Example sentences of "by set [adv prt] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Government 's Advisory Committee on Science and Technology ( ACOST ) has suggested splitting practical and pure research by setting up separate research councils to handle each . |
| 2 | Dell Computer Corp is blaming problems with its notebook computers for a shock halving of first quarter profits ( figures , page five ) , and warns that the second quarter will be no better , and that its target of $3.30 a share for the year is now out of reach : the shares plunged $10 to $22.125 before the market opened yesterday : ‘ Basically , the notebooks are going to have a negative effect on earnings per share in the next two quarters , ’ chairman Michael Dell told Reuter — adding that Dell is taking steps to improve its notebook business by setting up joint development opportunities with new partners and that a partnership with an ‘ electronics and communications provider ’ was already in place , although he did not name it . |
| 3 | ‘ Changes could create a vacuum by setting up new authorities with no educational experience or tradition precisely at the time schools need maximum support for the introduction of their new management systems , ’ said the SPTC report . |
| 4 | Another company , Gold Peak Industries ( Holdings ) , which makes car audio equipment , is also trying to hedge future risks by setting up new factories elsewhere . |
| 5 | The Secretary of State began the process by setting up working groups to make recommendations for the three core subjects of mathematics , English and science ( and technology , the first of the other foundation subjects ) . |
| 6 | Some firms in the US and France have tackled the problems of isolation by setting up small centres which are a meeting point for homeworkers as well as a focus for organization . |
| 7 | They took the NoS way out by setting up another committee — the product development committee — to keep Sutton in line . |
| 8 | Andy Payton , later to move to Middlesbrough , destroyed Quakers by setting up three goals and scoring another . |
| 9 | Douglas , the leading US maker of pan washers for the bakery trade , provides a profitable US base and the chance to undercut the market by setting up more cost effective production facilities based on Lincat 's UK operations . |
| 10 | Some local authorities also encouraged parental involvement , by setting up consultative panels of parents . |
| 11 | Pre-format the file area by setting up dummy records of individual record or bucket size , to provide all the addresses within the range that the address algorithm can generate . |
| 12 | Surely we could get rid of some of our fuel problems by setting up some windmills ? |
| 13 | But he more than made up for that night by setting up both Arsenal 's goals with a performance of poise and maturity . |
| 14 | In ( 5 ) c the speaker elaborates on the premise by setting out one choice option followed later by the other ( ( 5 ) g ) . |