Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] set [adv prt] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The outburst follows the allied decision to set up an exclusion zone to protect Shi'ites in Southern Iraq . |
| 2 | As there was no other business the Conference concluded quickly after its momentous decision to set up a national organisation of the deaf and dumb . |
| 3 | The position of the Socialist Unity Party — Party of Democratic Socialism ( SED-PDS — since December the new name of the communist Socialist Unity Party or SED — see pp. 37107-09 ) had been badly damaged over its controversial attempt to set up a successor organization to the hated State Security police or " Stasi " . |
| 4 | The Foreign Ministry set up a study group on a peace treaty in November 1945 , although it was clearly premature to pursue the problem at this time . |
| 5 | In 1988 the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors set up a ‘ cut-price ’ arrangement which enabled house-buyers to take disputes about house surveys to arbitration . |
| 6 | For all three authors the ultimate source of royal authority is not God , or tradition , but the people , whether through some original popular decision to set up a monarchy , or through a constantly renewed popular choice of rulers . |
| 7 | Its use of public money to set up a network of city technology colleges in joint ventures with businesses mocked the needs of the majority of children . |
| 8 | The Scottish nobles set up a Regency Council with control of Margaret 's baby sons , one of whom , Alexander , Duke of Ross , dies soon after his mother 's sudden departure for England . |
| 9 | Implementation of the Eleventh Company Law Directive will add further complexities to the law relating to disclosure of information by foreign companies setting up a place of business in the UK , according to the Institute 's Company Law Sub-committee . |
| 10 | In 1917 the British government set up a new department of overseas trade designed to bring commerce and foreign policy into more effective contact : its head was to be responsible to both the foreign secretary and the president of the board of trade . |
| 11 | It has 94 rooms and self-catering apartments set around a central pool and bar , around which much of the hotel life revolves . |
| 12 | Forty-three members of the old party set up an HSWP cell , and urged their comrades all over the country to do the same . |
| 13 | I 'll have to ask the Foreign Office to set up an interview . |
| 14 | As a movement in the same direction the German foreign office set up a legal and commercial department in 1885 and the British one acquired a legal adviser in 1893 ( a post of Legal Assistant Under-Secretary had already been created in 1876 ) . |
| 15 | The hypnotic induction sets up a peculiar state of ‘ dissociated consciousness ’ |
| 16 | Tories say the way forward is to work closely with the private sector to set up a scheme similar to that undertaken by Halton Council , which is aiming for 90% recycling . |
| 17 | This required LEAs to set up a careers service . |
| 18 | There is evidence of Roman traders setting up a depot near Braughing , using the River Lea as the transport link with the Thames . |
| 19 | Not so for Locke , you will recall that so f the way Locke sets it up is a legitimate civil society is first established by a social contract and that creates a community , a body politic , which has a capacity to act , and I 'll put a little question mark over that shortly , erm and that community then as a separate act sets up a government which , because it has set it up as a trust , erm it can change or dismiss pretty well at will . |
| 20 | The skilful teacher sets up a training situation in which pupils can solve their own problems and draw their own conclusions . |
| 21 | In March 1931 Snowden , the Chancellor of the Exchequer , referred to ‘ the national position [ as being ] so grave that drastic and disagreeable measures will have to be taken ’ , and accepted a Liberal amendment to set up an Economy Committee . |
| 22 | The following pages set out an extract from a typical ( asset ) sale agreement . |
| 23 | The SAD paper set out a number of options — I wish to concentrate on the fourth . |
| 24 | During a 24-hour visit to Argentina on March 2-3 , 1990 , President Virgilio Barco of Colombia and Menem signed a joint declaration setting up a ministerial commission for political co-ordination and integration . |
| 25 | The League Against Cruel Sports set up an undercover operation which it says proves that some hunts make up to twenty thousand pounds a year without paying tax.Huntsmen say the League is resorting to desperation tactics . |
| 26 | • Take five of PFK 's top writers and give them a nominal £250 to set up a tank . |
| 27 | Of a sudden Hector set up an extraordinarily excited yapping . |
| 28 | Take food hygiene : it is cheaper for a large council to set up a laboratory to service several districts than for each of the districts to have its own . |
| 29 | This involved PPA volunteers and staff in the tripartite consultations at county level , the preparation of budget submissions , agonising waits while plans were considered , elation when funding was agreed , disappointment when refused , months of hard work to set up a scheme or , when necessary , to re-draft the plan to try for funding again . |
| 30 | TERRORISTS in Northern Ireland yesterday breached tight security to set off a bomb which injured two policemen , one seriously . |