Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] to set [adv] [art] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 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 | In permitting the bishop of Châlons-sur-Marne to set up a mint in 864 , the king acknowledged difficulties in suppling the new currency . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Following his failure to grab a slice of Dan-Air , he announced that he is pressing ahead with plans to set up a small European airline if Virgin can get permission to fly from Heathrow to Brussels , Paris and Maastricht . |
| 5 | This was confirmed in April 1948. when ‘ it was agreed that Abdallah would control Arab Palestine if he did not interfere with efforts to set up a Jewish State . ’ |
| 6 | He then served on committees to set up a republican government and abolish kingship and the House of Lords . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | If a centre wants to find out about compatibility of their computer system and SCOTVEC 's or wants information on specifications to set up a system , contact myself or my colleague Fraser MacFarlane . |
| 9 | It called on ministers to set up a firearms control board which would vet all applicants before issuing a guns licence . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | In Berkshire and Oxfordshire , for example , the cry of the " Church in Danger " was raised by some " hot heads " who feared the recent attempts by Nonconformists to set up a nationwide " correspondence " to pursue " the reformation of manners " was a plot against the Anglican establishment . |