Example sentences of "set up in " in BNC.

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1 The history of the inter-war pub stems from the beginning of state interference under the Central Control Board ( Liquor Traffic ) set up in 1915 .
2 At the close of unusually emotional debate , Sir Peter Lane , chairman of the National Union Executive Committee , agreed to recommend affiliation to the party of a model Conservative association set up in North Down .
3 Rembrandt underlined its affection for Rothmans by pumping its shareholding into Richemont , a company it set up in Switzerland .
4 Mystery also surrounds the brief existence of a rival non-governmental body , the All-Russian Famine Relief Committee , set up in July and dismantled at the end of August 1921 .
5 ‘ I 'm Operations Manager of Pathcraft , a private company set up in 1990 which specialises in the care , maintenance , repair and construction of upland footpaths .
6 From now on , every rehearsal should be arranged and set up in this way , so that your band will sound the same every time you rehearse .
7 There 's this big brass band set up in the middle of the station with these people sitting in chairs with their instruments all silvery and shiny .
8 A dresser holds a collection of old tins that once contained pills for headaches , stomach and liver ailments , concocted by Tim 's great-grandfather , a manufacturing chemist who set up in business in the 1880s .
9 BitC is a charity , set up in 1981 , to breathe life back into Britain 's dying towns and cities .
10 Welsh- Pearson , the company he set up in 1915 , remained small , making only three or four films a year , thus resisting the pressures for mass production that prevailed at the larger studios .
11 The Mexican deal , set up in 1989 , continued a series of debt firsts for Mexico .
12 The patients had all been washed and set up in their chairs and most of them seemed to be almost asleep .
13 The new Public Appointments Unit set up in 1975 to revivify the List was run by Jonathan Charkham , a well-heeled nomad who had begun his career as a barrister , went into industry , and by the late eighties was working for the Bank of England .
14 The report was prepared by a working party set up in January to investigate large positions the American investment bank built up in MCC shares during that period but failed to disclose .
15 Of those who did go to the 30,000 polling booths , set up in mosques and schools , few expressed enthusiasm about the current leaders .
16 Dr Asvat subsequently reported his examination of Stompie to the Soweto Crisis Committee , set up in 1988 to monitor and try to control the activities of Mrs Mandela , director of the ANC 's Social Welfare Department .
17 The joint venture set up in 1988 between Degussa , Germany , and the Bhartia Group , India , will start production of precipitated spray-dried silicas this year .
18 ‘ As a matter of fact , he set up in business for himself — not far away , in Mile End . ’
19 Tensions increased when the NGC sought the right to disburse steadfastness money instead of the Jordanian-PLO Joint Committee set up in Amman .
20 A different form of direct action was taken by the Derry Housing Association , set up in October 1965 .
21 Most of the overwintered hives had survived , with the help of bread soaked in ale every couple of weeks , and now they were unwrapped , one or two at a time in case of a late frost , and set up in sheltered corners .
22 The original , although it is hard to believe from the fragile beauty of the copy , represented a boy boxer , Cyniscus of Mantineia , whose feats were commemorated in a bronze statue set up in the sanctuary at Olympia .
23 Petitions were fastened to a statue of Julius Caesar set up in the Roman Forum , and appeals for justice were made to statues of emperors in later antiquity .
24 We described , at the beginning of this chapter , a society set up in 1801 to investigate the nature and cure of cancer .
25 He set up in business as an antique dealer but , according to Herbert Cranko , ‘ seems to have loved his stock more than his customers , often refusing to sell a cherished piece to a disliked buyer ’ .
26 Herbert , deciding that he had had enough of provincial life , set up in partnership again with brother James .
27 The Employment Training Programme , set up in 1988 to help the long-term unemployed , gives a low priority to workers over the age of 54 who are regarded as non-mainstream ( indeed those over 60 are not eligible to participate ) , even though it is older workers who are most at risk of experiencing long-term unemployment .
28 Architect Chris Butt and engineer Tony Ward were approached and a meeting set up in 1988 included them as well as city council and county council officers .
29 The company manufactured electrical components and suffered serious competition from ex-employees who set up in business themselves and poached the company 's customers .
30 This case concerned a man who set up in competition with the business that had previously employed him .
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