Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] set [adv prt] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Social services set out to meet needs , and to solve problems , but they can also be used to bring about changes in the social and economic structure of society . |
| 2 | You must have the proper mechanisms set up to supervise it … |
| 3 | The Truman Administration had already been forced by Congress to end Lend-Lease ; many of the joint boards set up to co-ordinate the Anglo-American war effort were summarily dismantled ; and , although the Combined Policy Committee and the Combined Development Trust survived , the flow of technical information , on which Britain was depending to set up her own atomic establishments , began to dry up . |
| 4 | Wambaugh , himself an ex-cop , describes the ways in which wildly autocratic and psychotic bosses set out to undermine their own ‘ front line troops on the streets ’ and describes a manual which mirrors the poster in the Northumbria police training department described above : |
| 5 | The proclamation of Queen Victoria as Empress of India in 1877 heralded the emergence of the new imperialism in which European governments set out to conquer and control territory by exploiting the latest technology . |
| 6 | Strikes and spares aplenty were required and both Scottish Amicable teams set out to prove once again that consistency counts . |
| 7 | Functional courses set out to list the purposes for which students might wish to use language , and then to teach them how to do so . |
| 8 | But he opposed any suggestion that representatives of the environmental movement might sit on the technical committees set up to decide on the safety of any release of genetically manipulated organisms into the environment . |
| 9 | In particular , the technical panels set up to consider workplans for the administrative networks component of telematics are currently in suspension , but the Commission has urged that replies to the questionnaires should still be sent in since these will be worked on and evaluated in the meantime . |
| 10 | Last year the UK Government gave £9m to two international organisations set up to limit the population in China and Tibet , he said . |
| 11 | The accreditation reflects C&P 's commitment to environmental objectives set up to make the company 's environmental performance ‘ measurably better ’ . |
| 12 | If the right hon. Gentleman wants more and more bureaucratic institutions set up to do the work of existing institutions , he had better say so . |
| 13 | The latter are legislative committees set up to take the committee stage of a bill and they have to reflect the division of party strength that exists on the floor of the House . |
| 14 | The first is built on formal procedures and standardisation to ensure a proper response to every set of circumstances while the second , a more recent form in large organisations involves temporary structures set up to solve specific detachment of individuals from the aims of the organisation as a whole and their consequent apathy . |
| 15 | Soon , however , distributors were able to secure cheaply-made films from small studios set up to supply their needs , and some American companies began to make their own ‘ quota quickies ’ . |
| 16 | It has a large overdraft , a matter of some 5 million , secured on Ingard Holdings — that 's the finance company holding shares in the various subsidiary companies set up to buy and sell blocks of property . |
| 17 | A more subtle form of political influence on the content of television programmes is provided by the Government 's power of appointment to controlling bodies ( the BBC Board of Governors and the Independent Broadcasting Authority ) and to statutory commissions set up to supervise complaints about unfair treatment ( the Broadcasting Complaints Committee ) and programme standards ( The Broadcasting Standards Council ) . |
| 18 | The three new studies set out to examine the problem in more detail . |
| 19 | Not all bodhran players set out to drown out the rest of the musicians . |
| 20 | Other soldiers set out to follow Ekofo 's funeral , due to take place on Monday , and fired on unconnected ceremonies at two cemeteries . |
| 21 | He was fortunate in finding a good post — as a draughtsman of Gothic work — and in the company of congenial colleagues set about enjoying the experiences London had to offer in the 1860s . |
| 22 | In addition to compensation received under an out of court settlement , as a result of litigation or from insurers , in the case of such terrible incidents as the Zeebrugge ferry disaster , there will usually be special funds set up to assist the suffering . |
| 23 | They need to know how senior managers set about making decisions . |