Example sentences of "to set [noun] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You will be faced here with a great temptation to set goals for fast weight loss that will prove difficult or impossible for you to achieve . |
| 2 | Despite student impressions to the contrary , exams are not designed to set traps for unwary students . |
| 3 | From then on the figures used in the White Paper to set targets for future spending were set in ‘ cash terms ’ . |
| 4 | The first would be used to set targets for improved river quality based on six " use " classes ; fisheries ecosystem , abstraction for drinking supply , abstracting for agricultural and industrial use , water sports , commercial farming of fish and shellfish , and special ecosystem ( i.e. specific areas for the purposes of nature conservation ) . |
| 5 | In June 1989 , isolated in the European Community and under pressure from Cabinet ministers , she agreed to set conditions for British entry to the EMS . |
| 6 | According to Computerworld , it has said that at the next APPN Implementors ' Workshop , set for this week , it will seek input from other vendors on how to set priorities for future enhancements , and it has set the price for reverse engineering the code at $25,000 , a lower figure than many had predicted . |
| 7 | Changes in the longer term included ( i ) the halving of the number of armed forces to about 31,000 over two years ; ( ii ) electoral reform ; ( iii ) land reform ; ( iv ) the creation of a consultative body , comprising representatives of government , employers and workers , to set policy for economic and social development ; and ( v ) the creation of a mechanism to allow the FMLN to contribute to the national reconstruction plan . |
| 8 | Together with the Reichsjugendgerichtsgesetz ( RJGG , Juvenile Court Act ) of 1923 it tended to replace punitive measures with pedagogical , child-oriented principles and to set standards for national youth departments in every part of the country ( Sachsse and Tennstedt , 1988 , p. 99 ) . |
| 9 | Budgets should set expenditure for principal areas of expense and may with advantage be so specific as to set amounts for individual chemical products and equipment . |