Example sentences of "be set [pron] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The prospect of a play attempting to deal realistically with the phenomenon of drug and club culture would seem to be setting itself up as a target for scorn and ridicule from people involved in the scene and as a scapegoat for moral guardians who bitterly oppose it . |
| 2 | The opponent may be setting you up by turning his leading foot inwards . |
| 3 | The Edict of Pîtres in 864 strongly suggests the combination of political and fiscal reasons behind Charles 's determination to keep control of markets : others , presumably local magnates , had been setting them up on their own initiative , but the king now decreed that such markets were to be banned unless they secured royal authorisation , and royal agents were told to keep lists of those so authorised . |
| 4 | To do as you are doing , to take to yourself the right to decide who shall and who shall not be born , is to set yourself up above God — ’ |
| 5 | ‘ What about asking Albert 's to set you up with a really quiet-looking business outfit for New York ? |
| 6 | So er this this one is setting everybody up for May and starting the the process for erm for June the the Euros and well to a certain extent we 're building up already for any any editor content . |
| 7 | It is not known who gave him the letter but it was to set him off on the road to fame and fortune . |
| 8 | Since no detailed register of these existed at the point of emancipation , one of the main purposes of the post-1861 charters was to set them down on paper . |
| 9 | He was setting it up by way of defence to her application for leave to proceed on the judgment . |
| 10 | It sounded as if Irina was setting herself up for the planned return to Moscow , ahead of the Brückner lawyers . |