Example sentences of "set up [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The indentured labourers hoped to be able to set up as independent farmers once they had worked off the costs of their passages , but the islands soon became so crowded that they were unlikely to be able to do this . |
| 2 | A few people have tried to set up as independent ironers but we seem to be reluctant to pay someone £4 an hour to iron . |
| 3 | The government 's policy paper contained provisions for state-aided settlement schemes to encourage black farmers to set up on 485,000 hectares of government land . |
| 4 | It takes about half an hour to set up for 2 shots , which will take up about 5 seconds each on screen . |
| 5 | Small firms have traditionally found it difficult to set up in rural areas , despite the need for job creation and economic diversification , and this Circular is designed to help them by , for example , relaxing the conditions over the re-use of redundant agricultural buildings . |
| 6 | As we have seen , some prior harmonization of standards of authorization and supervision will be necessary but , those limited conditions having been met , banks will then be free to set up in other states . |
| 7 | And national or local government may offer subsidies for businesses to set up in favoured areas . |
| 8 | Having said that , in order to get into production , or even to use it , you ca n't just set up in those days any more than you can today , now you need planning permission to , you need . |
| 9 | The HIDB and the Cassa per il Mezzogiorno are both examples of intermediate institutions set up with intersectoral mandates to assist disadvantaged areas . |
| 10 | JUN 1992 TOP post boxes and notice boards set up at various locations around the site and in mess rooms to communicate TOP news . |
| 11 | Proposals by the neighbouring countries for the establishment of so-called safe havens ( similar to those set up for Kurdish civilians after the Gulf war ) were not taken up either , largely because they required the deployment of ground troops , for which there was no consensus . |
| 12 | From the end of the seventeenth century , turnpike trusts set up under private acts of parliament began to appear . |
| 13 | It was a government word used , for example , in the 1975 slogan ‘ Socialism and freedom are one ! ’ ( later to become ‘ Islam , socialism and freedom are one ! ’ ) , painted on walls and on the triumphal arches set up over main roads . |
| 14 | Among printers ' mementoes , one should not forget the special examples , in the nature of things not easy to find because of the infrequency of the occasions , produced by presses set up on frozen rivers , such as the Thames and Severn . |
| 15 | Contemporary concerns with the dangers posed to the rights of individuals by incorrect information are reflected in the laws and institutions set up on national levels to protect individuals against incorrect data and the implications that might arise from any errors . |
| 16 | Throughout the period a high percentage of workers , especially in the newly developed areas and the many enterprises set up in rural areas , were born into peasant families . |
| 17 | In particular , stresses set up in such samples can be relieved in all directions whereas stresses in bedrock are much more concentrated since the rock is confined both laterally and vertically . |
| 18 | The move came amidst concern about the high levels of bad debt carried by the Nigerian banking system , particularly that held by some of the smaller banks set up in recent years . |
| 19 | ‘ I 've got four old Vickers guns set up in strategic positions , so neither group should be able to get in . |
| 20 | Windfarms are groups of 100ft high wind turbines set up in exposed areas to create electric power . |
| 21 | It seems clear from the surviving images that emperors took interest in and approved the form of their portraits , particularly those that would be seen by many of their subjects on coins and statues set up in public places . |
| 22 | Job shops have been set up on both sites , manned by trained staff . |
| 23 | The organisation will consist of executive and advisory boards and ad hoc committees and task forces will be set up for specific projects . |
| 24 | ‘ Management development programme being set up for all departments and supervisory training for clerical and manual staff ’ … |
| 25 | A telephone hotline , manned twenty four hours a day , has been set up for former pupils of a school where the head has been suspended and a governor arrested by police . |
| 26 | A helpline has been set up for anxious parents . |
| 27 | The English girls , as I recall , were still faithfully standing by the camera we had set up for long shots , having been asked to press the button at appropriate moments when we were not in frame . |
| 28 | Q. My tank has been set up for five months now , and I do not seem to be able to achieve a good green algae growth . |
| 29 | ‘ Places like this were set up for disenfranchised groups ’ , says Susannah Lopez , one of the two co-op members . |
| 30 | This is only to be expected , since the Brasserie has been set up along similar lines to L'Auberge ( i.e. it has the same staff ) . |