Example sentences of "set up the [noun] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | He joined the company in 1960 when asked him to set up the Company 's first electrical department . |
| 2 | THREE nuns from Darlington Carmel Convent follow in the footsteps of their predecessors this month when they travel to South Africa to set up the country 's first multi-racial convent . |
| 3 | The Chicago Board of Trade ( CBT ) is setting up the world 's first market place for pollution , with the intention both of making money and reducing emissions . |
| 4 | Peter Brooke , who left the firm to enter politics in 1979 and became Chairman of the Conservative party , set up the firm 's British base in prestigious but not overtly showy offices in park Lane . |
| 5 | The powers of the College of Chancery were increased by an ordinance of 1773 and in 1791 , just before his assassination , Gustavus set up the King 's Office for Foreign Correspondence . |
| 6 | Another contender may be the emerging empire of Thaksin Shinawatra , who began by distributing IBM computers in Thailand , set up the country 's first cable-television operation and has now received permission to establish his own cellular-telephone network . |
| 7 | In May 1981 Sheffield City Council set up the country 's first Employment Committee , serviced directly by a new council department . |
| 8 | On 9 October , students at Queen 's University , Belfast , set up the People 's Democracy ( PD ) group , ‘ a loose activist body committed to civil rights reforms , but with a tough Young Socialist hard core ’ ( Farrell , 1980:247 ) . |