Example sentences of "set [adv prt] a working [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The failure to set up a working system for filing and recovering information shows how defective the organization of the Secretary 's office still was at the end of the Tudor period . |
| 2 | Already the opposition has united to set up a working group on immigration , with a view to formulating a new bill . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The US wanted to set up a working group to study these costs , but other nations rejected the proposal . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | To set up a working group to look at ways of achieving a reduction of differentials for next year . |
| 13 | to begin working on next year 's pay claim and to set up a working group to consider new strategies for the campaign ; |
| 14 | On Sunday the national executive committee firmly rejected the proposal to set up a working party to study electoral reform . |
| 15 | It asked the officers to reflect on the discussions which led up to , and followed the issue of , Partnership in Validation , and subsequently accepted the advice offered in an officers ' paper to set up a working party to pursue the discussion further and report back in May 1978 , after consulting the Council 's committees and boards . |
| 16 | What a waste of time , we all know that the county council is the the highway authority and is fully responsible for traffic management , we 're in a minority and to set up a working party is a complete waste of time . . |
| 17 | In Brussels yesterday , EC transport ministers took a step towards allowing the European Commission to negotiate transport accords on behalf of EC states , when they agreed to set up a working party to see when and how the Commission could negotiate . |
| 18 | In Brussels yesterday , EC transport ministers took a step towards allowing the executive European Commission to negotiate transport accords on behalf of EC states , when they agreed to set up a working party to see when and how the Commission could negotiate . |
| 19 | We will set up a working party to examine what more can be done to protect the police and members of other emergency services from assault . |
| 20 | I hope that the Home Secretary will set up a working party jointly with the Police Federation of England and Wales . |
| 21 | Following the very worthwhile discussion at the seminar we set up a Working Party to explore the main issues of concern and to suggest practical guidelines and recommendations for implementation . |
| 22 | The Periodical Publishers Association and Newspaper Society have already set up a working committee to campaign against the imposition of VAT on magazines and newspapers . |
| 23 | The council has already set up a working party on resists , chaired by Ron Lawes . |
| 24 | The Bishops of England and Wales have set up a working party to prepare guidelines for all our schools , to help their teaching about these questions . |
| 25 | In Britain , the electronics industry has set up a working party to look at the options . |
| 26 | The Church of England has set up a working party to investigate the possibility of placing advertisements on radio and television in a bid to attract more people to the Church . |
| 27 | I understand that the Scottish Home and Health Department has set up a working party to consider this issue , but as yet no recommendations have been made . |
| 28 | The committee have set up a working party to look into the proposal . |
| 29 | The Royal Agricultural Society of England has set up a working party , under the chairmanship of Sir Derek Barber , following the challenge laid down by HRH Prince of Wales earlier this year at the society 's annual lecture . |
| 30 | The National Materials Handling Centre accordingly set up a Working Party , chaired by Mr. A. C. Parnell of Fire Check Consultants with a brief to examine the following areas of the problem ; the whole being intended to act as a plain main 's guide but one which had the agreement of all interested parties . |