Example sentences of "set [adv prt] a new [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During 1968 the United States agreed to supply the F-4E Phantom which would , as The New York Times warned , ‘ set off a new round in the Middle East arms race ’ . |
| 2 | In the Habsburg territories in central Europe , which because of their exposed geographical position and limited economic strength greatly needed an effective and well-controlled foreign policy , the Emperor Joseph I in 1709 set up a new committee of nine officials for this purpose . |
| 3 | No no no no you basically the company is pulled out of the ordinary high street travel business and set up a new concept in business travel . |
| 4 | Chevenement set up a new management structure within the research ministry to coordinate national ad industry research efforts . |
| 5 | Almost a year ago Roger Mott set up a new ticket agency called Concert Connections . |
| 6 | When a man and a woman marry they , typically , set up a new household independently of their relatives and their responsibilities are towards one another , not towards the wider family . |
| 7 | An agreement with China could also ease the American way out of Vietnam , bring new markets for American goods , set up a new element in the balance of world power , and discourage the Soviet Union from a possible attack on China at a time when Sino-Russian relations were at their lowest point ( CORE , p. 168 ) . |
| 8 | When begged to return , he relented only on condition he could carry out a remarkable experiment : the so-called oprichnina , Ivan designated something like one-third of the country , carved out of scattered towns and provinces , as his personal domain , and set up a new administration to subject it to his personal will . |
| 9 | I recently set up a new tank , and used a large piece of bogwood , for the benefit of my plecs . |
| 10 | Fortunately the Palace directors put a prohibitive price upon his transfer , and he stayed with the club , set up a new goal-scoring record of 36 league goals in his first season ( from just 34 appearances ) , topped the Division 3(S) charts for that campaign and his output was only exceeded by two men in the entire Football League . |
| 11 | Four northern European pro-whaling nations meeting in the Faroe Islands have , as expected , set up a new organization , flying in the face of majority opinion on the International Whaling Commission ( IWC ) . |
| 12 | In 1917 the British government set up a new department of overseas trade designed to bring commerce and foreign policy into more effective contact : its head was to be responsible to both the foreign secretary and the president of the board of trade . |