Example sentences of "set up on [noun] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 A parliamentary commission of inquiry into arms sales to Iran was set up on Sept. 27 and its report , presented on April 2 , 1990 ( without SPÖ agreement ) , contained serious criticism of senior politicians and of the Voest-Alpine group 's decision to manufacture howitzers and other weapons .
2 A new 31-member " central committee for the comprehensive management of public security " , headed by politburo standing committee member Qiao Shi , was set up on March 22 to liaise with the party central committee and the State Council in supervising work to improve public order and social stability .
3 This committee was set up on May 18-19 , consisting of Marcovic , Kadijevic and Gracanin as well as the two Vice-Presidents of the Federal Executive Council , Aleksandar Mitrovic and Zivko Pregl , the Justice and Administration Secretary Vlado Kambovski , and the Secretary-General of the government , Zoran Miskovic .
4 Already television consultants , Judge Marketing have arranged for a special camera to be set up on board British Steel Challenge .
5 A working group was set up on July 19 to examine trade aspects of domestically prohibited goods and hazardous substances ( for the issue of trade in toxic and hazardous wastes see pp. 36788-89 ) ; a progress report from this working group was noted by the Dec. 4-5 session of the contracting parties .
6 The first offshore banking unit was set up on Aug. 25 by Barclays Bank of Mauritius ; offshore licences were also approved for the Bank of Baroda and Banque Privée Edmond de Rothschild , and later for S. B. International ( a joint Mauritian-Indian venture ) , the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp. and Banque Nationale de Paris .
7 It is a home from home for Sue Wilson , who has probably spent as many nights at the camp since it was set up on January 18 as she has at home .
8 The commission had been set up on June 4 to examine the implementation of the May 28 Sejm resolution on the exposure of former agents [ see p. 38972 ; the resolution had in fact originally called for exposures by June 6 , not June 20 as stated on that page ] .
9 A Higher Economic Council for Instituting Market Relations was set up on June 23 .
10 A parliamentary commission was set up on Nov. 13 to establish whether the police had played a role in the recent violence , which continued into the following week in the departments of Jinotega and Estelí where 15 people were killed .
11 The privately funded Foundation for Exchange Across the Taiwan Strait was set up on Nov. 21 as the " only important " channel entrusted by the Mainland Affairs Council with the handling of civilian affairs .
12 This pledge to disarm civilians had been formalized with the establishment of the broad-based National Security Commission , set up on Aug. 29 with its own armed 150-strong Special Disarmament Brigade .
13 The Constitutional Assembly , set up on Sept. 7 to draft a new constitution [ see p. 38420 ] , continued its debates , having run over the Nov. 15 deadline .
14 Opponents of this proposed legislation set up on Nov. 13 a committee headed by Zbigniew Bujak , the Solidarity veteran and Union of Labour deputy to the Sejm , to campaign for a national referendum on the issue .
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