Example sentences of "[conj] set [adv prt] an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | BP was one of a consortium of international oil companies that set up an oil spill response base in Singapore . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | This Association has been instrumental in getting the APA to adopt guidelines on non-sexist language and practices , and to set up an office for Women 's Programmes . |
| 4 | Extend short term crisis support at home to East and West Lothian and set up an alarm scheme for frail elderly people in Midlothian . |
| 5 | Young adult males are driven out of this group and form separate bachelor parties that must bide their time until they can steal young females and set up an oligarchy of their own . |
| 6 | One of their sections had gone hog barmy and set up an operation that turned into a shoot-out in a friendly country with an apparently innocent citizen getting killed . |
| 7 | Having now accumulated a small amount of capital and a tiny corps of agents in European cities , Reuter moved to London in 1851 and set up an office in the Royal Exchange Buildings . |
| 8 | In 1821 he joined in partnership with John Beckinton of Newcastle and set up an office at 14 Salthouse Lane , next door to the Hull branch of the Bank of England . |
| 9 | Portugal 's transport minister Joaquim Ferreira do Amaral and health minister Arlindo Carvalho went to the scene to supervise rescue operations and set up an inquiry . |
| 10 | Both government and unions stepped back and set up an arbitration process to try to resolve the cleaners ' claim for a minimum monthly salary of 80,000 pesetas ( £450 ) . |
| 11 | The brothers converted part of the building to make a chapel , and set up an industry in old railway huts which produced exquisite ecclesiastical embroideries , many of which can still be seen in local churches . |
| 12 | He bought some palladium and set up an experiment . |
| 13 | He would attempt the impossible and set up an airline from scratch in three months . |