Example sentences of "set [adv] the national [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | As the hon. Gentleman knows , we set up the National Rivers Authority specifically to respond in the first instance to the sort of pollution incidents to which he refers — this one is a very serious incident . |
2 | It is to be hoped that the Secretary of State , when he sets up the national appraisal arrangements to which he is committed , will build on this goodwill . |
3 | He was the author of several political histories , President of the Society of Antiquaries , the founder of a prize for a historical essay at Oxford , and shortly before the competition he had persuaded the Government to take the first steps towards setting up the National Portrait Gallery . |
4 | They were closely followed by setting up the national machinery to promote and manage it . |
5 | It forbade a number of unfair practices used by employers to block union development , and set up the National Labor Board to sort out problems and act as " umpire " between labour and management . |
6 | I remind the hon. Lady who set up the National Rivers Authority . |
7 | Brazil set up the National Bank for Economic and Social Development ( BNDES ) in the 1950s . |