Example sentences of "the [noun pl] set up [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a snow crystal grows in free fall , the angular deviation within the molecules sets up stresses and the hexagon will not close completely . |
| 2 | Adoption of Resolution 8 will authorise the directors to set up share option schemes for employees outside the UK . |
| 3 | All the majors and two of the mini-majors set up production subsidiaries in London . |
| 4 | The males set up territories which they will defend vigorously against others of their own kind , and fights to the death have occasionally been witnessed . |
| 5 | Surveying reports on the relevant customary behaviour in 350 separate ‘ societies ’ , Tylor was able to demonstrate that , when the newlyweds set up house with the wife 's kin , avoidance behaviour between the latter and the husband occurred more frequently than could be expected on the basis of mere chance . |
| 6 | The Act also empowers the police to set up roadblocks to discover whether vehicles contain anyone who has witnessed , committed or is about to commit a serious crime . |
| 7 | Luib studied it as the others set up camp . |