Example sentences of "[conj] set [adv prt] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Councils in other parts of the country also adopted the Manchester approach and appointed workers or set up a unit . |
| 2 | They could have published a White Paper or set up a commission of inquiry . |
| 3 | It is up to them whether they move in with Mum and Dad or set up a caravan on site until the work is finished . |
| 4 | Or set up a business ? |
| 5 | We will strengthen support for such schemes and consult about the possibility of creating a new tax incentive to encourage companies to establish or extend an ESOP or set up a co-operative . |
| 6 | A US company that set up a film importing subsidiary in South Korea was subjected to intensive intimidation , including the release of snakes into cinemas to deter cinema customers . |
| 7 | Attractions included a travelling funfair that set up every year on the field beside the factory 's private runway and a gigantic firework display during the evening . |
| 8 | BP was one of a consortium of international oil companies that set up an oil spill response base in Singapore . |
| 9 | Murray 's cross from the right in the 67th minute was precise and evaded everyone except McCoist , whose header was turned towards Dykstra 's right-hand post and was as finely judged as the ball that set up the chance . |
| 10 | Nor could jumpy Orrell cope with the efficiency of the steady , unflurried Pilgrim , the full-back , who kicked Wasps ' penalty goals besides putting in the delicate chip that set up the try for Oti . |
| 11 | The reason I started writing tunes was because I could n't find tunes that set up the kind of guitar playing I wanted to do as an improviser . |
| 12 | The nuts and bolts of the deal have been put together cleverly to comply with the 1982 Cable Act and with the specific terms of the 1984 consent decree from Judge Harold Greene that set up the Baby Bells . |
| 13 | The Mirror rang the London firm that set up the line , Cablecom Productions . |
| 14 | Staff need to be made aware of the indicators that trigger off their own prejudices — snotty noses , nose- and ear-rings , coloured hair , leather jackets , elaborate and expensive school uniforms , gum-chewing — all those things that set off an expectation of a certain kind of behaviour , regardless of the individual young person 's personality . |
| 15 | He was dressed in a dark suit , expensively tailored , and a plain white shirt and bright silk tie that set off the crisp , glossy blackness of his hair . |
| 16 | Thus , in June 1985 , the Commission published a White Paper that set out a programme and timetable for the adoption of 300 legislative proposals ( later reduced to 282 ) to achieve a single market . |
| 17 | Activities that would lead towards the objective of writing a short story might be , ‘ clear the spare room out and set up a desk ’ , ‘ enrol on a weekend workshop on creative writing ’ , ‘ set aside the next four Sunday afternoons for writing ’ , ‘ arrange to visit a friend in six weeks ’ time with a completed first draft' . |
| 18 | The Lithuanian parliament adopted on Nov. 5 , by 76 votes to none , a law on issuing currency , and set up a committee to determine the implementation of the new currency , the litas . |
| 19 | West Mercia police have already been in touch with nine other forces and set up a committee covering the west and south of England , the Midlands and Wales to prevent any more Castlemorton style gatherings . |
| 20 | I 'll need your help to clear one of the chambers and set up a school room . |
| 21 | Install the program on your hard disk , plug in the dongle , boot up , and you 're asked to place the key on the sensor and set up a password . |
| 22 | The memorandum also instituted twice-yearly meetings between the UK and Chinese Foreign Secretaries on " matters of mutual concern " , and set up a link between the governor of Hong Kong and the director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office under China 's State Council . |
| 23 | With 800–900 of Switzerland 's 2300 professors due to retire before the end of the decade , the Swiss have taken a leaf out of Britain 's book and set up a scheme for appointing ‘ new blood ’ assistant professors at the rate of 300 in each of the next two four-year planning periods . |
| 24 | A year earlier , David Damiani had married Blanche , an 18-year-old Nazareth girl , and set up a home of his own in the Arektenje district of Jaffa . |
| 25 | Extend needle and syringe exchange facilities and local health care services and set up a specialist drug clinic . |
| 26 | The Council received the memorandum , and set up a sub-committee to consider it , with Lord Kings Norton in the chair . |
| 27 | He presented them with an axe , and set up a log to split . |
| 28 | But in 1985 , after the Sino-British settlement was announced , he resigned , declaring the move to be a protest against Britain 's withholding of full citizenship from Hong Kong passport holders , and set up a trust to advise would-be emigrants on alternative rights of abode . |
| 29 | The testator has instituted his sons heirs , and set up a trust : whichever dies first , if he dies childless , is to make over his share of the estate to his brother ; if both die childless the whole is to pass to the testator 's granddaughter . |
| 30 | He paid her a lump sum and set up a trust fund for daughter Angelique . |