Example sentences of "[prep] set up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | George and Tony used to pay themselves £350 a week after setting up the firm at the height of the last recession in 1982 . |
| 2 | After setting up the frequency , make sure of positive identification . |
| 3 | He did not win : the executive in charge of setting up the European offices was the dynamic ex-sheriff of Caribou , Idaho , named William Swift Daliba , who could toss a silver dollar in the air and plug it with his six-gun . |
| 4 | What was needed instead was some means of setting up the apparatus so that each detector could not ‘ know ’ in advance the polarisation being detected at the other side of the experiment . |
| 5 | There are ways of plotting the profile of the gore , and the mathematically minded will no doubt enjoy a computer exercise of setting up the progressively diminishing diameters , and the calculation of gore width at 10% stages from base to apex . |
| 6 | The Treasury also opposed contributory pensions , objecting to the cost of setting up the machinery to collect contributions , to keep the necessary records and to make payments , in addition to the cost of paying pensions to those who were already aged and could make no contribution . |
| 7 | Much of the initial cost of setting up the campaign was covered either by various committee members somehow doing things for free or came from the remainder of the money raised at the Comedy Store . |
| 8 | The vertical and horizontal rulers need to be set to a rigidly defined position , at least for the purposes of setting up the grids . |
| 9 | As soon as this task had been completed a similar procedure to that of setting up the initial data base was adopted . |
| 10 | ‘ But amazingly the process of setting up the co-op really did involve some of the men , and even the older boys . |
| 11 | We are , of course , hoping to obtain some financial assistance from the county towards the cost of setting up the museum . |
| 12 | Robinson ran a school for retarded Christian children and had clashed with local villagers , who accused him of setting up the first Israeli settlement in Lebanon . |
| 13 | We are fortunate to have been able to offer opportunities to Scottish Amicable staff as a result of setting up the dedicated administration unit . |
| 14 | Moreoever , even if one were to do this the fact of setting up the control and the experimental groups could well introduce a note of artificiality into the experiment . |
| 15 | It is the availability of the fibre optic network that helps MBS address the problem of setting up the interactive links between the service itself and its users . |
| 16 | What are the mechanics of , of setting up the , the new body ? |
| 17 | The informer believed he had come under suspicion by his commanders but in fact the UDA/UFF leadership suspected another member of setting up the team . |
| 18 | ‘ We are desperate to raise funds for research and are in the process of setting up the British Brain Tumour Association . |
| 19 | The car park charging scheme will cost £67,000 but the council expects the income from charges to be greater than the cost of setting up the scheme in the first year . |
| 20 | At the time of setting up the main problems facing UK carpet manufacturers were the depressed state of the economy and the fact that imports of carpets were taking an increasing share of a diminishing market . |
| 21 | Okay , I will then , outside this meeting , take on this task of setting up the forms view the output from all this gathering and decide what , whether we can make a sensible rationing from some of the forms . |
| 22 | He was the author of several political histories , President of the Society of Antiquaries , the founder of a prize for a historical essay at Oxford , and shortly before the competition he had persuaded the Government to take the first steps towards setting up the National Portrait Gallery . |
| 23 | In particular there is concern within the British civil aviation industry about the level of costs being incurred by the CAA , and recovered from industry , in its work towards setting up the European Joint Aviation Authority and associated regulatory functions , particularly in this formative period when the British Authority continues to function as an autonomous body whose charges must also be borne by operators . |
| 24 | State Department publications have been purged of references to CIA actions like setting up the coup that brought the Shah to power in Iran , and overthrowing a liberal government in Guatemala . |
| 25 | But so far , the first two episodes have been bogged down with setting up the premise and too many location scenes . |
| 26 | Pierre Encreve , a professor of linguistics , has been charged with setting up the new foundation , which will serve to fulfill Andre Chastel 's 1983 commitment to found an institute for the history of art and culture , on the lines of London 's Courtauld Institute . |
| 27 | Burstall and Kay report that in the case of NAEP early opposition from teacher unions was partly based upon fear of a backwash effect and , indeed , it appears to have been a worry for those involved with setting up the APU testing programme . |
| 28 | BT , which is bidding in a consortium including Daimler-Benz , says that the investment in setting up the network would be £850m . |
| 29 | His contributions included his work with Scripture Union , his long association with Cambridge University Mission , and his leading role with Andy Pierssene in setting up the Oxford Boys ' Club Trust . |
| 30 | Mr Cossiga is particularly sensitive on one score : his own part , as junior minister of defence , in setting up the secret counter-insurgency network known as Gladio . |