Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] set [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.

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1 The males do like to set up a territory , and minor skirmishes can break out between them if the tank is not large enough to allow two or three separate domains .
2 We 've decided to set up a campaign to put pressure on the Government and we need someone to run the office .
3 Now going back to administration , I 'd wade through , and it might say that the policy 's being delivered , so I 've got to set up a policy delivery call .
4 We 've got to set up a proper complaints procedure , so that people know how to complain about Social Services , although I doubt very much whether anybody would ever want to complain about Oxfordshire 's Social Services , and so on .
5 We 've also got to implement the famous Community Care Act , which implies that we 've got to set up an inspection unit of all our own services .
6 Q I have decided to set up a 48″ x 18″ x 15″ fish only aquarium , with a view to changing a mixed fish/invert set-up and I am now contemplating which fish to buy .
7 Ministers from six European countries , including Britain , have agreed to set up a high speed network by 1998 although there are doubts that Britaincan meet the timetable because of delays over the Channel tunnel .
8 The world 's major airlines have agreed to set up a task force to develop international accounting guidelines ; it will liaise with the IASC .
9 A communiqué issued at the end of the talks said that " Iran and Iraq and the International Committee of the Red Cross ( ICRC ) have agreed to set up a joint commission to review the resumption of the exchange of prisoners of war " .
10 France and Italy have agreed to set up a sanctuary in which dolphins will be protected from drift-net fishing .
11 Commonwealth leaders meeting in Cyprus have agreed to set up a special mission to lobby key capitals holding out on agreement on the GATT trade negotiations .
12 Under the auspices of the International Maritime Organization , 90 countries have agreed to set up an emergency response system to deal with oil spillages .
13 Students of the British public sector have attempted to set down the ‘ typical ’ features of industrial relations in nationalized industries .
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