Example sentences of "set [adv prt] a [adj] commission " in BNC.
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| 1 | Modrow did not return with more than a commitment to set up a joint commission of experts to consider monetary union ( which first met on Feb. 20 in East Berlin ) . |
| 2 | A communiqué issued at the end of the talks said that " Iran and Iraq and the International Committee of the Red Cross ( ICRC ) have agreed to set up a joint commission to review the resumption of the exchange of prisoners of war " . |
| 3 | The two agreed to set up a joint commission examining the issue . |
| 4 | It wants to set up a local-government commission to review the structure of local government across England . |
| 5 | It was therefore decided to set up a Royal Commission to review the whole problem of criminal behaviour and of the means of dealing with it . |
| 6 | Discontent over the operation of the new service was one of the factors that led the Labour government to set up a Royal Commission on the National Health Service in 1976 . |
| 7 | On March 28 , 1989 , Pérez and President Virgilio Barco Vargas of Colombia met on the Urena border bridge and agreed to set up a permanent commission , chaired by former Spanish Prime Minister Adolfo Suárez González , to look into their marine border dispute , which last erupted in August 1987 when a Colombian warship sailed into the Gulf of Venezuela ( known by Colombia as the Gulf of Guajira--see p. 35757 ) . |
| 8 | Langdon went on to outline a scheme whereby Kim Ku could set up a governing commission , which would subsequently take over from the military government . |
| 9 | Mr Enright asked : ‘ If a principal duty of government is the prevention of crime , has n't this government failed spectacularly and should n't the Prime Minister immediately announce he will set up a Royal Commission to make urgent proposals to prevent this ? |
| 10 | To a procrastinating president and Congress the solution was clear : set up a national commission to study the problem . |
| 11 | Agreement was reached on setting up a joint commission of experts to deal with minority questions and on working towards guaranteeing minority rights . |
| 12 | During a 24-hour visit to Argentina on March 2-3 , 1990 , President Virgilio Barco of Colombia and Menem signed a joint declaration setting up a ministerial commission for political co-ordination and integration . |
| 13 | Before they lost office the Conservatives also responded to the growing evidence on the extent of poverty , and the inadequacies of existing measures , by setting up a Royal Commission on the Poor Laws in 1905 . |
| 14 | After the experience of the 1924 Labour Government , Clifford Allen , now Chairman of the ILP , set up a small commission to plan a coherent economic strategy for a future Labour government . |
| 15 | President Suharto on Nov. 19 set up a seven-person commission to investigate the Dili incident , headed by Chief Justice Jaelani , a retired army general , and comprising officials from the Home Affairs , Foreign and Justice Ministries , and representatives from the Supreme Court , armed forces and parliament . |
| 16 | The Miners ' Federation of Great Britain , which had passed resolutions in favour of both workers ' control and nationalization , supported state control and in order to avoid industrial conflict the Lloyd George Coalition government set up a royal commission , chaired by Lord Sankey , to investigate the coal industry . |
| 17 | In 1843 the Government set up a Royal Commission on the Health of Towns ; in 1844 the Health of Towns Association was founded , whose central committee included Disraeli and Lord John Manners , the other moving spirit in the Young England Movement , characterized as Lord Henry Sydney in Coningsby . |
| 18 | The DC on May 8 set up a special commission to manage the affairs of its Milan branch . |