Example sentences of "[noun prp] set [adv prt] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | JS sets up new development company . |
2 | While each university plans and validates its own degree programmes in the light of a general awareness of policies , constraints and demands , the CNAA sets out general principles for first degree courses under its aegis . |
3 | Viktor Ivanenko was appointed acting head of the new service , which was portrayed by commentators as a further move by Yeltsin to set up sovereign state structures for his republic [ see below for new USSR law regulating KGB ] . |
4 | Dot sat in her coat at the kitchen table and watched Mrs Hollidaye heaping thick slices of bread spread with yellow butter on to a plate while Loopy Lil set out pretty teacups Patterned with roses on to matching saucers . |
5 | Although British Government officials are hopeful that the threat of Mr Clinton setting up substantial trade barriers is receding , there is still no progress on the GATT trade agreement that could establish a sound basis for international commerce for the remainder of the century . |
6 | Vera Brittain was very much in sympathy with new feminism and together with Eva Hubback set up fee-paying baby clubs for middle class mothers during the late 1920s , because she recognised the anxieties of women struggling to follow the impossible infant-feeding and training schedules advocated by specialists . |
7 | LOGICA AND FINSIEL SET UP ITALIAN JOINT VENTURE |
8 | To provide a national and worldwide news service , the ITA set up Independent Television News , under the companies ' joint ownership . |
9 | Slovakia sets up environmental agency |
10 | Bruce Palmer , a partner , said he had helped Mr Tancock set up Global Finance earlier this year , but had not received independent confirmation of what the company did . |
11 | CLD SETS UP OPEN SYSTEMS CENTRE WITH CONSORTIUM 'S HELP |
12 | ICJ sets up environmental chamber |
13 | Fox set up New World Pictures to make British films , and Columbia Pictures engaged Irving Asher , who had been making quickies for Warners , to initiate a production programme that led to such interesting pictures as The Spy in Black ( 1938 , U-Boat 29 in US ) and Q Planes ( 1939 , Clouds Over Europe in US ) , both of which tapped into contemporary anxieties about the prospect of war . |
14 | After the death of their father in 1772 , the family firm passed to their eldest brother William , and in 1774 Samuel and James set up independent practices in London . |