Example sentences of "set up [prep] [num] [to-vb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The " Green Con " awards were set up in 1989 to highlight bogus claims to environmental worthiness made by business . |
| 2 | This can be seen in Truman 's decision on the future of the joint body , the Combined Chiefs of Staff , which had been set up in 1942 to co-ordinate Anglo-American strategy against Germany and Japan . |
| 3 | AEA is one of 42 member organisations within the Forum , which was set up in 1977 to provide European research centres with the opportunity to mutually exchange information . |
| 4 | The Council on Environmental Quality , another White House agency set up in 1989 to review environmental policies , is also to be abolished . |
| 5 | The Economic Development Board , set up in 1961 to promote foreign investment in Singapore , offers a generous range of incentives , but its Lee Suan Hiang stresses that Singapore is ‘ not just a tax haven ’ . |
| 6 | The Centre is a joint venture between the Livingston Development Corp , a government-funded body set up in 1962 to develop new towns — this organisation provides Centre users with in-house advice on marketing and introduces them to the local information technology and software community ; Lothian and Edinburgh Enterprise Ltd , a local enterprise company that provides training , commercial validation of business plans and advice on possible avenues to funding , such as venture capital ; and the Scottish Enterprise Software Group , which offers technical and product evaluation . |
| 7 | Members of the Skerne Park Community Action Group are to receive £2,000 from the TSB Foundation a charitable group set up in 1986 to encourage good causes . |