Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] set [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Foreign Ministry set up a study group on a peace treaty in November 1945 , although it was clearly premature to pursue the problem at this time . |
| 2 | My right hon. Friend set out the Government 's policies some time ago in a clear document that was fully backed by the CBI , which believes that we have the right policies to improve our competitiveness and to take advantage of lower inflation and of business conditions around the world as they improve . |
| 3 | In 1917 the British government set up a new department of overseas trade designed to bring commerce and foreign policy into more effective contact : its head was to be responsible to both the foreign secretary and the president of the board of trade . |
| 4 | Forty-three members of the old party set up an HSWP cell , and urged their comrades all over the country to do the same . |
| 5 | As a movement in the same direction the German foreign office set up a legal and commercial department in 1885 and the British one acquired a legal adviser in 1893 ( a post of Legal Assistant Under-Secretary had already been created in 1876 ) . |
| 6 | The SAD paper set out a number of options — I wish to concentrate on the fourth . |
| 7 | First , central government set up the Civil Contingencies Unit ( CCU ) , a formal institution based in the cabinet office whose brief was to monitor and respond to industrial disputes in key industries . |
| 8 | The previous chapter set out the framework for social work intervention for a social services department . |
| 9 | Of a sudden Hector set up an extraordinarily excited yapping . |
| 10 | The promotion-winning team set off a short time ago from the County Ground to tour the town in an open-topped bus , before a civic reception given by Thamesdown Council . |
| 11 | Melt 50g/2oz plain chocolate in a heatproof bowl set over a pan of hot water . |
| 12 | In his speech , the Prime Minister set out the weak position from which he negotiates on economic and monetary union . |
| 13 | When , in late 1709 , a Dissenting minister set up a conventicle in Monmouth without taking out a licence , he and some sixteen of his congregation were committed to prison by the mayor for failing to meet the provisions of the Toleration Act . |
| 14 | The defence argument put paid to yet another proposal in 1924 but in 1929 the Labour Government set up a Committee of Inquiry which concluded that a ‘ double barrelled ’ rail tunnel could probably be built although it would be necessary to drive a pilot tunnel to demonstrate its feasibility beyond doubt . |
| 15 | The grinning waiter set down a cup of coffee by my hand . |
| 16 | His penetrating run set up the Palace equaliser in the 1990 cup semi-final against scouse . |
| 17 | In December the federal parliament set up a committee to examine ways of streamlining the process of constitutional reform , and in particular considering the unanimity among all 10 provinces currently required to achieve key constitutional changes . |
| 18 | The Lithuanian Supreme Council set up an " anti-blockade commission " headed by Prime Minister Kazimiera Prunskiene , and on April 25 declared a " state of economic siege " , including rationing of food , petrol and other essential goods . |
| 19 | Following an address on July 6 to the Council 's Assembly by the Soviet President , Mikhail Gorbachev , the first by an East European leader ( see pp. 36821-22 ) , the Council and the Soviet Union set up a joint working group to develop contacts and co-operation which met in September and October . |
| 20 | A sole practitioner , Mark Ledger , was brought in to head up the Salisbury office , which Ms Harris had set up prior to the merger ; the new firm set up an insolvency department under Geoffrey Morgan ; and 18 months later another sole practitioner , Philip Parmenter , was brought in to set up another office in Witney , Oxfordshire . |
| 21 | Sure enough , the young Winger set up the equaliser with a ball to Beauchamp , who was tripped . |
| 22 | In order to compensate firms for the loss of their retention rights , the federal government set up a scheme of export subsidies . |
| 23 | Therefore in ninety eighty eight the M R C superficial bladder cancer sub-group of the Urological Cancer Working Party set up a study to compare what , at that time , were the commonest strains in use in this country . |
| 24 | Mrs McGrath said he was arrested after a local newspaper set up a hotline appealing for information . |
| 25 | The Mexican government set up the maquila programme to create jobs , earn dollars and introduce technology . |
| 26 | The Polish government set about a land reform as soon as it felt able . |
| 27 | In this context Japan 's overwhelming dependence on imported oil set off the most severe economic recession since World War II and GNP actually fell by 1 per cent in 1974 after growing at an average rate of nearly 10 per cent in the previous six years . |