Example sentences of "which set [adv prt] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Language is richly composed of many references which set up a commonality of theme between different parts of text or speech . |
| 2 | The Chamber of Shipping , which set up a task force to review routing procedures , examined 15 coastal areas where existing routing agreements did not provide specific advice for tankers . |
| 3 | It was the quarrymen 's subscribed pennies which set up the University College of North Wales in Bangor at the turn of the century . |
| 4 | These events hastened moves towards a formal military alliance of the Western powers , and in April 1949 , 12 ( later 15 ) powers signed the North Atlantic Treaty , which set up the North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO ) under which the signatories agreed that an attack on any one of them would lead to whatever action was deemed necessary , including the " use of armed force " ( CORE , pp. 85–6 ) . |
| 5 | ‘ He looks very comfortable on the ball and scored us a fabulous goal which set up the win . |
| 6 | The better-known Worsted Acts of 1777 ( 17 George III c. 11 and c. 56 ) , which set up an inspectorate to work with a prosecuting committee of employers , were described by the Hammonds as a piece of " class legislation " because they allowed conviction on the oath of the employer who owned the yarn in question and because they empowered extensive searching of weavers ' homes . |
| 7 | Scale 1/MPG appointees were recruited to a fairly open brief , which set out a number of options for negotiation between appointee and head : taking a class , releasing a teaching head , releasing other staff , working alongside colleagues in a ‘ support ’ role , facilitating and/or organizing school visits , covering for colleagues , and so on . |
| 8 | Ministers from 15 member countries attending the third Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation ( APEC ) conference in Seoul on Nov. 12-14 issued a declaration at the close of the talks which set out the direction and role for APEC as " an exemplary model of open regional co-operation " , and agreed to co-operate to reduce trade barriers both within the region and worldwide , and to identify and promote the region 's interests . |
| 9 | The Accounting Standards Board ( ASB ) has published for comment an exposure draft of the Foreword to UITF Abstracts explaining the authority , scope and application of the Urgent Issues Task Force ( UITF ) abstracts issued by the ASB which set out the consensus reached by the UITF on particular issues . |
| 10 | Mr. Clements , a partner in Crossman Block , swore two affidavits , dated respectively 16 January and 6 February 1992 , which set out the case of their clients . |
| 11 | Mrs Thatcher 's speech at Bruges in September 1988 which set out the government 's view of its relations with the European Community was drafted by her Private Secretary and foreign policy adviser , Charles Powell . |
| 12 | Just before Christmas 1985 , I published the White Paper which set out the Government 's new proposals for legislation . |
| 13 | There was no mention of the agency in the Queen 's Speech , which set out the government 's legislative plans for the new 18-month session of Parliament following the re-election of the Conservatives on 9 April . |
| 14 | Expert clauses which set out the procedure in more detail than providing that the parties have the right to make representations are probably not very helpful . |
| 15 | New detailed syllabuses have been produced , which set out the knowledge and skills that a student actuary has to master before qualification . |
| 16 | Prepare agendas for the meetings which set out the ground rules , issues to be covered and those which may not be discussed ( i.e. whether to talk price ) . |
| 17 | I have also seen the important comments of the CBI , which set out the fact that Britain now attracts nearly half of all the inward investment from Japan that comes to the European Community . |
| 18 | The principal Acts of Parliament which set down the audit requirements of central government are the Exchequer and Audit Departments Acts 1866 and 1921 and the National Audit Act 1983 . |
| 19 | El Niño is apparently triggered by the warming of ocean currents in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific , which set off a pattern of weather bringing drought to many tropical areas , but heavier than normal rain to the western American seaboard . |
| 20 | It is ironic that Godoy was overthrown and treated with ignominy as a traitor at the moment when he had decided to resist Napoleon : it was his plan to remove the king to Seville , out of the way of the French , which set off the Tumult of Aranjuez . |
| 21 | Much of his conversation , uttered in the flat voice which set off the originality of the content , conveyed in this way infinite nuances of banter and irony . |