Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] set [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Society of Authors set up a powerful lobby , which convinced a Parliamentary Committee that the common law of obscene libel should be replaced by a modern statute which afforded some protection to meritorious literature . |
| 2 | In permitting the bishop of Châlons-sur-Marne to set up a mint in 864 , the king acknowledged difficulties in suppling the new currency . |
| 3 | The fact is , I work in the National Health Service , and regardless of what the media or politicians may say , the reforms are costing millions of pounds setting up a system which is not working . |
| 4 | Rather in the same way that the mite of scabies sets up an allergic reaction , in certain people infected with candida an intense irritation occurs , which may be quite out of proportion to the degree of infection . |
| 5 | Following his failure to grab a slice of Dan-Air , he announced that he is pressing ahead with plans to set up a small European airline if Virgin can get permission to fly from Heathrow to Brussels , Paris and Maastricht . |
| 6 | This was confirmed in April 1948. when ‘ it was agreed that Abdallah would control Arab Palestine if he did not interfere with efforts to set up a Jewish State . ’ |
| 7 | He then served on committees to set up a republican government and abolish kingship and the House of Lords . |
| 8 | If a centre wants to find out about compatibility of their computer system and SCOTVEC 's or wants information on specifications to set up a system , contact myself or my colleague Fraser MacFarlane . |
| 9 | It called on ministers to set up a firearms control board which would vet all applicants before issuing a guns licence . |
| 10 | In Berkshire and Oxfordshire , for example , the cry of the " Church in Danger " was raised by some " hot heads " who feared the recent attempts by Nonconformists to set up a nationwide " correspondence " to pursue " the reformation of manners " was a plot against the Anglican establishment . |