Example sentences of "set [adv prt] a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was no single incident that Loretta could pinpoint as the cause , merely a series of minor hold-ups ; and Bridget had mislaid her car keys , causing them to set off a few minutes after the time they had agreed . |
| 2 | Thus provided with capital and having gained almost a decade of experience in the iron industry , he resolved to set up a similar ironworks with the assistance of his two elder sons , John and Archibald . |
| 3 | He takes over from Jenny Goddard who has held the post since 1989 , and who leaves to set up a new careers service at the College of Law . |
| 4 | ‘ To set up a million dominoes you need a huge hall that has to be totally isolated for more than six weeks , ’ says Peter Matthews . |
| 5 | The Dutch government has helped to set up a national halons " bank " to ensure the most effective use of the chemicals . |
| 6 | Attempts to set up a national printers " union in Scotland date from 1836 , but both the General Typographical Association of Scotland and its successor , the Northern District Board of the National Typographical Association , came to grief after only a few years . |
| 7 | That is why it is so important that , as one of the conclusions of the Maastricht settlement , it was agreed that the 12 countries should set up an organisation loosely known as Europol whose first job would be to set up a Europeanwide drugs intelligence unit among the Twelve , which should lead to a greater level of co-operation with our continental partners to stop Ecstasy and other drugs coming into the country . |
| 8 | They will also help to set up a Turkish sites and species database . |
| 9 | We 've got to set up a proper complaints procedure , so that people know how to complain about Social Services , although I doubt very much whether anybody would ever want to complain about Oxfordshire 's Social Services , and so on . |
| 10 | His task was to set up a dummy gems firm in Bombay . |
| 11 | Prosecution witness Isham Chandra Dutta said he agreed to set up a dummy gems company in Bombay , for a £20,000 fee , which included a mail message centre with false letterheads and invoices . |
| 12 | Gen. Asparukhov alleged that Mishev had attempted to set up a secret arms deal with Macedonia . |
| 13 | The home secretary announced plans to set up a special police unit to investigate suspects . |
| 14 | THE French government has launched a programme to set up a nationwide telecommunications research network , in an effort to catch up with Britain 's JANET system and Germany 's DFN . |
| 15 | Labour will set up a Human Rights Division in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office , and require all Britain 's diplomatic posts abroad to appoint an officer to monitor human rights . |
| 16 | It would set up a National Monuments Commission to care for ancient sites , institute small penalties for vandals who damaged them , and — most important — give the commission a right of purchase if the owner of a scheduled monument wanted to destroy it . |
| 17 | We will set up a National Qualifications Council to coordinate a single system of academic and vocational courses for 14–19 year olds , and a new Higher Education Standards Council to monitor quality in higher education . |
| 18 | As well as organising conferences and courses the group also helped set up a national awards scheme and backed a number of arts publications . |
| 19 | We have now set up a Human Rights Committee , properly structured and managed , with a defined budget . |
| 20 | Maybe if we set up a few committees , something will happen . ’ |
| 21 | As indicated above , we have now set up a Validated Courses Section within the Assessment Department and ( ) is heading this . |
| 22 | Amnesty called on the government ( which had recently set up a human rights task force and an inquiry into alleged atrocities ) to admit the extent of abuses in the past , including its own role , in order to clear the atmosphere for a fresh approach on human rights observance . |
| 23 | Since the Bingham Report it has set up a special investigations unit and improved staff training . |
| 24 | PEP had set up a Post-war Aims Group even before the war began , and within a week of its outbreak had circulated.a draft report on war aims . |
| 25 | A good example of this is the Lambeth Lesbian and Gay Group which was set up a few years ago and whose meetings I attended three or four times . |
| 26 | In fact , at most matches , they do very little at all except set up a few chants when things are a bit quiet . |
| 27 | Maxim had them set up a few yards away , thanked the boys gravely , and they sat down . |
| 28 | Stuart King of the Management Training Centre at Kingswood is setting up a new resources centre , but it is far less ambitious . |
| 29 | The Royal Commission on Justice has recommended changes to include curtailing a defendant 's automatic right to be tried by jury and setting up a new appeals procedure . |
| 30 | In addition to the established and highly successful Master 's Degree Course in Highway Engineering for Developing Countries , the School of Civil Engineering is now setting up a parallel Masters ' Course in Traffic Engineering for Developing Countries . |