Example sentences of "set up [to-vb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's the first and so far only British union to employ a full-time officer in Brussels , giving you direct access to the law-making process and E C funds to set up to benefit trade unions . |
| 2 | Set up to tackle problems faced by local communities in north west Edinburgh , the NEAR ( Northwest Edinburgh Area Renewal ) project is made up of a number of organisations committed to working together . |
| 3 | Set up to protect wildlife across Europe , the organisation expands upon the tradition of Britain 's National Trust . |
| 4 | Even before this , says John Harrison , charities director of Lazards , charities were attracted to the City by the models set up to measure pension fund performance . |
| 5 | Set up to reduce US dependence on imported oil following the Iranian revolution and with authority to spend $13.25 billion on synthetics projects , during its first four years the corporation provided only $740 million in aid to two quite small projects . |
| 6 | Set up to provide money for growing companies , the stockmarket failed to attract investors . |
| 7 | The probability is that in May or October ( still a toss-up between them ) Mrs Thatcher will offer more of the same , judging by what has been emerging from the dozen policy groups set up to produce ideas for the manifesto . |
| 8 | 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 ) . |
| 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 | The Evesham Laboratory was set up to serve growers in the Vale of Evesham and it 's been taken away and Wolverhampton is quite out of the question . |
| 11 | The Social Market Foundation was set up to serve David Owen 's Social Democrats , a party that no longer exists . |
| 12 | TECHNIQUEST has been set up to enable visitors to touch and play with hands-on exhibits and experience scientific effects and phenomena . |
| 13 | The Network was set up to enable journalists in the UK to campaign on behalf of journalists overseas who suffer human rights abuses . |
| 14 | An associated foundation has been set up to enable architects , art historians and archaeologists to investigate funerary rituals , art and culture . |
| 15 | The programme was set up to enable publishers from eastern and central Europe to visit British houses for short working attachments . |
| 16 | Special commissions are set up to scrutinize budgets and economic plans ( White et al. |
| 17 | In 1856 a special coal station was established ( La Chapelle-Charbons ) and in 1864 , as a result of Baron Haussmann 's building boom , a station was set up to receive building materials , particularly finished stone . |
| 18 | Porter , quoted by Hall , suggests that these IRCs are removing from the research councils money which should be allocated to ‘ responsive mode funding ’ ( researchers applying directly to the councils for research grants ) and basic research , because they were set up to foster research areas thought to have potential economic importance . |
| 19 | Encouraged by the spirit of the enterprise culture this was so prevalent by 1985 that the Insolvency Act of 1985 was set up to control liquidation fraudsters , and mainly involved asset stripping . |
| 20 | Simple systems will be set up to allow complaints to be registered and responses given if things go wrong . |
| 21 | The network of Training Enterprise Councils ( TEC ) has been set up to allow strategies for dealing with vocational training , employment needs , new enterprise and economic development to be handled at a local level by a single local body , which benefits from the practical experience and local knowledge of the employers and others who serve on its board . |
| 22 | The International Committee of Medical Journal editors should consider the sorts of issue discussed by Dewey and how a mechanism might be set up to allow authors ' grievances to be aired . |
| 23 | These can be set up to take action automatically if a human is not about . |
| 24 | The life expired boiler from No. 5 , ‘ Moel Siabod ’ is set up to test equipment and techniques which could prove to be the saviour of steam . |
| 25 | Food poisoning will affect an increasing amount of people unless an independent body is set up to enforce food contamination laws . |
| 26 | The details of amendments to the Bill needed to press these points were sent to each Unionist MP , from Central Office not from the official Whips , and a special committee of agents and National Union leaders was set up to give MPs professional advice . |
| 27 | ASVA was set up to give tourist attractions the opportunity to share common experiences and problems and is committed to improving standards for visitors throughout Scotland . |
| 28 | The Workers ' Travel Association was set up to give workers the opportunity to travel ; it began in a modest way but by the 1950s had become a worldwide organization . |
| 29 | This group was set up to support mums facing the challenges of their current of future employment outside the home and in fact now has links with the Working Mothers Association ( I am the local contact with WMA ) . |
| 30 | A new Energy Savings Trust , to be funded initially by British Gas , has been set up to support energy conservation efforts . |