Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] to set [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | LIFFE was aware of plans to set up the DTB , and moved quickly to pre-empt its business in German long interest rates . |
| 2 | The ‘ specially urgent need to take whatever steps were immediately possible to improve the safety testing of drugs ’ in the light of the thalidomide disaster led the Joint Sub-Committee on Safety of Drugs to set up the Committee on Safety of Drugs in 1963 . |
| 3 | Aw , c'm on , it was just like that in Australia not long ago : one of the wire services reports in a condescending way that under local law , the National Institute of Industrial Property of Brazil recognises only the principle of priority in brand names , so that companies like IBM Corp , Xerox Corp and Sony Corp have had to ‘ buy back ’ their names before they could do business under them in Brazil ; the US is pressing Brazil to change the law to protect internationally recognised brand names — but it is not so long ago that , legend has it , an enterprising travelling Australian spotted that car hire was becoming big business , so when he got home , he registered the names Hertz and Avis , sold the Hertz name back to the company when it wanted to set up in Australia — and then used the cash he got from Hertz to set up the Avis concession in Australia . |
| 4 | Coun Tony Richmond , leader of the Conservatives on the council , has already been in touch with the South African embassy in London to set up the trade visit . |
| 5 | These are powerful controls , and Hartke recommend using them first in order to set up the initial sound . |
| 6 | In order to set out the Keynesian theory more formally , we must first make a number of assumptions . |
| 7 | insists on a proper response to complaints and on action to set right the problems behind them . |
| 8 | Some concern was expressed about the slow progress on negotiations to set up the museum and it was hoped that a further meeting with Shropshire Leisure Services could be set up soon . |
| 9 | The policy speech comes less than a month before the likely date for ministers to set out the balance of subjects in the new curriculum for Scots children aged between five and 14 . |
| 10 | Lies applied by summons to set aside the fourth party notice served on them and succeeded in their application . |