Example sentences of "to set [adv] [noun pl] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have also attempted to set down priorities for the Council . |
| 2 | They offered the essentially optimistic message that nature was strong enough to resist destruction by human agencies — the climax could easily be restored if humankind chose to set aside areas for conservation . |
| 3 | It must certainly be true , however , that any Company competing in product markets requiring significant technological inputs to product development needs to be able to set aside funds for this purpose . |
| 4 | UNLIKE those rich enough to set aside assets for a period of years in order to avoid tax , those dependent on income — particularly those subject to Pay As You Earn — have limited scope to fend off the taxman . |
| 5 | The committee responded by increasing grants to voluntary agencies , entering into an agreement with Queen Mary 's Hospital and the Women 's Settlement Hospital to set aside beds for maternity cases , and producing monthly statistics on the work of health visiting staff ( ibid. 16 January , 12 June and 11 September 19 ) . |
| 6 | Councils were supposed to set up sites for industrial and domestic wastes ; the Baldonnell site was to marshal other unsuitable wastes . |
| 7 | We also agreed to set up systems for audit ( box 2 ) . |
| 8 | From 1 April they will be able to set up contracts for community health services such as district nursing and chiropody , and possibly this might be extended to social aspects of community care . |
| 9 | ‘ If you are going to set up things for volunteers , you need to make sure that you 've got your act together because otherwise , if they just turn up and muddle along , they wo n't stay . |
| 10 | Its essential purpose is to set up standards for computing which reflect the users ' requirements rather than manufacturers ' convenience . |
| 11 | Ridging ploughs , with double ( left and right ) mould-boards , are used to set up ridges for potatoes and roots . |