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

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1 In the same way , key performance indicators set up for each function are reviewed quarterly against its business plan with relevant managers ‘ but it 's not a dull , dry event : it 's when everybody pulls together , discussing everything that 's happening in great depth and giving managers the opportunity to explain to directors why they 're falling short , the constraints and obstacles , and so achieving agreement with the figures and the indicators used , ’ he said .
2 From the end of the seventeenth century , turnpike trusts set up under private acts of parliament began to appear .
3 It seems clear from the surviving images that emperors took interest in and approved the form of their portraits , particularly those that would be seen by many of their subjects on coins and statues set up in public places .
4 Industrial tribunals were established under s.12 of the Industrial Training Act 1964 with a narrow jurisdiction to consider appeals against the levy on employers to finance the industrial training boards set up under that Act .
5 JUN 1992 TOP post boxes and notice boards set up at various locations around the site and in mess rooms to communicate TOP news .
6 The move came amidst concern about the high levels of bad debt carried by the Nigerian banking system , particularly that held by some of the smaller banks set up in recent years .
7 The HIDB and the Cassa per il Mezzogiorno are both examples of intermediate institutions set up with intersectoral mandates to assist disadvantaged areas .
8 Contemporary concerns with the dangers posed to the rights of individuals by incorrect information are reflected in the laws and institutions set up on national levels to protect individuals against incorrect data and the implications that might arise from any errors .
9 Fifty to eighty percent of my time goes to meetings , either with one of my engineers or in development meetings , or in planning functions , or — we have a series of meetings set up with this group since they provide a service to us — and oh , I do n't know — ten to twenty percent of my time [ is spent ] on the phone … and the rest of my time , either in filling out forms that I have to fill out or thinking , sometimes .
10 ( 5 ) The setting up of ad hoc sub-committees ( committees set up for one purpose only and disbanded after their task is accomplished ) is a useful technique to make sure that the Hon.
11 ‘ I 've got four old Vickers guns set up in strategic positions , so neither group should be able to get in .
12 Among printers ' mementoes , one should not forget the special examples , in the nature of things not easy to find because of the infrequency of the occasions , produced by presses set up on frozen rivers , such as the Thames and Severn .
13 Windfarms are groups of 100ft high wind turbines set up in exposed areas to create electric power .
14 Often these representations are made by the Faculty of the Institute alone , but wherever it is considered beneficial , submissions are made in conjunction with other professional bodies and , indeed , the Tax Faculty is represented on a number of joint bodies set up for this purpose .
15 The government of the FRG declares that the memorials set up on German soil which are dedicated to Soviet victims of the [ Second World ] War and of the tyranny shall be respected and placed under the protection of German laws .
16 In particular , stresses set up in such samples can be relieved in all directions whereas stresses in bedrock are much more concentrated since the rock is confined both laterally and vertically .
17 Even so , by the end of April 20,000 Kurdish refugees a day were returning to havens set up in northern Iraq by Western troops — not without some hesitation , as when Kurdish peshmerga declared the haven at Zakho unsafe because there were still Iraqi police in the town .
18 Finally , the ruling only applies to members of schemes set up after 13 March 1989 , and to new employees joining existing schemes from 1 June 1989 .
19 As already stated , the change only affects those joining new pension schemes set up after 13 March 1989 or new members joining existing schemes after 1 June 1989 .
20 Separate spheres of responsibility can be identified , and control systems set up for junior management , and so controls , performance measurement and accountability are better .
21 It was a government word used , for example , in the 1975 slogan ‘ Socialism and freedom are one ! ’ ( later to become ‘ Islam , socialism and freedom are one ! ’ ) , painted on walls and on the triumphal arches set up over main roads .
22 Throughout the period a high percentage of workers , especially in the newly developed areas and the many enterprises set up in rural areas , were born into peasant families .
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