Example sentences of "[noun prp] [prep] set [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are grateful to Ken Byron for setting up a much needed journal in Drama and Dance Education . |
| 2 | His contributions included his work with Scripture Union , his long association with Cambridge University Mission , and his leading role with Andy Pierssene in setting up the Oxford Boys ' Club Trust . |
| 3 | When they reached the shearers ' quarters she became a bundle of activity , doing all she could to assist Matt in setting up the large barbecue , and then searching for dry wood to boil the water for the billy tea . |
| 4 | To Abbott and Hornsby were added the names of Captain Lawrence , with whom Wilson had been associated in the formation of the Certificated Officers ' Union , Maurice Darby , the originator of the first Glasgow branch who was alleged to have gone over to the Shipping Federation in 1890 , Robert Pleasance , former secretary of the Tower Hill branch who had been expelled from the union in the same year , and a Thomas Carey , an official of the NSFU discharged for unsatisfactory conduct in 1911 who , Wilson claimed , immediately became involved with the Federation and , while still in its pay , assisted Lewis in setting up the British Seafarers ' Union . |
| 5 | Frankfurt and Paris have already beat London in setting up an electronics settlements system , while the fully-automated Frankfurt Terminborse ( futures and options ) is vying with the open outcry Liffe market in London . |
| 6 | The Commission have issued a plan to define a role for the EC by setting up a coordinated Industrial Policy ( Commission , 1990 ) . |
| 7 | But fifty miles away in Gloucester the same laws have stopped Yvonne Bremer from setting up a female taxi business altogether . |
| 8 | The different degrees and sources of political power of the hospital consultants on the one hand and the general practitioners on the other were skilfully exploited by Bevan in setting up the NHS . |