Example sentences of "to set up a working [noun sg] [prep] " 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 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 .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 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 .
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