Example sentences of "[verb] by set [adv prt] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Henry Skelton 's college responded by setting up a drugs working party involving students . |
| 2 | One city has responded by setting up a twenty-four hour response team to help people whose lives are being ruined by noisy neighbours . |
| 3 | The Government had responded by setting up an interdepartmental committee under the chairmanship of Lord Justice James to review the distribution of criminal business between the Crown Court and the Magistrates ' courts . |
| 4 | Some positively conflict by setting off a train of thought which is quite at variance with the message the audio track carries . |
| 5 | In news programmes , quality and range were sought by setting up a distinct company , ITN , which was jointly owned by the other companies and supplied news for the whole channel , and later for Channel 4 . |
| 6 | Coastguards have slammed youths who sparked a rescue alert by setting off a red flare yesterday between Cullercoats and Tynemouth . |
| 7 | Some are now attempting to combat the isolation they feel by setting up a national body to represent their interests . |
| 8 | In the United States , he had begun by setting up a small press which published German writers in translation , books which kept the Germany he knew alive . |