Example sentences of "[Wh pn] set [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Can this be the Arthur Wellesley who set aside a sum of money to educate two of the slain Tipu Sahib 's sons , whose letters of gratitude I still have ? |
| 2 | Reveals an insider : ‘ The series is based around a failed football star who sets up a celebrity limo service . |
| 3 | When that right was withdrawn by Cromwell , who set up a licensing system for books and newspapers , the poet Milton uttered his immortal cry for press freedom , the " Areopagitica " : " Promiscuous reading is necessary to the constituting of human nature . |
| 4 | Among them was an American , John Longyear , who set up a mining operation on the shores of Isfjorden . |
| 5 | The restoration has been further financed by a subsidy of DFl.130,000 ( £40,625 ; $70,684 ) from the Ministry of Culture as well as by contributions from the owners of the villas who set up a foundation specifically for the purpose . |
| 6 | That could well be the motto of Miss Pam Bosworth , who set up a hat hire business because her friends kept borrowing from her wardrobe . |
| 7 | A SNAKE handler who set up a group to dispel people 's fear of the reptiles was killed by a bite from his Egyptian cobra . |
| 8 | A milkman who set up a round in competition with his old dairy firm has won a legal battle to continue his business for the time being . |
| 9 | Cheshire Fire Brigade who set up an emergency operation centre on site said the cloud had been taken by the prevailing wind east of Northwich . |
| 10 | At the time of the James Committee 's deliberations two research programmes were gaining educators ' attention which confirmed the anxieties of those who set up the Committee . |
| 11 | The stooge who set up the question was a local Free Presbyterian elder ! |
| 12 | And it was Charlie who set up the winner with a headed flick on for McNally to score from eight yards out . |
| 13 | And it was Charlie who set up the winner with a headed flick on for McNally to score from eight yards out . |
| 14 | Jane Copley , sister of Joanna Copley who set up the help line was in no doubt about what must be done now . |
| 15 | So too was Oscar Deutsch who set up the Odeon Cinema chain from Colmore Row in the 20 's and 30's . |
| 16 | ( David Evans , who set up the Centre back in 1989 ) . |
| 17 | In this survey , I have elected to concentrate on English presses , in the belief that it is they that will be largely sought by English collectors ; but I am much aware of the many fine examples in other countries , not least in America , where such names as Bruce Rogers of the Riverside Press , Cambridge , Mass. , Frederic Goudy of the Village Press , Park Ridge , Illinois ( and later Marlborough , New York ) and Daniel Berkeley Updike , who set up the Merrymount Press , will always be honoured . |
| 18 | That adds up to more than £2 million worth of business for Andy Barker , who set up the company only a year ago . |
| 19 | ‘ It 's sad that we are closing but our lease is due to expire and I always knew it would end if we could n't find other suitable premises , ’ said Mrs Erica Law , of Reeth , who set up the shop . |
| 20 | The advantages of an exchange rather than a sale , says Mr Nunn ( who set up the business after he successfully swapped his own home ) , are : no chain of buyers and sellers to fall through , stamp duty is payable only on any difference in price between the two properties , and agents ' fees are less . |
| 21 | The Arabs from Spidex , who set up the deal , have vanished with the Iranians ' money and , they suspect , their arms shipment . |
| 22 | With the first Dalek one , for example , I let Richard Martin , again a new Director , do a few episodes but under the wings of Christopher who set up the serial and so , kind of , held his hand while he eased himself into the role of Director , which was good experience for him . |
| 23 | Lecturer Keith Birch , who set up the project , said : ‘ Not even one episode was completed . ’ |
| 24 | The importance of the cognitive structuring of space is expressed by Mark and Frank ( 1989 ) , who set out the research agenda for the ‘ Spatial Languages ’ Research Initiative of the US National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis ( NCGIA ) . |
| 25 | Fortunately this did not stop the women from trying , and Basnett , senior lecturer in Comparative Literature at the University of Warwick , describes in some detail the individual practitioners who set about the task . |