Example sentences of "[noun] set up " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only 100 years ago a zoo meant a series of caged animals set up exclusively for recreation . |
| 2 | At first Daedalus sought a lubricating oil freezing at about 0°C , with some idea of boiling tons of it in vast kettles set up near ski slopes . |
| 3 | In the same way , key performance indicators set up for each function are reviewed quarterly against its business plan with relevant managers ‘ but it 's not a dull , dry event : it 's when everybody pulls together , discussing everything that 's happening in great depth and giving managers the opportunity to explain to directors why they 're falling short , the constraints and obstacles , and so achieving agreement with the figures and the indicators used , ’ he said . |
| 4 | He jointly led the European Tour 's Greens in Regulation statistics that year , but his putting was so horrendous that he was almost totally incapable of converting the countless birdie opportunities set up with excellent tee-to-green play . |
| 5 | The Society of Authors set up a powerful lobby , which convinced a Parliamentary Committee that the common law of obscene libel should be replaced by a modern statute which afforded some protection to meritorious literature . |
| 6 | Thus the original organizations set up mainly by ‘ outsiders ’ — Mining Awareness ( Galway ) and Mining Awareness ( Mayo ) — were not in fact anti-mining groups , but wished only to initiate public debate . |
| 7 | The Labour Party was developing from the federation of industrial and political organizations set up in 1900 . |
| 8 | It 's always angled towards the case for more funds to be allocated to reform schools set up for ‘ the salvaging of these youngsters whose natural growth has been marred by bad upbringing , bad companions , bad luck . ’ |
| 9 | There were months of planning , false trails were laid , tests and traps set up and sprung . |
| 10 | They then commandeered a battery operated amplifier and two loudspeakers from the local constituency association , and via the roof of one of their cars set up an excellent PA system . |
| 11 | The Master Locksmiths Association has its roots in the early 1950s , when a group of craftsmen set up the Greater London Locksmiths Association . |
| 12 | In addition to compensation received under an out of court settlement , as a result of litigation or from insurers , in the case of such terrible incidents as the Zeebrugge ferry disaster , there will usually be special funds set up to assist the suffering . |
| 13 | policy and assessment branches set up within HSE to co–ordinate and stimulate effort on major hazards |
| 14 | It was also decided that political parties set up in the future should only be granted " observer " status . |
| 15 | In August 1990 opposition parties set up a Democratic Antitotalitarian Forum , in February 1991 a National Convention of the Extra Parliamentary Opposition was set up , and in May 1991 a National Convention for the Establishment of Democracy was created . |
| 16 | The meeting concentrated on the activities and progress of the three main working parties set up late last year to consider : rail privatisation ; the bus industry and financing of transport infrastructure . |
| 17 | The militias , or ‘ combat groups of the working-class ’ , are armed units set up within factories , agricultural co-operatives , big organisations or institutions . |
| 18 | During the First World War a number of Ministries set up regional offices and the newly created Ministry of Health set up nine regions — an experiment to be rudely terminated in 1921 as an economy measure . |
| 19 | It seems necessary to conclude that in his view the words set up no trust . |
| 20 | His words set up a buzz in Sylvie 's mind . |
| 21 | Her words set up a faint echo among the room 's bare boards , its scabby walls , its uncovered windows . |
| 22 | The words set up an echo in Lorton 's mind : he remembered Sue 's death , and the doctor saying , She ca n't tell us what the problem was now , Mr Lorton . |
| 23 | It 's the only one in Worcestershire — other real ale breweries set up in the county during the nineteen eighties have all since closed down . |
| 24 | These Protestant refugees set up ‘ stranger churches ’ in London , thus providing models of the ideal Reformed church , and also forged close links with influential English Protestants , such as John Hooper , the future Bishop of Gloucester . |
| 25 | The Scottish nobles set up a Regency Council with control of Margaret 's baby sons , one of whom , Alexander , Duke of Ross , dies soon after his mother 's sudden departure for England . |
| 26 | Much of the committee 's and the JMU 's perception of the profession to date has been derived from early visits set up in response to doubts created by registration information and by JMU visits in response to complaints . |
| 27 | Nothing happened until , quite independently , a group of enthusiasts set up the Folly Fellowship in 1988 . |
| 28 | The most recent review of quotas set up in March 1987 failed to conclude its review , and as a result the IMF board of governors requested fresh proposals for new quotas by April 1989 ; until that review the level of Fund quotas remained unchanged at SDR89.99 billion . |
| 29 | FoE blames the rise of the supermarket for the decline in the use of the refillable bottle , and cites a survey last year which showed that 84 per cent of shoppers would be prepared to return containers to retailers if supermarkets set up a suitable system . |
| 30 | These are insurance subsidiaries set up to insure some or all of the risks of a group of companies . |