Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] set [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My resolve to set up an inquiry into the social security system was strengthened by one other important factor . |
| 2 | Before he died my father set up a trust to endow the Sherman Field Museum of Natural History in Washington . |
| 3 | In view of the limited time available before the scheduled date for Advance Data Capture for Council Tax purposes I will ask my secretary to set up a meeting to discuss this document and Council Tax structures and staffing levels in a couple of weeks time . |
| 4 | The drawback , inevitably , is that everything is dependent upon the existence of a CAB in the area , its willingness to set up the scheme , and the co-operation of the local profession . |
| 5 | They then commandeered a battery operated amplifier and two loudspeakers from the local constituency association , and via the roof of one of their cars set up an excellent PA system . |
| 6 | Her words set up a faint echo among the room 's bare boards , its scabby walls , its uncovered windows . |
| 7 | Hepworth and Stoll failed in their attempt to set up a permanent sales operation in America ; Samuelson secured a short-lived distribution arrangement with First National Exhibitors ' Circuit , and various other films secured some sort of release . |
| 8 | The three contending armed factions inside Liberia signed a ceasefire agreement in Bamako ( Mali ) on Nov. 28 , and a further agreement in Banjul ( The Gambia ) on Dec. 21 declaring their intention to set up a national conference within 60 days as a prelude to establishing their own interim government . |
| 9 | Nationalists in Nakhichevan on Jan. 19 had declared the region 's secession from the Soviet Union and their intention to set up an independent Islamic republic . |
| 10 | In exasperation the Army purged Parliament of all but their own supporters , and caused its Rump to set up a court to try the King for treason against the people of England . |
| 11 | On Feb 9 six deputies who had left the PUWP before its dissolution set up a new parliamentary group , the Independent Deputies ' Caucus ( KNP ) . |
| 12 | FUNDRAISERS have issued a cry for help in their efforts to set up a hospice in Darlington . |
| 13 | The commission must still meet its obligation to set up a terrestial channel and the franchise may be re-advertised . |
| 14 | Second , the age at which people marry is closely related to their ability to set up an independent household , and for women who married under the age of 20 the numbers sharing accommodation with relatives changed little between the 1950s and the 1970s ( Holman , 1981 ) . |
| 15 | We prefer congruence between the two in the sense that its lack sets up a tension , but that tension is the source of most of the interesting facts about rhythmic structure . |
| 16 | Commendo is not clearly intended as a disposition at law , and the texts are clear on its inadequacy to set up a trust . |
| 17 | A typical occasion was when Thornton used his contacts to set up a meeting between the paper and the trade-union-sponsored Unity Bank to borrow £10,000 to keep things going for now , and to test the water for the millions of pounds that would be needed in the future . |
| 18 | His words set up a buzz in Sylvie 's mind . |
| 19 | To her horror , his words set off a ripple of excitement within her , and she felt a betraying warmth flood her cheeks . |
| 20 | The glitter in his eyes set off a jangling alarm in her mind . |
| 21 | In a case like this the applicant must , before issuing an originating summons , write to his opponent setting out the nature of his allegations and his information that the documents are relevant . |
| 22 | There was , however , some sympathy for the applicant in his desire to set up a viable farming unit . |
| 23 | So far , his efforts to set up a maintenance fund for Bemersyde have met with limited success . |
| 24 | This summary and climax of God 's covenant-agreement with his people sets out a basic ethical norm applicable to all men in all ages ( since they are in fact the " Maker 's instructions " ) . |
| 25 | Two years later he returned home to help his father set up a nursery , but the venture was unsuccessful . |
| 26 | [ His Lordship set out the indictment , ante , pp. 433F — 434A , and continued : ] It is necessary to refer to the terms of the relevant sections of the Computer Misuse Act 1990 . |
| 27 | Lord Grubb was an ancient hereditary peer who kept up eagerly with the times and was trying at the moment to unlock his capital to set up a chain of waffle shops . |
| 28 | Lipsey lays this out in the Introduction to his Introduction and the rest of his book sets down the basis of a Positive economics . |
| 29 | The Presbyterian ministers who occupied most of the Church 's livings , however , even before his arrival set up a committee to draw up a list of the objectionable features in his works ; their report , which condemned him as a heretic for denying Original Sin , was sent to the King . |
| 30 | Peter Rawlins , having failed in his mission to set up the stubbornly impracticable Taurus computer trading system , has done what used to be called the honourable thing . |