Example sentences of "to set up [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Note , however , that problems regarding contact may also be resolved by use of the representations procedure which local authorities are obliged to set up under s26 of the Act ( see Chapter 20 ) .
2 I met a boy in his mid-twenties , from Kentucky , who had come to New York to set up as a dentist .
3 In MAKING IT BETTER , the improbably , coolly glamorous Jane Asher plays Diana Harrington , half of a couple who work for the BBC and have sex problems : her husband of 20 years tells her he is leaving her to set up as an homosexual , an announcement which seems to disturb her less than a wheel clamp .
4 ‘ He tried to set up as a fridge and freezer engineer , but that did n't work .
5 Would a possible solution be for the son F to set up as a sole trader and eventually move to separate premises with perhaps other family members becoming partners of this business ?
6 The indentured labourers hoped to be able to set up as independent farmers once they had worked off the costs of their passages , but the islands soon became so crowded that they were unlikely to be able to do this .
7 He intends to set up as a PR and communications consultant , freelance writer and designer .
8 All systems go , then his father died and he threw in his hand to set up as a GP in Falmouth . ’
9 A few people have tried to set up as independent ironers but we seem to be reluctant to pay someone £4 an hour to iron .
10 In this perspective to set up as a writer at all is an extraordinary act , while artist becomes a word only to be invoked only of others , never about the self .
11 This however proved to be the catalyst that Bowran needed to set up on his own .
12 Kind souls , such as Mr Smith , who had reckoned that Tiller had encouraged his son to set up on his own , were proved wrong .
13 She had built up a good little business in the indoor market-hall and now she and George had amassed enough in the bank to set up on a farm of their own .
14 Training : Tax relief will be given to employers helping employees leaving their company to set up on their own .
15 The fourth phase of the development of headhunting may be identified as the splintering of individual consultants from existing firms , to set up on their own , such as Haley from Ward Howell and Egon Zehnder from Spencer Stuart , both in 1964 .
16 Stork was attracted to the idea of headhunting , but less to the idea of working for GKR , so he decided to set up on his own , working at both headhunting and marketing consulting .
17 She knew she did not want to be an employee or to set up on her own and accepted a position as Recorder on the South-East Circuit while looking at the appointments pages in the newspapers .
18 Eventually it may become so big that one of the young sons may be able to set up on his own in one corner of it .
19 I accept that there has been a steady concentration of power in the hands of large , sophisticated and diversified publishing companies , yet it is still possible for you or me to set up on our own , and publish highly professional and innovative books from our own back bedroom at very little cost .
20 A disagreement over patients ' preparation and post-operational recovery regime resulted in Daniel leaving his father in 1763 to set up on his own at Ingatestone , Essex .
21 I do n't think I 'm good enough to set up on my own .
22 Ligachev argued that collective and state farms were still the backbone of the system and that most peasants did not want to leave them to set up on their own .
23 Also issued on Oct. 26 , a decree granted foreign investors ( individual or corporate ) the right to set up on Soviet soil a 100 per cent foreign-owned enterprise , or to buy a shareholding in existing Soviet enterprises .
24 The government 's policy paper contained provisions for state-aided settlement schemes to encourage black farmers to set up on 485,000 hectares of government land .
25 I 'm going to set up on my own — put my plate up . ’
26 Then Joanna asked thoughtfully , ‘ Sophie , when you first made up your mind to set up on your own , did you contemplate doing any large-animal work at all ? ’
27 ‘ Women builders can work from our workshops and take on private commissions , if they want to set up on their own , ’ she said .
28 Gascoigne enjoyed good support from Batty , who had another busy game in midfield and rarely allowed the opposition to establish the sort of rhythm they tried to set up at the start , when Boban and Suker tested Woods with low shots after some swift exchanges of passes had succeeded in outmanoeuvring England 's defence .
29 I was quite suprised how good he was that year … back heeling the ball to set up at least 2 goals … and the drag back and turn for a goal vs Wimbledon ( I think ) ! !
30 The meeting I ought to set up with Samuel 's parents ?
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