | This set up a Civil Rights Commission empowered to assist blacks to exercise their right to vote . |
| 24 | A permanent WEU group would set up military units answerable to the WEU , plan possible deployments , and set up a European armaments agency . |
| 25 | The Government set up a Public Schools Commission to investigate the Direct Grant Schools : this brought together the sixty Heads of Direct Grant schools in the Headmasters ' Conference in much the same way as the Taunton Commission had led to the creation of the Conference itself in 1869 . |