Example sentences of "set up [prep] [noun prp] [num] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first offshore banking unit was set up on Aug. 25 by Barclays Bank of Mauritius ; offshore licences were also approved for the Bank of Baroda and Banque Privée Edmond de Rothschild , and later for S. B. International ( a joint Mauritian-Indian venture ) , the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp. and Banque Nationale de Paris . |
| 2 | The privately funded Foundation for Exchange Across the Taiwan Strait was set up on Nov. 21 as the " only important " channel entrusted by the Mainland Affairs Council with the handling of civilian affairs . |
| 3 | In the UK , Barclays Computer Operations , Knutsford , Cheshire , which was set up in January 1991 by Barclays Bank Plc to provide in-house facilities management , is stepping out into the commercial marketplace with its own offerings — OPM ( Operator Presentation Manager ) , and DataPlace . |
| 4 | The Commission was set up in December 1977 at the World Bank 's instigation , under the chairmanship of Willy Brandt , former Chancellor of the Federal Republic of West Germany . |
| 5 | The Committee of Inquiry into Human Fertilisation and Embryology was set up in July 1982 under the chairmanship of Dame Mary Warnock to investigate in vitro fertilisation and human genetic research . |
| 6 | This had been set up in September 1989 as a joint venture between Radio Moscow and a Franco-Italian consortium , and had been provided with technical equipment and premises at the Moscow Radio building . |
| 7 | It was set up in September 1987 under the Department of Education Special Services Division , and its brief was threefold : |
| 8 | Here the Lignite Action Group was set up in March 1985 after a public meeting in Moortown to express concern over test-drilling in the area was attended by 500 people . |
| 9 | A multiparty system was set up in August 1990 under a law passed on July 25 after the collapse of the ruling League of Communists of Yugoslavia in January [ see pp. 37172 ; 37622 ] . |
| 10 | Louis Tobback , Interior , Modernization of Public Services and National Scientific and Cultural Institutions Minister , announced on May 7 , 1990 , that the state security system , which he described as " useless " , was to be drastically reformed [ for setting up in June 1988 of investigation into gendarmerie see p. 36775 ] . |
| 11 | This pledge to disarm civilians had been formalized with the establishment of the broad-based National Security Commission , set up on Aug. 29 with its own armed 150-strong Special Disarmament Brigade . |
| 12 | Batrec , set up in May 1989 by several Swiss cantons , uses a system developed by the Japanese company Sumitomo Heavy Industries , which allows 95 per cent of the component parts to be reused . |
| 13 | A summit meeting took place on Feb. 24 in Amman , the Jordanian capital , of the heads of state of the four countries which together composed the Arab Co-operation Council ( ACC ) , the organization set up in February 1989 under an agreement between Egypt , Iraq , Jordan and North Yemen [ see p. 36474 ] . |
| 14 | Robert Davies , chief executive of Business in the Community International ( BITCI ) , set up in February 1990 under the auspices of the Prince of Wales to promote good community practice internationally , already perceives a ‘ sea change in attitude ’ . |
| 15 | In some ways this move is paralleled by the development of Charter 88 , set up in November 1988 on the anniversary of the revolution of 1688 . |
| 16 | This is a two year review and strategy development programme set up in November 1990 by the deputy prime minister , Brian Howe . |