Example sentences of "set [adv prt] [prep] the early " in BNC.

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1 Set up in the early 1960s , it was a three-year full-time course with four broad areas of specialization ; fine art , graphic design , three-dimensional design , and textiles/fashion .
2 Though in itself fairly insensitive under normal conditions it had to be set off by the early , very sensitive , mercury-fulminate detonator which was fired by safety fuze .
3 Thus , the Alliance for Progress , which gave rise to many agrarian reform programmes , was set up in the early 1960s .
4 The United Unionist Action Council , which had been set up in the early summer of 1976 , had a slow and troubled start .
5 Most of these were set up in the early 1970s , often from existing sites rather than de novo .
6 The village , which is home to 132 orphans , was set up in the early 1980s by Mr Mr John Foster , a teacher at the former Central Comprehensive School in Darlington .
7 When original objectives were set out in the early 1980s for improving services and reducing costs at the exchange through cutting down on the amount of paperwork , more detailed efforts were made to put the objectives into action .
8 The Scot will be in good company when he sets out with the early starters among the 70 survivors today .
9 Similarly , organized bodies of men walked the marshes of the Thames , setting out in the early morning mist to assess the repairs required , which were paid for by a charge known as ‘ wallscot ’ or ‘ scottage ’ .
10 The ILEA 's Alternative Use of Resources ( AUR ) Scheme , set up in the early 1970s , gave schools limited control over staffing and other parts of their budget .
11 Wages councils , set up in the early 1900s , have no role to play in the 1990s , ministers argue .
12 Checkpoint Charlie , the crossing point set up in the early 1960s between East and West Berlin is to be opened to millions of people on Wednesday .
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