Example sentences of "set up [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this perspective to set up as a writer at all is an extraordinary act , while artist becomes a word only to be invoked only of others , never about the self . |
| 2 | All systems go , then his father died and he threw in his hand to set up as a GP in Falmouth . ’ |
| 3 | I met a boy in his mid-twenties , from Kentucky , who had come to New York to set up as a dentist . |
| 4 | ‘ He tried to set up as a fridge and freezer engineer , but that did n't work . |
| 5 | He intends to set up as a PR and communications consultant , freelance writer and designer . |
| 6 | She had built up a good little business in the indoor market-hall and now she and George had amassed enough in the bank to set up on a farm of their own . |
| 7 | But normally either the land was eventually to be divided equally between the children or , more typically where land was scarcer , the land itself would go to a single son and provision be made for the other children in cash — very often advanced earlier in life , on marriage or to set up in a trade . |
| 8 | yes , well , er I follow that , but I 'm sorry I put it rather badly Mr forgive me , part of your defence against the claim by er relates to erm these agreements , you must say that these agreements erm because they are of the standard form are anti competitive and therefore they or part of them are void , erm building on that presumably your defence says or employs er that because erm , you know there void , I du n no perhaps you can tell me this erm , all , all the er all parts of the void , all the power of the agent , the agreements with regard to premium trust funds and the like , er are also unenforceable as between er the erm name and his er members agent , erm and in consequence of that you say , as I understand it , er that that is , all that cause be lost which you can neither set up as a defence to claim under the central bi-law or at least as a set up or counterclaim , I just wanted to explore this aspect of it , erm , as to the consequences of your plea , does it mean that clause nine is put on one side wholly or to an extent in the latter case to what extent ? |
| 9 | Businessmen should not set up in a market where they will be powerless to enforce their credit terms . |
| 10 | ‘ There are too many people around who think it 's easy to make sandwiches and will set up in a garden shed , almost , ’ said Jim Winship , director of the British Sandwich Association . |
| 11 | Set up at a cost of half a million pounds contributed by CLD and the consortium , this is seen as a long-term project to introduce CLD staff , clients and other interested parties to open systems . |
| 12 | Set up through a partnership between the NHS and private industry , the centre cost half a million pounds to build and can care for fifty patients . |
| 13 | A group of more than 30 travellers ' caravans have now set up on a roadside site a mile from the village at Crew crossroads . |
| 14 | It can be uniquely specified with reference to all the categories set up in a description of the form of the language concerned ; it thus represents the intersection of a grammatical item and lexical item . |
| 15 | OsO4 vapour is highly toxic and this manipulation is best undertaken by incubating embryos in small drops of 0504 under oil in plastic Petri dishes ( set up in a fume cupboard ) . |
| 16 | The strategy which controls the frequency , duration and destination is usually set up on a systems availability base rather than being controlled by the quantity of data to be transferred and its " design delay " costs . |
| 17 | These calculations can be easily set up on a computer spreadsheet and variations may be performed to determine the best-looking selection according to the investor 's risk-return preferences . |
| 18 | There is evidence that the present east gable is a replacement , made very soon , for another , likewise with a battle , which seems then to have been set up on a base in the sanctuary , its centre akroterion also . |
| 19 | The Compass System is set up on a pivot enclosed in a liquid filled ( kerosene ) chamber . |
| 20 | It 's just basically set up for a rape scene . |
| 21 | Social groups are often deliberately set up for a purpose . |
| 22 | ‘ Zoo Check ’ was set up for a number of reasons , here are its six aims : |
| 23 | A few months as a registrar in Nottingham , then he would be well set up for a job in the place of his choice . |
| 24 | A PROJECT for budding photographers has been set up at a Newton Aycliffe school . |
| 25 | During this first period ( up to 1750 ) of relatively slow and uneven growth , trusts were set up at a rate of only eight a year and were concentrated largely around London , radiating especially to the north and west and into the Midlands . |
| 26 | On this occasion , Plage was set up over a water-hole in a clearing in the jungle , hoping that a leopard would show up to hunt or drink . |
| 27 | This was substituted by a new clause which stated that ‘ parties , mass organisations and mass movements are set up under a procedure established by legislation , and function within the framework of the constitution and law ’ of the republic . |
| 28 | They were also set up as a way of avoiding off-site referral . |
| 29 | It has been suggested that such provisos are not effective in protecting a landlord from the severity of the law and can not be set up as a defence to the claim that by accepting rent the breach of covenant has been waived . |
| 30 | I think that 's what we 're aiming to do now , get things set up as a standard er , operating erm , levels , having done that then we begin |