Example sentences of "[vb -s] set [adv prt] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Labour wants to set up a Parliament in Scotland , where public spending is 23 per cent . |
| 2 | At the same time , there is continuous pressure from creative people for simplicity in the briefs they are given and the creative brief , clearly , needs to set out the strategy in a way that is intelligible to , and usable by , the creative team : if it is n't , it 's useless . |
| 3 | By far the greatest protection for consumers in Britain is provided by parliament , which in several important pieces of legislation has set up a framework in which the respective rights and duties of consumers and suppliers can be identified and clarified . |
| 4 | The Home Office has set up a committee to examine codes of practice for police computers . |
| 5 | Marcel Berlins writes : ‘ I 'm pleased to see that the Bar has set up a committee to monitor and research into sex discrimination in the profession . ’ |
| 6 | The Institute of Investment Management and Research ( IIMR , formerly the Society of Investment Analysts ) has set up a sub-committee under my chairmanship to decide on the calculation of an earnings figure which can be used for the per-share calculation and for price/earnings ratios . |
| 7 | Many law firms have already laid off employees : a large Midlands firm has got rid of 35 ; a firm in East Anglia is about to shed some conveyancing staff ; and the Law Society 's Young Solicitors Group has set up a helpline to provide counselling and advice for young lawyers who have been made redundant . |
| 8 | Many law firms have already laid off employees : a large Midlands firm has got rid of 35 ; a firm in East Anglia is about to shed some conveyancing staff ; and the Law Society 's Young Solicitors Group has set up a helpline to provide counselling and advice for young lawyers who have been made redundant . |
| 9 | Maintenance is the key to both performance and lifespan and to help with this , Omnicourt has set up a helpline , on . |
| 10 | Now the county 's Police Federation has set up a helpline to give advice to officers facing complaints . |
| 11 | The sculptor Rob Blote has set up a gallery in his home in Wassenaar with the specific purpose of selling works of art which the Dutch government had purchased through the BKR Scheme . |
| 12 | He has set up a centre for research into equine exercise physiology and equine sports injury at Bristol University College which hopefully will increase our understanding of equine sports injuries . |
| 13 | The French section of the World Wide Fund for Nature has set up a fundraising campaign to help support a series of projects aimed at safeguarding threatened species . |
| 14 | TOUR operator Airtours has set up a hit-squad of inspectors to seek out and axe shoddy Continental hotels . |
| 15 | Kalinowski is equally accommodating with Prince Adam Czartoryski , who has set up a foundation to restore to glory the castle of Goluchow . |
| 16 | As public shopping arcades lend themselves to situations of abuse it is important that they have somewhere warm to go ; one example of a voluntary initiative is that Bradford Council of Mosques has set up a day centre for retired older men . |
| 17 | In some polytechnics and colleges students can proceed from a two-year Diploma in Higher Education to a first degree , and the CNAA has set up a Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme ( CATS ) which allows students to accumulate credits not only from a variety of higher education institutions but from accredited employer-based and experiential learning . |
| 18 | The British Council , in conjunction with the Publishers Association , has set up a scheme to provide financial assistance enabling Russian publishers wanting to publish translations of UK books to purchase rights from the UK licence holders . |
| 19 | The government of the Chinese autonomous region of Tibet has set up a scheme to utilize solar energy for industrial and household use . |
| 20 | The Market Research Society has set up a panel of four experts , including two academics , to investigate . |
| 21 | The product costs anywhere between £4,000 and £250,000 ; Bull has set up a freephone number to deal with customer enquiries . |
| 22 | Mountain View , California-based , Network Computing Devices , has set up a subsidiary in Munich to support German distributor sales : it has existing operations in England and France and a joint venture in Japan . |
| 23 | Melbourne , Australia-based , Computer Power Software Group Inc has set up a subsidiary , Today Distribution AB , Sweden , in association with its Swedish distributor , software house Arcad Technology AB . |
| 24 | He has set up a pirate radio station in his bedroom , where he talks to the disaffected youth of his neighbourhood under the guise of Happy Harry Hard-On . |
| 25 | Compaq is also expected to announce details of its first comprehensive mail-order campaign this week — it is preparing a catalogue in the US that will offer Compaq computers , monitors and printers , as well as other companies ' software and peripherals , and has set up a telephone bank at its Houston campus to handle incoming calls on a toll-free telephone number , a move that will put Compaq into direct competition with fellow Texan , Austin-based Dell Computer Corp . |
| 26 | A number of Scottish councils adopted the kind of policies proposed by the 1981 STUC resolution , but none of them has set up a unit or appointed specific anti-discrimination workers . |
| 27 | It has set up a unit to develop OTC drugs because it believes the Government 's health experts want to reduce reliance on prescription drugs as part of cost-cutting measures . |
| 28 | BP Chemicals has set up a trading company to pursue opportunities in international chemical trading |
| 29 | It has set up a support centre in Warrington , UK , with a network of all the different types of systems it supports . |
| 30 | The family of a three year old girl who 's suffering from a rare heart condition has set up a support group to help other sufferers . |