Example sentences of "set up [noun sg] as [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Joseph Truman , ‘ based on papers now lost ’ , is said to have set up business as a brewer in 1666 , the year of the Great Fire of London .
2 And , like Sir Geoffrey and Mr Heseltine , he routinely sets up federalism as a straw man to knock down .
3 And , like Sir Geoffrey and Mr Heseltine , he routinely sets up federalism as a straw man to knock down .
4 ‘ If you are staying some while , sir , you must tell it me privately , ’ Mary said , ‘ since I am setting up shop as a connoisseur of grave stories . ’
5 PEARS : Andrew Pears , son of a Cornish farmer , set up shop as a hairdresser in Soho in 1789 and began developing a more gentle soap than the harsh ones then used .
6 When Ernest set up shop as a photographer , she had gone to work as his assistant and their friendship blossomed into romance .
7 He set up shop as a publisher and on 26 August 1594 married Jayne Vrique ; a son , Isaac , was baptized on 19 April 1595 ; three other children , Thomas , Joan , and Alice , figure in his will .
8 Hickman set up practice as a surgeon in Ludlow .
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