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Example sentences of "setting [pn reflx] up [prep] [art] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	Iggy Pop handled the first of four keynote speeches with admirable aplomb , setting himself up for a neat career in stand-up comedy after this rock 'n' roll malarkey is over .
2	Edberg stamped his world class authority on the match , dominating the 90 minute final and setting himself up for the defence of his Wimbledon title .
3	Ron Rooney objects to Dr Mitchell setting himself up as a moral censor ( Chem .
4	In 58 ‘ your slave ’ , ‘ your vassal ’ is ready to swallow any insult or neglect , the poem concluding : The second-person pronouns come so thick and fast here that we can not miss the bitter criticism of the Friend setting himself up as a law unto himself , becoming so entirely obsessed with his own pleasures that he betrays their relationship .
5	The prospect of a play attempting to deal realistically with the phenomenon of drug and club culture would seem to be setting itself up as a target for scorn and ridicule from people involved in the scene and as a scapegoat for moral guardians who bitterly oppose it .
6	All the same , she realised she had to earn a living to support herself and Matt , and hit upon the idea of setting herself up as a hairdresser .
7	It sounded as if Irina was setting herself up for the planned return to Moscow , ahead of the Brückner lawyers .
8	The unconscious seems involved in a deep way , in part due to their setting themselves up as a Chosen People of God the Father .
9	People setting themselves up as the philosophers and artists and intelligentsia and other people setting themselves up as their assessors ?
10	You 're afraid to ask you landlord for a repair because if you do , are you setting yourself up for a rent increase ?
11	I 'm not setting myself up as a model for anyone .
12	Nor do I feel like setting myself up as an Aunt Sally just waiting for all those girls to throw themselves at me in the attempt to knock me off my perch ! ’