Example sentences of "[noun sg] set [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So the question , where a wording which was not accepted by tradition was used , was always whether it was intended by the testator to give rise to a relationship at law ; and the words were examined for an intention to set up a trust . |
| 2 | The three contending armed factions inside Liberia signed a ceasefire agreement in Bamako ( Mali ) on Nov. 28 , and a further agreement in Banjul ( The Gambia ) on Dec. 21 declaring their intention to set up a national conference within 60 days as a prelude to establishing their own interim government . |
| 3 | Nationalists in Nakhichevan on Jan. 19 had declared the region 's secession from the Soviet Union and their intention to set up an independent Islamic republic . |
| 4 | insists on a proper response to complaints and on action to set right the problems behind them . |
| 5 | Nick Bollettieri , whose Bradenton , Florida Coaching Academy continues to be the base for a whole host of tennis champions , including currently , Andre Agassi , and who is committed to helping the Lawn Tennis Association to set up a similar training base her in the UK , has , in conjunction with adidas , launched a fast and functional range of tennis apparel for this country . |
| 6 | Darlington Labour MP Alan Milburn said he would be pressing for the review to set up a unitary authority for the town based on existing boundaries . |
| 7 | In between , Strachan showed his alertness again , running Nigel Worthington and John Harkes ragged in the first seconds after half-time to set up a simple header for Lee Chapman . |
| 8 | Summerbee struck right on the stroke of half-time to set up a clash with France impressive 3–0 winners over Portugal in the final tomorrow . |
| 9 | THE French government has launched a programme to set up a nationwide telecommunications research network , in an effort to catch up with Britain 's JANET system and Germany 's DFN . |
| 10 | Hepworth and Stoll failed in their attempt to set up a permanent sales operation in America ; Samuelson secured a short-lived distribution arrangement with First National Exhibitors ' Circuit , and various other films secured some sort of release . |
| 11 | The DHAC originated in the abortive attempt to set up a branch of NICRA in Derry . |
| 12 | In Europe the first attempt to set up a GaAs digital chip production base in under way , inspired by the French company Thompson CSF . |
| 13 | After a contentious and abortive attempt to set up a population register in 1753 , a Bill for a Census was finally passed without fuss in 1800 ( Glass 1973 ) . |
| 14 | It seems far more important to me to provide an effective and clear demonstration of those virtues of the product that you are trying to put across than to lose the proposition in the attempt to set up a credible context for it . |
| 15 | For the classical foundationalist programme of starting from one 's own case and moving outwards suffers from all the radical defects which face the solipsist 's attempt to set up a language in which to describe the experiences which form his subject matter . |
| 16 | After the Second World War the coverage of the needs of the disabled became fairly comprehensive in scope , although there was no attempt to set up a single department or authority to be responsible for their needs . |
| 17 | The position of the Socialist Unity Party — Party of Democratic Socialism ( SED-PDS — since December the new name of the communist Socialist Unity Party or SED — see pp. 37107-09 ) had been badly damaged over its controversial attempt to set up a successor organization to the hated State Security police or " Stasi " . |
| 18 | However , there is an attempt to set up a message desk , where if your phone , at the moment , switchboard will put calls through to you , if you do n't answer by a certain number of rings , it will either divert to another number or come back to the switchboard . |
| 19 | The Comintern , completely disregarding their past policy , called upon " all Communist Parties to make yet another attempt to set up the united front of struggle with the social democratic workers through the medium of the social democratic parties " . |
| 20 | I am looking forward to the next stage of Tencel and we are already working with Fibers and Research to set up the teams for a new project . |
| 21 | For years , she had nurtured an ambition to set up a conservation centre and nature trail in the country ; she would need a house and some land . |
| 22 | The implementation of the recommendation to set up the Crown Court is recounted in a later chapter , but we should note here the implications for the Lord Chancellor . |
| 23 | Our transsexual flatmate was one of the main organisers of the campaign , and we were all active supporters — not least by paying the rent for LAMBDA to set up an office in our squat . |
| 24 | Britain is now wondering whether to copy France and oblige industry to set up a recycling scheme of its own . |
| 25 | The bid to set up a Chinese takeaway on Whinfield Road was turned down because of parking problems and likely disturbance . |
| 26 | Not like doing it by remote control , having Jem set up a trip-wire . |
| 27 | This Code of Practice sets out the basic practices employed by Midland Bank and its subsidiary companies in connection with their lending to personal customers in the United Kingdom . |
| 28 | Crafts : Our Cultural Future sets out the party 's plans to further links between craftspeople and industry and also increase public awareness of the crafts . |
| 29 | The research sets out a number of hypotheses on how market share turbulence should affect investment . |
| 30 | A mindless act of violence sets off a chilling , psychologically tense tale . |