Example sentences of "set a [noun] for " in BNC.

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1 County councillors look set to take on the Government tomorrow , when they set a budget for the next year way above Whitehall limits .
2 We set a course for Out Skerries in good visibility and fairly calm seas .
3 So we set a date for it , Saturday June 29th at six in the morning .
4 I keep rehearsing that low brace that I have been thinking about ever since we set a date for our attempt .
5 SIX YEARS AGO , at a conference in Argentina the United Nations set a target for the 1980s : clean water and sanitation for all .
6 One of the best of early Romanesque churches in this region is S. Ambrogio in Milan , which set a pattern for Lombard churches .
7 There was still a flower-and-citron fragrance in the air but as Tjerssen fussily set a chair for her , she realized the fragrance was coming from him .
8 An Ishiguro School Tsuba from the Edo period ( circa 1850 ) , signed Ishiguro Masaaki with Kao ( lot 187 ) also set a record for a sword guard at $80,000 ( £45,000 ) ( estimate $40–60,000 ) .
9 The role of the media in creating ‘ crises ’ about the sexual abuse of children , which then set an agenda for official investigation , was further underlined when the Social Services Inspectorate published its report on the Rochdale cases in November 1990 .
10 In East Berlin , the well-known opposition figure , Pastor Rainer Eppelmann , said the talks set an example for the whole country , and called for a two-week period of calm on the streets .
11 Mart Kenney was a perfectionist , and his high standards set an example for scores of dance bands across the country .
12 Performing their job to the best of their ability , such managers set an example for others to follow .
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