Example sentences of "of setting [adv] a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Furthermore , they argued — with little effect — NIH was hard pressed for cash , and the costs of setting up a new institute would almost surely come out of the research budget . |
2 | Many people would balk at the thought of setting up a new business during a recession ; but to embark on a new accountancy partnership when half of it is about to have a baby would surely cause the strongest to flinch . |
3 | This move was an attempt to hamper the Western policy of setting up a new Federal West Germany government over the three Western zones . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | It could be a flatter of setting up a new plant , opening a new market , launching a new product or turning around a failing company that has been acquired . |
6 | Asher , and Dunbar became MAD Ltd , with the task of setting up a new bookshop . |
7 | Meanwhile , IXI is also in the process of setting up a European operation , which is being headed by Steven Sampson as general manager . |
8 | This gave Ian the idea of setting up a similar , small-scale , homely establishment in the Highlands . |
9 | After his return in August 1908 from a packed five-day trip he set his civil servants at the Treasury to explore means of setting up a similar scheme for Britain . |
10 | To fulfil the objective of setting up a serious centre , the new course needs to be supported by at least one new lecturer , and ideally two — a theologian and a development specialist with experience in small-scale community participation projects of the type churches are often involved with . |
11 | Any increase in the pitch of the stitches will run the risk of setting up a perforated run if that seam is subjected to stress . |
12 | The case centres around a Mr X , accused with several others of setting up a bogus merchant bank used to conduct fraudulent transactions . |
13 | One of the defendants had been Ivan " Janez " Jansa , who was now Slovenia 's defence minister and an advocate of setting up a separate Slovene army . |
14 | As a result the IMS was asked to carry out an initial study and advise on the feasibility of setting up a suitable PMIS for the BAA . |
15 | So it was a happy coincidence that the Rev Alan Mackenzie at the same Congress was able to announce that he had recently attended a meeting between Sir Keith Joseph , then Secretary of State for Social Services , and representatives of other national voluntary organisations concerned with the deaf and the hard of hearing , where the Minister 's intention of setting up a permanent committee to help and advise him had been discussed . |
16 | Thus , for example , they were supplemented by the Convention on Certain Institutions Common to the European Communities ( of 1957 ) which had the effect , among other things , of setting up a single Court of Justice common to the three Communities rather than leaving three courts to subsist separately under each treaty . |
17 | Catching them was a simple procedure of setting up a wire-mesh peat basket , held up at one side by a stick , with a string attached which led in through the window . |
18 | In the report Mr Stephen Tapper , director of development services , says the council has rejected the idea of setting up a special badge purely for Darlington . |
19 | Tam 's article consists of setting up a false target and then knocking it down . |
20 | There was talk of setting up a Jewish state in Abyssinia , the Russians offered the Amur basin , as long as the population of the new republic was limited to 100,000 and several Latin American countries declared an interest in farmers who had a start capital of at least £500 . |
21 | ‘ We have a tradition in our home of setting up a little crib and surrounding it with Nativity figures . |
22 | He did n't go to the trouble of setting up a little love-nest for nothing . ’ |
23 | A PUBLIC meeting is due to be staged at The Institute , Bocking End , Braintree , to look into the possibility of setting up a local voluntary branch of the British Epilepsy Association . |
24 | For this reason also , the company has no intention of setting up a local manufacturing outfit in the UK — the emphasis here will be on sales , marketing , software and support . |
25 | The committee reported in October 19806 and came down in favour of setting up a national body , to be known as the Committee for Colleges and Polytechnics ( CCP ) which would devise a more rational system of national funding . |
26 | Ms Dickinson also reported that discussions were currently taking place with various bodies , including the Arts Council , to investigate the possibility of setting up a National Children 's Book Council . |
27 | In response to these problems , the British Government is currently in the process of setting up a Dependent Territories Board to help strengthen the economies of the British Virgin Islands , Cayman Islands , Anguilla , Turks and Caicos Islands and Montserrat . |
28 | Database developer Raima Corp , of Bellevue , Washington , is talking to its UK distributor , Systemstar Ltd of Hertford , with the intention of setting up a direct presence in the UK market . |
29 | 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 . |
30 | The main aim isto explore the feasibility of setting up an integrated physical and community infrastructure data base . |