Example sentences of "[vb past] [art] [noun sg] set [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The relevant statute empowered the minister to set up such a committee but in this case he refused to do so on the ground that the complaint was unsuitable for investigation because it raised wide issues ; that if the committee upheld the complaint he would be expected to make an order to give effect to the committee 's recommendations ; and that the complaint should be dealt with by the Board rather than by the committee of investigation . |
| 2 | After the death of Stewart , the present plaintiffs — his executor and Charlton — asked Casey to return the letters patent : Casey refused , claiming to be entitled to possession as owner of a third share , and registered the letter set out above . |
| 3 | We thought all our problems were over when we finally got the rig set up , but now we 've got to examine a deluge of fresh rock ! ’ |
| 4 | Grace was juggling a full-time job with looking after three children when she got the idea to set up her business . |
| 5 | He produced Polaroids that Kubrick approved off , and got the go-ahead to set up a kind of gigantic horizontal animation stand . |
| 6 | Earle caught the eye setting up John Fashanu 's opener then he punished a poor punch by Bruce Grobbelaar with a superbly-judged 25-yard lob . |
| 7 | Along the way she found the time to set up Ranzau , and in March this year the couple ploughed their capital into beefing it up . |
| 8 | In 1989 , Cardiff City Council invited the Guild to set up a showcase for their work , as part of its temporary arts programme for the Old Library . |
| 9 | The first drafts of the play are concerned to set the pattern of action and feeling rather than with the exploration of individual characters — this formalistic approach to his task was demonstrated in the preparation of a later drama , when he used a blackboard to set out the play and used symbols to denote his characters . |
| 10 | While sheriff of Hull in 1785 he headed a committee set up by the Hull Trinity House to found a navigation school , an establishment which celebrated its bicentenary in 1987 . |
| 11 | Then in 1986 came the opportunity to set up independently with Tim Hely Hutchinson and Sue Fletcher . |
| 12 | On Sunday the national executive committee firmly rejected the proposal to set up a working party to study electoral reform . |
| 13 | A UN General Assembly resolution on Oct. 15 called on the Cambodian leaders to co-operate and to exercise self-restraint , and welcomed the agreement to set up the SNC and to send an SNC representative to occupy Cambodia 's seat . |
| 14 | On April 22 the National Shengo ( parliament ) , summoned by Mengistu to find ways of " resolving the problem politically and peacefully " , approved a resolution to set up a " peace forum with all opposition parties and unity forces " , which would install a transitional government . |
| 15 | The day Halifax spurned Hitler , the War Cabinet approved a memorandum setting up the Special Operations Executive . |
| 16 | A FIRST step to bring perpetrators of atrocities in the former Yugoslavia to justice were taken yesterday when the UN Security Council unanimously passed a resolution to set up war crimes trials . |
| 17 | A majority of the House of Lords found these reasons insufficient and ordered the minister to set up the committee . |
| 18 | Back home he spent a year setting up an outdoor pursuits centre for someone near Broad haven but it did n't take off . |
| 19 | The agreement included a clause setting up a joint committee to oversee air quality . |
| 20 | It was another sunny morning and I took the opportunity to set off with Singi , our assistant sirdar , for a shapely rock peak rising above the campsite and offering the prospect of an interesting climb and a good viewpoint . |
| 21 | Gorbachev was not invited to attend the Alma Ata meeting , but sent a letter setting out his views on the new developments . |
| 22 | They set off in November 1923 and it took a year to set up the expedition . |
| 23 | Only after Pericles ' death did the rot set in , when the people insisted on following so-called " demagogue revealing word — like Cleon , who evidently did not know how to behave , but curried favour with " the rabble " by calculated populist gestures : " He was the first " , wrote Aristotle , " to indulge in shouting and scurrilous abuse from the rostrum , and to address the people with his clothes tucked up like a common labourer , whereas all his predecessors had spoken with dignity and properly dressed . " |
| 24 | In San Salvador , meanwhile , the FMLN issued a communique setting down its conditions for a truce . |
| 25 | In San Salvador , meanwhile , the FMLN issued a communique setting down its conditions for a truce . |
| 26 | On March 4 , 1990 , Assad issued a law setting up special courts to investigate criminal cases involving government employees . |
| 27 | On Sept. 1 , 1989 , Kadhafi issued a decree setting up the General Committee for Defence , which would be responsible for organizing " the armed people " and would replace the Armed Forces General Command . |
| 28 | Russian President Boris Yeltsin on April 11 issued a decree setting up an arms export commission , the aim of which would be to regulate and prevent the export of material and technology from Russia which might be used abroad in the manufacture of military hardware or weapons , including weapons of mass destruction . |
| 29 | Placing increasing emphasis on SADCC 's original purpose of promoting regional economic development , members issued a statement setting out goals of integration for the 1990s , and adding that " we look forward to welcoming a democratic South Africa into SADCC " . |
| 30 | He won a competition set up in memory of Catherine Kenyon . |