Example sentences of "set [adv] as an [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | They thought then that they would set out as an army and conquer the rest of the land and rule over it ; that was their mission . |
| 3 | In 1873 a new lime works was established at Halling followed in 1878 by a cement works known as Halling Manor Lime and Cement Works which was set up as an addition to those already operated by Hilton , Anderson and Company at Upnor and Faversham . |
| 4 | Connaught was set up as an investment vehicle after the 1987 crash . |
| 5 | His host of many a good evening , Mr. Harden , at Brathay Hall , was set up as an example of one who did not plant enough trees . |
| 6 | For this reason , many commercial relational DBMS enable links to be set up as an option and therefore they can be set up beforehand and executed each time they are required . |
| 7 | In 1990 a central government agency was set up as an instrument of denationalization of state enterprises , and a statute was passed regulating the issue of securities to the public and setting up a new stock exchange . |
| 8 | Earlier , on April 11 , the UN Council for Namibia , set up as an alternative to South Africa 's illegal rule , holding its first meeting on Namibian soil , voted to dissolve itself and to hand over its assets to the government . |