Example sentences of "[noun prp] [prep] set [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thirdly , we had the 1985 Report by the then Association of Health Service Treasurers on managing capital assets in the NHS ( AHST , 1985 ) , in the light of which work is under way at three DHAs on setting up comprehensive asset systems . |
| 2 | One year after the New Jersey factory closed , Raybestos Manhattan began talks with the IDA about setting up in Ireland , but a senior Raybestos Manhattan vice-president ‘ categorically denied ’ any connection between the two events . |
| 3 | Mitchell trained as a journalist on The Scotsman and worked for the Scottish Tourist Board , Apex Publishing in Oman and British Gas Scotland before setting up Elliot Mitchell Communications , which later merged with Commpress . |
| 4 | The campaign of resistance had then succeeded , but few Unionists were celebrating ; Lord Winterton in Sussex and Willoughby de Broke in Warwickshire were among the Unionists who were preparing to spread an Irish civil war to England by setting up " commandos " of diehards among the yeomanry — but it was not clear whom they would fight if the army refused to support the government . |
| 5 | We are grateful to Ken Byron for setting up a much needed journal in Drama and Dance Education . |
| 6 | For the cuddly 34-year-old has found her Mr Right after setting up her own agency for larger ladies , Plump Partners . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | It was here that Grandfather Denknetzeyan had spent many hours in deep contemplation while the seeds of revolution were scattered all around him , here that he spent his last moments in Moscow before setting out on that final and fateful journey to Petrograd . |
| 9 | When they reached the shearers ' quarters she became a bundle of activity , doing all she could to assist Matt in setting up the large barbecue , and then searching for dry wood to boil the water for the billy tea . |
| 10 | Page 19 Car link : American car maker Chrysler is talking to Mitsubishi of Japan about setting up manufacturing plants in Europe . |
| 11 | Lotus PC software , while Thapar is planning a tie-up with Hitachi of Japan for setting up software units with 100 per cent buy-back arrangements . |
| 12 | Rosemary will be teaching others her skills in creating a market stall complete with special effects in the form of ‘ rosy ’ apples and ‘ muddy ’ parsnips at the Women 's Institute 's Denman College in Marcham before setting out for Staffordshire on a dolls-house holiday ! |
| 13 | To Abbott and Hornsby were added the names of Captain Lawrence , with whom Wilson had been associated in the formation of the Certificated Officers ' Union , Maurice Darby , the originator of the first Glasgow branch who was alleged to have gone over to the Shipping Federation in 1890 , Robert Pleasance , former secretary of the Tower Hill branch who had been expelled from the union in the same year , and a Thomas Carey , an official of the NSFU discharged for unsatisfactory conduct in 1911 who , Wilson claimed , immediately became involved with the Federation and , while still in its pay , assisted Lewis in setting up the British Seafarers ' Union . |
| 14 | Barber became a manager for Mrs Clarke before setting up his own business in 1700 . |
| 15 | Apparently from the notes , a certain Fruchtbaum in the Times Literary Supplement has described Charles on setting out on the Beagle voyage in such terms , which is certainly an exaggeration , but I do not know anyone else who has ever subscribed to that opinion . |
| 16 | Frankfurt and Paris have already beat London in setting up an electronics settlements system , while the fully-automated Frankfurt Terminborse ( futures and options ) is vying with the open outcry Liffe market in London . |
| 17 | Mr Kinnock would enter Downing Street to find his in-tray bursting with papers covering pressing issues requiring swift decisions , ranging from Iraq and Lockerbie to setting up Cabinet committees to handle the minutiae of day-to-day business . |
| 18 | The Commission have issued a plan to define a role for the EC by setting up a coordinated Industrial Policy ( Commission , 1990 ) . |
| 19 | But fifty miles away in Gloucester the same laws have stopped Yvonne Bremer from setting up a female taxi business altogether . |
| 20 | The different degrees and sources of political power of the hospital consultants on the one hand and the general practitioners on the other were skilfully exploited by Bevan in setting up the NHS . |
| 21 | Secondly , Fender were prepared to compromise themselves to try to clobber Tokai by setting up Fender Japan ; Rickenbacker 's whole philosophy , on the other hand , is based upon never making guitars anywhere other than under their own roof . |