Example sentences of "[was/were] set [adv] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Certain lands were set aside for the upkeep of religious and charitable foundations — the vakifs . |
| 2 | The taxi driver who left us at the station , enchanted by the idea that we were setting off for the source of the Nile , refused to accept any fare . |
| 3 | A MOTHER has condemned thieves who stole the wheels off the family car just before her cancer victim daughter was to set off for a hospital check up . |
| 4 | ‘ Zoo Check ’ was set up for a number of reasons , here are its six aims : |
| 5 | A Central Management Committee was set up for the Government legal service and , as senior Government lawyer , it fell to Ware to be chairman of this and to become head of the parallel Legal Career Service . |
| 6 | We kept guard against the security forces and helped in the communal kitchen which was set up for the support committee . |
| 7 | A new Quality Performance system was set up for the person rowing the boat to give him more incentive to work harder and become a key performer . |
| 8 | The Bookish Portfolio , comprising shares in companies in the book business , was set up for The Bookseller in December 1981 , and liquidated last autumn . |
| 9 | These ceremonies set the Church 's seal on the election , symbolized that the king was God ‘ s choice as well as man 's , and that he was set apart for the work . |
| 10 | The 1990–91 figure of £50,000 under Continuing Education was set aside for a pupillage sinking fund . |
| 11 | An addition to Rotterdam 's World Trade Center was built in 1986–87 and one part of it was set aside for a V.I.P. entertainment suite . |
| 12 | Under the new schedule the period Feb. 29-March 28 was set aside for the registration of voters and a constitutional referendum would be held on March 18 ; municipal elections would follow in the first half of April and legislative elections would be held in two rounds on May 17 and May 31 . |
| 13 | The result was that the story was set aside for the time being . |