Example sentences of "[noun] set [adv] for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Henry Fielding wrote of the capital in 1751 : " What an immense variety of places has this town and its neighbourhood set apart for the amusement of the lowest order of the people . " |
| 2 | The huge ammunition wagons set off for the crossroads , their massive iron-rimmed wheels digging great gouges into the road 's surface . |
| 3 | On April 29 , the co-ordinator of the UN programme for returning Kurdish refugees said that the $100,000,000 set aside for the operation was totally inadequate . |
| 4 | Early that afternoon , as soon as she could get away from a lunch with colleagues from her department , Loretta set off for the Sunday Herald building . |
| 5 | The next time they are able to gather together enough courage to set out for the supermarket they may get only as far as point B before they have had enough , anticipating more extreme levels of anxiety if they continue . |
| 6 | In no sense could they be said to be members of industrial co-operatives : that is , of organisations set up for the manufacture of goods or the provision of services and wholly , or very largely , owned and ultimately controlled by those working in them . |
| 7 | Furthermore , it became clear that a number of the parties would be arriving some time before the three days set aside for the conference , thus giving themselves time to prepare their ground and gauge the mood of fellow guests , though their exact arrival dates were , again , uncertain . |
| 8 | No idea what time Vern set off for the bus , but it must be time for the next one by now . |
| 9 | Malcolm Edwards , British Coal 's commercial director , told an electricity conference in London that the corporation was prepared to enter supply deals lasting eight years — the same period set down for the bulk of initial contracts between privatised electricity generators and distribution companies . |
| 10 | There are many other beautiful things there but I can not resist quoting a caption — for once , given in English — in the room set aside for the revolution of 1848 . |
| 11 | There was a breakfast room set aside for the train party where a piece of the mystery would unravel each morning . |
| 12 | This may mean that he had remained in the region when the court set off for the midlands at the end of June . |
| 13 | This may mean that he had remained in the region when the court set off for the midlands at the end of June . |
| 14 | Joseph set off for the door but Rain got there first . |
| 15 | The first should consist of short courses for teachers brought about by expanding the teachers ' centres set up for the Nuffield mathematics and science projects , and should include a one-term secondment in every seven years . |
| 16 | Up in the ‘ Fish Tank ’ is an area set aside for the Inlay Operator , still many years away from his grander title of Electronic Effects Designer . |
| 17 | I 'd seen Chola and Mina setting out for the forest in the early morning , and three times during the day I 'd watched them coming back , stooped over and staggering under the weight of the enormous loads that spread across their backs , stretching three times broader than their shoulders and several feet above their heads . |
| 18 | Soon afterwards Chola and Mina set out for the hills to gather grass . |
| 19 | Chola and Mina set out for the fields to continue the millet harvest , and Kalchu fetched the flat wooden spade and began beating down the mud to repair the leaking roof . |
| 20 | On the contrary , all seemed set fair , and when they had loaded the packing-cases on to the cart Matey and McAllister set off for the church hall , to lay out the stall , to have everything ready for the afternoon 's visitors , Dr Neil having promised to come along to help them . |
| 21 | After meeting the Soviet culture minister , and the musical director of the Bolshoi opera , Mr Palmer set off for a cellar club-cum-recording studio and gallery to hear a folk singer break the musical mould and , hopefully , erase the memory of the song ( ‘ I Belong To … ’ ) |
| 22 | They 'd been strolling through the individual gardens within the whole for more than two hours , while Rune told her about the traditions of the gardens and how , despite attempts at imitation , they remained unique in Europe — if not the world — before they reached the area set aside for the funfair and he suggested she might like a ride on some of the attractions . |
| 23 | The colonel set off for the airport with the general in custody . |
| 24 | Below : A conference of the Women 's Liberal Federation setting out for a tour of Blackpool and St. Annes in May 1926 , using six toastrack trams , here drawn up on both tracks at North Pier . |
| 25 | Inspired by the success of the excellent professional watercolourists of that time , many travellers set out for the Lakes with their sketching equipment , mirrors and paints . |
| 26 | ‘ We have a dedicated fund set aside for the regions , specifically Northern Ireland and Scotland and we systematically go around the country to meet independent producers . |
| 27 | After temporary repairs the ship set out for the United States on a voyage it would not have made had the collision not occurred . |
| 28 | They can be bought direct via a stockbroker , or via a managed fund set up for the purpose . |
| 29 | She arranged them on the big table on the terrace where they looked impeccable , like clothes set out for a wedding . |
| 30 | ( 4 ) The purpose of the subsection is to make it clear that the extension of the permitted hours only applies to the part of the premises set apart for the consumption of main meals by a person having a table meal there . |