Example sentences of "[was/were] setting up a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a statement broadcast on national radio , the soldiers , who appeared to be led by Capt. Valentine Strasser , announced that they were setting up a National Provisional Defence Council . |
| 2 | The Yard had had a tip months before that a big drug-ring was setting up a new and major operation in England . |
| 3 | Even before the new Guide had been issued , CAJEC announced that it was setting up a Standard Review Group to monitor continuously the need for new ethical guidance . |
| 4 | It was as if the graft was setting up a whole new embryo and re-specifying the positions of the cells in its vicinity . |
| 5 | The Judge declared that the foundation to this treason was setting up a false religion . |