Example sentences of "up a [adj] group " in BNC.

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1 Already the opposition has united to set up a working group on immigration , with a view to formulating a new bill .
2 In 1961 the British and French governments agreed to set up a working group to consider the merits of the rival proposals and at the beginning of 1964 Ernest Marples , the British Transport Minister , and his French counterpart announced that the two governments would go ahead with a tunnel .
3 The US wanted to set up a working group to study these costs , but other nations rejected the proposal .
4 At the time of writing , it has been disclosed at the trial of the former military junta in Buenos Aires that on 5 January 1982 it ‘ set up a working group to analyse the possibility of taking the islands ’ .
5 In 1961 he set up a working group , in the Ministry , ‘ to study the long term development of roads and traffic in urban areas and their influence on the urban environment ’ ; the leader was Colin Buchanan .
6 It made the need for the establishment of some form of centralized and rational planning of public sector higher education even more urgent and , in the short term , it led the DES to set up a working group to overcome the important technical problems which the arbitrary capping of the pool had created .
7 Instead it capped the advanced further education pool for 1979–80 and set up a Working Group to examine the future management of the pool .
8 In response to demand SCOTVEC has set up a working group of employer and college representatives to develop a new HND in Social Care Management .
9 A proposal by the BAPU parliamentary group to repeal Paragraph 1 , defining Bulgaria as a " People 's Republic " and as " a socialist state of the working people from town and country , headed by a working class " , was rejected on procedural grounds after a heated debate , but it was decided to set up a working group of government and opposition representatives to examine this and other possible constitutional amendments , with a view to submitting proposals to a forthcoming National Assembly session .
10 Recognizing the need for the development of international law on liability and compensation arising from the transport or disposal of hazardous wastes , the resolution requested UNEP to set up a working group of experts on this issue .
11 They agreed to set up a working group on normalizing relations , to meet in New York , headed by Kenneth Quinn , a US deputy assistant secretary of state , and Trinh Xuan Lang , Vietnam 's ambassador to the UN .
12 The Union — resolves to set up a working group to consider which are the most important and most achievable pay issues to campaign on next year .
13 The meeting agreed to set up a working group on whale-watching but a British proposal to give the IWC a role in monitoring whale-watching and preparing guidelines to minimise disturbance to the animals was opposed by Japan and Norway and their supporters .
14 To that end he is setting up a working group to advise on how to make agricultural legislation less heavy and more rational .
15 He has set up a working group to be chaired by the Argyll and Bute MP , Ray Michie , to look at constitutional campaign strategies , including the mechanics of a home rule referendum .
16 They decided at a meeting of the Labour group of the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities in Dunblane yesterday to set up a working group to prepare for a referendum .
17 To set up a working group to look at ways of achieving a reduction of differentials for next year .
18 to begin working on next year 's pay claim and to set up a working group to consider new strategies for the campaign ;
19 A few people were already astir in the first village they passed through , and when they reached the piazza in Pontino higher up a huddled group stood within the light and warmth of the doorway of the Bar Italia waiting for the first bus down to Florence .
20 In response , SCOTVEC recently set up a small group to consider how to extend the construction option to cover building services , by the addition of extra modules .
21 He said the Law Society already had a working party reviewing the criminal justice system and he was now setting up a similar group to identify areas which needed radical change in the civil field .
22 The DFG has long realised the shortcomings of the normal 1-year grant : it does not give enough resources and security to build up a substantial group or programme in a particular area .
23 The National Confederation of Parent Teacher Associations offer a useful leaflet on setting up a new group and will also provide a draft constitution .
24 If you are thinking of setting up a new group , or want to arrange a reunion , please contact the Alumni Office , at the address on page 3 .
25 She and Liewer returned to France 7–8 June 1944 to set up a new group of resisters between Limoges and Périgueux .
26 When an experimenter sets up a new group of hens they first fight among themselves .
27 On Sept. 21 the Pristina district court announced that six former Kosovo government ministers , including the last Prime Minister Jusuf Zejnulahu , together with former Pristina television and radio head Agim Malja , were under criminal investigated on charges of setting up a separatist group with the aim of proclaiming Kosovo a republic .
28 Douglas was forming up a tight group to tackle this entrance , and another to proceed round to the rear to block any back-door escape , when the night 's wet quiet was suddenly disturbed .
29 Mr Cohen said there was ‘ great scope for building up a British-based group hand tools business over the next few years . ’
30 It might be suggested that the employed women make up a particular group with respect to housework attitudes : women who are dissatisfied with housework may turn to employment as a palliative .
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