Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] setting [adv prt] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One city has responded by setting up a twenty-four hour response team to help people whose lives are being ruined by noisy neighbours . |
| 2 | In news programmes , quality and range were sought by setting up a distinct company , ITN , which was jointly owned by the other companies and supplied news for the whole channel , and later for Channel 4 . |
| 3 | Agreement was reached on setting up a joint commission of experts to deal with minority questions and on working towards guaranteeing minority rights . |
| 4 | Finally , RACs should be asked to consider what the paper inelegantly described as ‘ resource availability and future coordination in respect of training for education management ’ , and consideration should be given to setting up a national advisory and consultative group . |
| 5 | Alphonse Blaguet , a mediator appointed by President André Kolingba , was charged with setting up a preparatory committee , consulting with political parties and drawing up the agenda . |
| 6 | This area is seen as only one of a number of possible future points of development , for plans are being discussed for setting up a linked structure of subject panels from national down to district and location level to give all teachers the opportunity to comment on materials and raise suggestions for new approaches . |
| 7 | An accord was signed on setting up a joint economic co-operation commission , and another agreement was initialled on investment promotion and protection . |
| 8 | In the United States , he had begun by setting up a small press which published German writers in translation , books which kept the Germany he knew alive . |
| 9 | These acts were described as part of a chain of military moves aimed at setting up a new alliance in the Red Sea area with the direct and active participation of the United States . |