Example sentences of "[noun] set [adv prt] the [noun prp] " in BNC.

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1 The Master Locksmiths Association has its roots in the early 1950s , when a group of craftsmen set up the Greater London Locksmiths Association .
2 Her family and former schoolfriends in Crosby set up the Vicki Bayliss Neuroblastoma Research Fund in her memory and tomorrow her mother , Judy , will join the 850 runners who have applied to take part in the 11th Crosby 10 .
3 The technical training department set up the NEBOSH course , which is seen as a logical progression building from the broad base of safety representatives training .
4 LIFFE was aware of plans to set up the DTB , and moved quickly to pre-empt its business in German long interest rates .
5 It was presented to the Aids organisation by Brian May , a guitarist in the group , and drummer Roger Taylor to set up the Freddie Mercury Memorial Trust .
6 In 1965 Lloyd went back to being Student 's editor , and Jim Haynes headed south to set up the London Traverse Company at the Jeanetta Cochrane Theatre in Holborn .
7 The companies set up the Volta Aluminium Company ( VALCO ) in 1959 .
8 The Committee set up the Roberts Working Party on Long Fraud Trials .
9 Mark Blunt and David Wilson set up the Chester-le-Street win despite a 5–49 return from Mark Storey .
10 In the following year Koops set up the Minerva Universal Insurance Office in Pall Mall , Westminster .
11 Aw , c'm on , it was just like that in Australia not long ago : one of the wire services reports in a condescending way that under local law , the National Institute of Industrial Property of Brazil recognises only the principle of priority in brand names , so that companies like IBM Corp , Xerox Corp and Sony Corp have had to ‘ buy back ’ their names before they could do business under them in Brazil ; the US is pressing Brazil to change the law to protect internationally recognised brand names — but it is not so long ago that , legend has it , an enterprising travelling Australian spotted that car hire was becoming big business , so when he got home , he registered the names Hertz and Avis , sold the Hertz name back to the company when it wanted to set up in Australia — and then used the cash he got from Hertz to set up the Avis concession in Australia .
12 In Britain , the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority set up the Culham Laboratory in 1961 to provide a central fusion research laboratory free of classified research and the security restrictions that go with it .
13 In 1979 widespread disruptive action led the then Labour government to set up the May Inquiry , intended to be a major review of the entire prison system ( May , 1979 ) .
14 Material sufficient for three divisions was despatched to the nationalist regime of Mustafa Kemal Pasha in aid of his war against Greece , and the honeymoon period with Sun Yat-Sen and Chiang Kai-Shek ( 1922–27 ) saw the granting of more than $2 million in military aid to the Kuomintang : whilst Soviet advisers set up the Whampoa military academy and trained soldiers of the National Revolutionary Army in the field , Soviet troops performed limited combat missions , including aerial bombardment and reconnaissance .
15 In 1611 he was consulted by Londoners setting up the Londonderry plantation , and showed positive interest in joining an oil-milling venture there .
16 The official figures were revealed yesterday in the bill setting out the NHS proposals and the legislative changes for the community care white paper proposals , published last week .
17 The BUF set up the January Club , a social and intellectual front whose members did not have to be Fascist and who were addressed by Joyce in his calmer tones .
18 Fearing that Germany might win the race to develop this weapon , the US government set up the Manhattan Project , costing $2 billion and involving some 150 000 people , including most of the world 's most outstanding physicists .
19 Greg Costello set up the Shelbourne victory with a 25th minute goal and further scores from Brian Mooney and Antonio Izzi in the second half closed out Karpaty .
20 SED sets up the Osler Committee
21 In 1881 the Crystal Palace Company set up the Crystal Palace School of Gardening , and Milner became its principal .
22 Leicester 's highly-rated young lock , Martin Johnson , whose decisive second-half try set up the Midlands 16-13 win over the North , played down his England prospects .
23 A UN General Assembly resolution on Oct. 15 called on the Cambodian leaders to co-operate and to exercise self-restraint , and welcomed the agreement to set up the SNC and to send an SNC representative to occupy Cambodia 's seat .
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