Example sentences of "set [adv prt] after the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | USAID , the World Food Programme , and the UN have funded food donations to the army-controlled model villages set up after the uprising in the highlands in the early 1980s . |
| 2 | In 1920 , Moscow recognized the independent governments set up after the defeat of the White forces . |
| 3 | Rain had set in after the heatwave and there was an infestation of jelly fishes in the Moray Firth . |
| 4 | The Mossad squads were set up after the massacre of 11 Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympic games in September , 1972 . |
| 5 | A new pension scheme was to be set up after the sale of a business , and an actuary was to decide the portion of the funds from the old company 's pension scheme to be set aside for the new company 's scheme . |
| 6 | The KANU policy review failed to address demands for wide-ranging political reform , although it had been set up after the rioting in July 1990 in the wake of a growing campaign by pro-democracy supporters [ p. 37603 ] . |
| 7 | She stood up , instructed her legs to stop feeling like jelly , and set off after the machine . |
| 8 | The UDA/UFF is now well-armed , say security sources , with weapons coming from the shadowy Ulster Resistance set up after the signing of the Anglo-Irish Agreement in November 1985 . |
| 9 | In recognition of the enormous contribution that their Service had made to the successful conclusion of WWII , the Air Council set up after the war a war memorial committee . |
| 10 | The claim is to be presented to the UN Compensation Commission , but the commission " set up after the war to co-ordinate claims against Iraq " has few funds at its disposal . |
| 11 | That emerged yesterday during a visit to Shetland by Lord Donaldson , who is heading the inquiry into shipping safety set up after the disaster . |
| 12 | Breakthrough are a new charity set up after the death of Daily Express woman 's editor Jean Rook to provide funds for research into breast cancer in women . |
| 13 | A Coast Guard cutter set out after the launch at 3 p.m. 10 |
| 14 | A keen owner of fast motor cycles and cars since he was fifteen , he set out after the war to be a racing driver . |