Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] set [adv prt] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1988 the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors set up a ‘ cut-price ’ arrangement which enabled house-buyers to take disputes about house surveys to arbitration . |
| 2 | The Scottish nobles set up a Regency Council with control of Margaret 's baby sons , one of whom , Alexander , Duke of Ross , dies soon after his mother 's sudden departure for England . |
| 3 | It has 94 rooms and self-catering apartments set around a central pool and bar , around which much of the hotel life revolves . |
| 4 | The following pages set out an extract from a typical ( asset ) sale agreement . |
| 5 | The League Against Cruel Sports set up an undercover operation which it says proves that some hunts make up to twenty thousand pounds a year without paying tax.Huntsmen say the League is resorting to desperation tactics . |
| 6 | ‘ Valerie , ’ he said to me , ‘ I 'll have to take these two to my mother again , ’ at which the little ones set up an ungrateful wail , ‘ but I 'll be back as soon as possible . |
| 7 | In France , the post-war nationalizations set up a tripartite scheme of management with representation of users , public authorities and employees ( Dubois 1975 : 161–3 ; Holter 1982 ) . |
| 8 | Two stunning resorts set around a glimmering bay . ’ |
| 9 | The two forged blocks set up a visual field where the entire space becomes a manifestation of sculpture . |
| 10 | Under cover of the so-called United Nations Commission for Korea , American ruling circles set up a puppet ‘ Government ’ under the traitor Syngman Rhee , who traded away the independence and national wealth . |
| 11 | In August the Young Republicans set up a front organisation , the People 's Action League , which planned to campaign on the issue of high-rise flats , and picketed the Guildhall , calling for an extension of the city boundary and , on another occasion , at the siting of a new Michelin factory at Ballymena in County Antrim instead of Derry . |
| 12 | The occupying forces set up a puppet government and proclaimed it independent of Russia . |
| 13 | In another move to improve services for parents , principal child protection officer Evelyn Joseph is helping local voluntary organisations set up an advocacy project for black parents who come into contact with the child protection team . |