Example sentences of "in [num] [pron] set [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the 1860s Spence became interested in copper smelting , and in 1866 he set up a company in Gode to develop his ideas . |
| 2 | He could easily be presented as a modest example of Samuel Smiles 's self-help — the illegitimate son of a farm-servant and a weaver , totally lacking in formal education , who advanced from Oldham textile-worker to foreman in an engineering works , until in 1861 he set up independently as a dentist , dying worth almost £15,000 , which was by no means negligible : a lifelong radical Liberal and temperance advocate . |
| 3 | The Government Actuary 's Department prepared a document in 1980 which sets out a suggested basis for making the calculation and this was supplemented ten years later by recommendations from a committee of industrial tribunal chairmen . |
| 4 | In 1980 I set out to change the face of political presentation in the UK and to use some of these new concepts and techniques in business and industry as well . |
| 5 | In 1867 he set off again , this time for Vietnam , and from there to Hong Kong . |
| 6 | In 1834 he set up on his own in London as a general chemical manufacturer . |
| 7 | In 1932 she set up a facility at the Settlement Hall in Newport Road , teaching children basic skills , walking , and speech therapy . |
| 8 | Joe Meek moved to North London and in 1960 he set up his own recording studios above a leather shop , where he produced dozens of hits … |
| 9 | Fothergill was a doctor and in 1740 he set up a practice in White Hart Street very near the Collinson establishment and flowers from Peckham might well have adorned yet another house in the City . |
| 10 | In 1930 she set off on her first solo long distance flight and broke the record from England to Australia . |
| 11 | In 1847 he set up his own practice in Truro and designed the Old Rectory when he was only twenty-four years old . |
| 12 | In 1961 he set up a working group , in the Ministry , ‘ to study the long term development of roads and traffic in urban areas and their influence on the urban environment ’ ; the leader was Colin Buchanan . |
| 13 | In 1880 he set up the Art Furnishers ' Alliance at Bond Street to sell ‘ artistic house furnishing material ’ . |
| 14 | When he left the Kunstgewerbeschule in 1936 he set up in Zurich as a freelance photograph , a job he fitted in between the traditional periods of military service compulsory in Switzerland , then worked for a year in the famous magazine Graphics . |
| 15 | When Eligius became bishop of Noyon in 641 he set out to find the bones of the martyr Quentin . |
| 16 | In 1989 it set up its Conservation Register , an extensive computerized database listing conservators working in over one hundred different fields whose working practices , studio security , fees and other professional requirements have been carefully vetted by the Unit before inclusion on their files . |