Example sentences of "[is] set [adv prt] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The DTI is to set up working groups to examine the scope for change in some of the most complex areas of company law . |
| 2 | One idea is to set up alternative decision-making processes for ‘ out-of-area ’ operations . |
| 3 | The technique in the experiments is to set up two photo-detectors on either side of the calcium or mercury source , preceded immediately by polarisers that allow through only those photons polarised in one direction ( Figure 1a ) . |
| 4 | One of the growing practices in modern legislation is to set up supervisory bodies , or ‘ watchdogs ’ , to monitor the effects of the law in society . |
| 5 | The Russian Ministry of Defence is to set up special " ecological units " which will be given " unlimited powers to curb all environmentally destructive activities " . |
| 6 | But better still , if you decide you are going to fish the same one or two swims each time , is to set up permanent anchors . |
| 7 | So what we are aiming to do is to set up more joint projects , like the one on financial instruments , where we have been working very closely with Canada . |
| 8 | what , what you need to do , and the sooner you do it the better , the sooner you can get the information the better , is to set out those sort of philosophical issues |
| 9 | By using the relatively new and rather powerful transactions cost analytical approach , combined with conventional and radical approaches within organisation theory , and insights from the sociology of work , combined with the results from recent empirical work on the introduction of new technology , the intention is to set out some of the possibilities and choices about the use of new technology at work , indicating the different pay-offs to particular groups , and suggesting that the outcomes in specific cases will depend not just on the technology itself but on the strategy and power of the various interested parties . |
| 10 | This impressive hotel is set back 20 yards from the mountain road and offers breathtaking views . |
| 11 | The legal theory is set out first . |
| 12 | Millie is setting up two music stands and lugging her cello case in from the hall . |
| 13 | State governor Romer is setting up pre-programmed computers in kiosks throughout towns in the state to poll taxpayers on how think their money should be spent . |
| 14 | UK open systems integration firm , Kew Research Corporation Ltd , Uxbridge , Middlesex , is setting up indirect sales channels and OEM deals this side of the water for Redundant Array Independent Disk ( RAID ) developer Raidtec Corp . |
| 15 | ‘ Well , ’ says Howard , ‘ I think the thing we want to avoid at all costs — I mean , I really feel quite strongly about this — is setting up some kind of Utopia — some kind of over-simplified Arcadia which would n't stretch the imagination of the … ’ |
| 16 | AST Research Inc is setting up high-end indirect sales channels for Manhattan , its Intel 80486-based multi-processing machine : the company will sign up to 100 NetWare and Unix-oriented distributors . |
| 17 | She says that it would be wrong of the council to judge who is a good or bad busker , what they 're doing is setting out some rules so everyone knows where they stand . |