Example sentences of "[noun] set [adv prt] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Society of Authors set up a powerful lobby , which convinced a Parliamentary Committee that the common law of obscene libel should be replaced by a modern statute which afforded some protection to meritorious literature . |
| 2 | The glitter in his eyes set off a jangling alarm in her mind . |
| 3 | Her words set up a faint echo among the room 's bare boards , its scabby walls , its uncovered windows . |
| 4 | FoE blames the rise of the supermarket for the decline in the use of the refillable bottle , and cites a survey last year which showed that 84 per cent of shoppers would be prepared to return containers to retailers if supermarkets set up a suitable system . |
| 5 | The exiles set up a medical school at Jundishapur , south of modern Teheran , where their arcane and esoteric formulae were stolen by the Arabs during the early conquests of Islam . |
| 6 | The two forged blocks set up a visual field where the entire space becomes a manifestation of sculpture . |
| 7 | The investigators set up a bogus export company and contacted more than 130 Hunts . |
| 8 | Among the report 's recommendations are that the DoH , DoE , and charities set up a special unit to facilitate local provision for homeless youngsters . |
| 9 | In July 1918 these universities set up a Joint Standing Committee of Convocations , intended to be non-political and non-partisan , the main purpose being the selection , on approved educational grounds , of candidates for the parliamentary constituency . |
| 10 | In August the Young Republicans set up a front organisation , the People 's Action League , which planned to campaign on the issue of high-rise flats , and picketed the Guildhall , calling for an extension of the city boundary and , on another occasion , at the siting of a new Michelin factory at Ballymena in County Antrim instead of Derry . |
| 11 | Two stunning resorts set around a glimmering bay . ’ |
| 12 | In France , the post-war nationalizations set up a tripartite scheme of management with representation of users , public authorities and employees ( Dubois 1975 : 161–3 ; Holter 1982 ) . |
| 13 | Staff set up a special emergency room with phene lines to give out information . |
| 14 | Restorers set up a temporary studio in the northwest end of the nave , with a glass wall allowing the public to follow the work in progress . |
| 15 | It has 94 rooms and self-catering apartments set around a central pool and bar , around which much of the hotel life revolves . |
| 16 | In 1951 , during the period of the Vietnamese uprising against the French colonial rule , he walked through his country 's rich tropical forests to China , where he and his colleagues set up a temporary university . |
| 17 | And the divide between the Catholic and Anglican churches was bridged — at least for investment purposes when the insurance arms of the two churches set up a joint venture , Ecclesiastical Underwriting Management , headed by the aptly named Kevin Cannon . |