Example sentences of "[noun sg] to set [adv] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The three contending armed factions inside Liberia signed a ceasefire agreement in Bamako ( Mali ) on Nov. 28 , and a further agreement in Banjul ( The Gambia ) on Dec. 21 declaring their intention to set up a national conference within 60 days as a prelude to establishing their own interim government . |
| 2 | Nick Bollettieri , whose Bradenton , Florida Coaching Academy continues to be the base for a whole host of tennis champions , including currently , Andre Agassi , and who is committed to helping the Lawn Tennis Association to set up a similar training base her in the UK , has , in conjunction with adidas , launched a fast and functional range of tennis apparel for this country . |
| 3 | Darlington Labour MP Alan Milburn said he would be pressing for the review to set up a unitary authority for the town based on existing boundaries . |
| 4 | In between , Strachan showed his alertness again , running Nigel Worthington and John Harkes ragged in the first seconds after half-time to set up a simple header for Lee Chapman . |
| 5 | THE French government has launched a programme to set up a nationwide telecommunications research network , in an effort to catch up with Britain 's JANET system and Germany 's DFN . |
| 6 | It seems far more important to me to provide an effective and clear demonstration of those virtues of the product that you are trying to put across than to lose the proposition in the attempt to set up a credible context for it . |
| 7 | After the Second World War the coverage of the needs of the disabled became fairly comprehensive in scope , although there was no attempt to set up a single department or authority to be responsible for their needs . |
| 8 | Hepworth and Stoll failed in their attempt to set up a permanent sales operation in America ; Samuelson secured a short-lived distribution arrangement with First National Exhibitors ' Circuit , and various other films secured some sort of release . |
| 9 | For years , she had nurtured an ambition to set up a conservation centre and nature trail in the country ; she would need a house and some land . |
| 10 | The bid to set up a Chinese takeaway on Whinfield Road was turned down because of parking problems and likely disturbance . |
| 11 | Robert Aaron , of Low Coniscliffe , has applied to the council for permission to set up a portable building in his garden for village events . |
| 12 | On June 27 the liberal opposition failed to win sufficient support to set up a parliamentary inquiry . |
| 13 | The concept of confidentiality was considered in the case of Thomas Marshall ( Exports ) Ltd. v Guinle [ 1976 ] , in which the defendant , who was the managing director of the plaintiff company , resigned half-way through his 10 year service contract to set up a rival business . |
| 14 | Talks held on July 23 between the deputy chairmen of the Russian and Ukrainian parliaments , Yury Yazov and Vasiliy Dudinets respectively , ended with a decision to set up a joint parliamentary commission based in Sevastopol to supervise observance of the Dagomys agreement . |
| 15 | Washington 's fear of devaluation is reflected in Johnson 's decision to set up a Special Study Group in the middle of 1965 to examine the implications of the weakness of sterling for the dollar and the Bretton Woods international monetary system . |
| 16 | As there was no other business the Conference concluded quickly after its momentous decision to set up a national organisation of the deaf and dumb . |
| 17 | Does the Minister accept that when the wishes of the people of Scotland are reflected in the decision to set up a Scottish parliament , it will indeed make sense to reduce the representation of Scots in the House ? |
| 18 | On Sunday the national executive committee firmly rejected the proposal to set up a working party to study electoral reform . |
| 19 | The government was on stronger ground with the proposal to set up a coordinating committee to act as a channel of communication , mainly to the Home Office , for up to thirty organisations involved with refugees . |
| 20 | PEERS last night inflicted a 55-vote defeat on the Government 's plans to tighten asylum controls , backing a move to set up a special advisory panel for young refugees . |
| 21 | The close division , during the Asylum And Immigration Appeals Bill 's report stage , comes after Tuesday 's defeat for ministers when a move to set up a special advisory panel for young refugees was backed with a margin of 55 . |
| 22 | However , before that , in December , AWSD announced internally that it had cut a similar deal with IBM 's Entry Systems Technology Group to set up a Personal RISC Systems joint venture to design , build and market all of the company 's PowerPC-based goods as well as such items as the X terminals and PC-priced M20 baby RS/6000s introduced last week . |
| 23 | They well illustrate a quality which is perhaps more necessary in farce crime fiction than in any other branch of the art , the need to set up a cracking pace . |
| 24 | The failure to set up a working system for filing and recovering information shows how defective the organization of the Secretary 's office still was at the end of the Tudor period . |
| 25 | There was , however , some sympathy for the applicant in his desire to set up a viable farming unit . |
| 26 | Recently , Steve gave up his joinery business to set up a small security firm , hoping for more time to devote to the much-needed rescue . |
| 27 | The Council 's initiative to set up a multi-professional group to address the borough 's drugs problem was well conceived for it allowed , for the first time , the information and concerns picked up by various parties in relation to heroin to be pulled together . |
| 28 | 1986 No. 1925 ) the court has a wide discretion to set aside a statutory demand on an application by the debtor . |
| 29 | In general the court should exercise its discretion to set aside a statutory demand if , but only if , it would not be just for those consequences to apply in the circumstances . |
| 30 | The court has a wide discretion to set aside a statutory demand . |