Example sentences of "set up [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In France , the one country that had developed a strong tradition of vernacular opera with its own different aesthetic , it needed only a visit of an Italian company playing a repertoire of opere buffe to spark off one of the most celebrated of musical civil wars , the querelle des bouffons , a war which was renewed a quarter of a century later when the pro-Italian faction set up Piccinni in rivalry with the now gallicized Gluck . |
| 2 | It is two years since the 44-year-old former convict set up Convoy Aid and now he devotes his life to the Romanian orphans . |
| 3 | By the time Anthony Cheetham left and set up Century , Maxwell had bought BPCC and Thomas was appointed director of publicity , responsible for both paid-for promotions and PR . |
| 4 | In 1964–5 , with John Hopkins , he set up Love Books , specifically to publish experimental writing and poetry . |
| 5 | But such pretentious billing set up Cuisine 2000 for instant mockery whenever problems arose — as surely they did . |
| 6 | Guppy ‘ set up gold scam ’ |
| 7 | France and Italy set up dolphin haven |
| 8 | They let the horses wander there with Rimir , Isay and two of Finnan 's men watching over them , then found a relatively dry spot and set up camp in what had become their normal routine . |
| 9 | By December Gould had crossed the Liverpool Range and set up camp on the banks of the Mokai . |
| 10 | In either case , set up scaffold boards parallel with the position of the first length so you can walk safely across the room at a convenient height . |
| 11 | It would be tedious to quote more than a few examples of the evidence from parliamentary commissions , the STC , union reports and surveys etc. , but the following quotations are typical : " About the only work which the women can do is to stand or sit at their formes and set up type ; and to distribute the types back again into the cases , but of course this is only a portion of a compositor 's work " ( an employer ) ; " " As far as mere type-lifting is concerned , she may do , but there is other rough work in connection with compositors " work which I do not think a woman is qualified for " ( a union leader ) ; " Women … get the best , i. e. the simplest jobs … they are kept always at pretty much the same kind of work " ( an employer ) . |
| 12 | The state now has to intervene to guarantee demand , protect markets , set up state monopolies , regulate foreign trade , control credit and fight imperialist wars . |
| 13 | Third , a federal provision gives tax credits to firms that set up manufacturing operations in US possessions , most notably Puerto Rico . |
| 14 | We have eight firms involved in hi-tech and data processing industries showing positive signs of wishing to come to Cowal and set up manufacturing bases . |
| 15 | International winger Bryan Roy set up striker Ron Willems 's headed equaliser just before the full-time whistle in the 2–2 draw with MVV Maastricht . |
| 16 | In 1986 the IBA set up Committee 20 to promote discussion on cultural property and to promote the harmonisation of relevant national and international laws . |
| 17 | The most serious attacks occurred in the decade after 998 when the Norsemen set up winter quarters in what was to become their favourite location , the Isle of Wight , and ‘ lived off the land ’ by repeatedly plundering the south coast . |
| 18 | We actually set up buffet in there |
| 19 | Several German banks have in recent years set up capital market units in London to trade deutschmark bonds . |
| 20 | The hirer sued the owner of the excavator as vicariously liable for the driver 's negligence , and the owner set up clause 8 of the contract as a defence , on the basis that it transferred liability for the driver 's actions to the hirer . |
| 21 | It also set up Village Leagues , an attempt to create a co-operative Palestinian structure in the less politically active villages of the West Bank . |
| 22 | It is widely thought that they are descended from genes , or groups of genes , of higher organisms , which have somehow escaped and set up life on their own . |
| 23 | Johnson & Johnson chief executive Frank De Angeli did a management buy-out and set up Devro in Scotland , where it quickly become a major exporter world wide . |
| 24 | Grown-up sons go off on their own , grown-up daughters stay put or set up splinter groups nearby . |
| 25 | That 's the name and the aim of the group of students who set up sporting events and experiences for young people with disabilities . |
| 26 | The Norfolk county gentry began to build fine houses in the town , and to cater for their needs and those of the affluent merchants a new group of professional men , notably attorneys , architects and physicians , set up trade and flourished , as did their fellow professionals in other provincial towns . |
| 27 | In order to ensure that every department at the studio was of the best , he set up training schemes for new entrants to the industry . |
| 28 | The department has sponsored athletic programmes , set up neighbourhood offices and introduced mandatory racial-sensitivity classes . |
| 29 | The UN special rapporteur on human rights , Tadeusz Mazowiecki [ for whose August appointment and report see p. 39035 ] , told the Security Council on Nov. 16 that immediate action was necessary to close detention camps , set up security zones for humanitarian purposes in Bosnia-Hercegovina and establish corridors for humanitarian supplies . |
| 30 | When the government set up Local Enterprise Companies as an important tool for economic development there was no place in their plans for trade union representation . |