Example sentences of "[noun] to set [adv] a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Summerbee struck right on the stroke of half-time to set up a clash with France impressive 3–0 winners over Portugal in the final tomorrow . |
| 2 | The DHAC originated in the abortive attempt to set up a branch of NICRA in Derry . |
| 3 | For the classical foundationalist programme of starting from one 's own case and moving outwards suffers from all the radical defects which face the solipsist 's attempt to set up a language in which to describe the experiences which form his subject matter . |
| 4 | Many of the owners had once been renters , thus , suggesting a pattern where young migrants , who can not afford land or property rent until they have sufficient savings to set up a home of their own . |
| 5 | As a result of the work of the Working Party , the Council decided to establish a Work Organisation Research Centre at the University of Aston Management Centre , and awarded a grant of £278,371 to set up a programme of research . |
| 6 | There are plans to set up a fund in her name to assist up and coming wildlife film-makers . |
| 7 | Although the CNAA was not now to oversee a rolling programme of promotions to the ‘ university club ’ , how much autonomy the new polytechnics would want and acquire — from their local authorities and the CNAA — was to be a feature of debate from the creation of the first polytechnics , and from the decision to set up a Committee of Directors of Polytechnics in December 1969 and its formal establishment in April 1970 . |
| 8 | Det Insp Gordon Williams has recently been involved with raising money to set up a suite in Darlington where child abuse and rape victims can be interviewed in pleasant surroundings . |
| 9 | Its use of public money to set up a network of city technology colleges in joint ventures with businesses mocked the needs of the majority of children . |
| 10 | A typical occasion was when Thornton used his contacts to set up a meeting between the paper and the trade-union-sponsored Unity Bank to borrow £10,000 to keep things going for now , and to test the water for the millions of pounds that would be needed in the future . |
| 11 | Actors and dancers came to Alexander for advice ; he became a therapist and in 1900 moved to England to set up a practice in London . |
| 12 | It was Aer Lingus girl , Denise McCarthy , who caused the day 's biggest upset against the great Mary McKenna to set up a clash with Baltray 's pretty Oonagh Purfield for promotion to the last eight . |
| 13 | In 1989 , Cardiff City Council invited the Guild to set up a showcase for their work , as part of its temporary arts programme for the Old Library . |
| 14 | This money was initially paid out to distributors as a stimulus to set up a network of satellite producers but , after the corporation had trouble recovering the £3 million invested in Korda 's British Lion , money was directed into individual projects which they thought had commercial potential , as the percentage of the budget ( usually 30 per cent ) that could n't be raised from a distributor . |
| 15 | Ask your child to set down a row of four figures . |
| 16 | All regimental organisations and groups in the Stockton area are invited to a meeting in the town 's RAFA club tomorrow to discuss a proposal to set up a confederation of ex-service organisations . |
| 17 | Having established a context , in the second section Sukenick presents the attempts of a group to set up a commune within the country of Frankenstein ( a transparent label for the USA ) . |
| 18 | ‘ Many very significant aspects of our proposals are being implemented , like the need to set down a number of general principles , and to tighten up syllabuses . ’ |
| 19 | The Miseroni were called to Prague to set up a workshop for crystal carving and gem cutting , and they laid the foundations for the Bohemian cut-glass industry . |
| 20 | And not much chance of Fishy learning enough of the local lingo to set up a sting like this . |
| 21 | Four years ago it would have taken a whole day to set up a run of car doors at the plant . |
| 22 | In permitting the bishop of Châlons-sur-Marne to set up a mint in 864 , the king acknowledged difficulties in suppling the new currency . |
| 23 | Perhaps one method would be to allow small firms to set aside a percentage of profits into a tax free investment vehicle on the understanding that it is to be used for reinvestment within 5 — 10 years . |
| 24 | FUNDRAISERS have issued a cry for help in their efforts to set up a hospice in Darlington . |
| 25 | Bonanza would n't have gone to all that trouble to set up a deal like you 're imagining . ’ , |
| 26 | Later , after Tanganyika had become British , the company producing the Standard was invited by Tanganyika 's governor to set up a paper in Dar es Salaam . |
| 27 | Alarmed by inner-city tensions in reaction to mass immigration from the Commonwealth , in June 1955 the Home Secretary asked Sir Anthony Eden to set up a committee of inquiry , to drum up support for immigration controls . |
| 28 | In a commitment to set up a Department for Legal Administration , Labour 's alternative White Paper stated : |
| 29 | Lord Grubb was an ancient hereditary peer who kept up eagerly with the times and was trying at the moment to unlock his capital to set up a chain of waffle shops . |
| 30 | Over here , there have been calls for the Guardian Angels to set up a chapter of Pink Angels . |