Example sentences of "it had set [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The company , founded by Mrs Cooper 's great grandfather Robert Richardson , soon began to specialise in clock making and became so popular it had to set up a separate factory at Robert Street . |
| 2 | Rosalind Wingrove , education committee chairman , said it had set up a panel to consider how best to consult parents . |
| 3 | In a further move , Chevron said it had set up a $5billion agreement with international banks to provide a fighting fund to fend off its rival . |
| 4 | By announcing investigations all over Britain it had set up a series of confrontations with the public . |
| 5 | The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development ( EBRD ) announced on Sept. 3 that it had set up a short-term technical advice scheme for the Soviet Union . |
| 6 | On Nov. 18 Libya announced that it had set up a judicial inquiry to investigate the allegations . |
| 7 | It had set up a Committee for Research Degrees in 1965 , as well as a study group on research degrees to look at policy for this activity , and had developed research degree relationships with industrial firms and research establishments . |
| 8 | The paper indignantly rejected charges that it had set up the case which had , it seemed then , consigned Jagger and Richard to jail , but outrage at the sentences had touched liberal consciences , and galvanized youth inhabiting that grey area between music and social protest . |
| 9 | The Halifax , Britain 's biggest building society , also disclosed that it had set aside a £20m provision against its loans to the collapsed London docklands developer Kentish Property Group . |
| 10 | Though his yelling had not moved the stones it had set off the dogs and one against the other they barked and bayed , an unusual salute as he entered the bounds of the sheer-sided , heavy-wooded , spectacular wilderness . |