Example sentences of "set [adv] [noun] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have also attempted to set down priorities for the Council . |
| 2 | As time was short we walked briskly for 4 hours , before deciding that we would have to set up camp for the night . |
| 3 | The DUP says that Republican violence paid off in the disarming of the RUC , the disbanding of the B Specials , the banning of Orange , Black and Apprentice Boys ' parades resulting in the imprisonment of Loyalists , the overthrow of Ulster 's parliament , the plan for talks with Dublin to change the status of Northern Ireland within the United Kingdom , the abolishing of the Oath of Allegiance to the Queen in the new Assembly and Executive , the making of such oaths illegal for appointment to government boards , the removal of the Governor , the obliteration of ‘ On Her Majesty 's Service ’ from official paid envelopes , the attempt to destroy democracy by power-sharing which was a blow at the secrecy of the ballot box and an insult to British citizenship and standards , the proposal to set up machinery for the transfer of Northern Ireland 's powers to a body or bodies in or with the Irish Republic , and the continued existence of areas in Northern Ireland where the Queen 's writ did not effectually run . |
| 4 | The primary aim of the Convention is not to set up machinery for the chastisement of states which infringe human rights . |
| 5 | Devon and Cornwall Police decided to raise the vessel and set aside £250,000 for the salvage operation , the first by a UK force . |
| 6 | The head , operating under powers delegated to him by the governors , would set up criteria for the policy and appoint one of the staff to run the scheme . |
| 7 | The answer probably lies in the way so called principles set up expectations for the future . |
| 8 | I also welcome Amendment twenty-seven which sets out plans for the appointment by the Secretary of State for members of authorities which will have sanction of having to come before Parliament before accepted and I think that again is extremely important . |
| 9 | The report , Targets for Coastal Habitat Re-creation , analyses the rate of future loss by type of habitat and by county , and sets out targets for the creation of new habitats to meet English Nature 's objective of maintaining coastal habitats and features , at least at the 1992 level . |
| 10 | Setting aside mathematics for the moment , the different levels can be seen in terms of scale ( which Hodgson 1985 neatly gives in centimetres ) , in terms of envelopes ( Needham 1969 ) or perhaps best in terms of levels of organization ( since physicists argue that they relate to ‘ all levels of scale ’ ; Institute of Physics 1988 , p. 2 ) . |
| 11 | Specific recommendations to WACC 's African Regional Association included : setting up networks for the exchange of information on human rights issues ; helping develop leadership and resources for media literacy education ; ensuring participatory communication by ensuring fair representation of denominations , gender , professions , nations and languages . |
| 12 | In the spring of 1660 he vainly produced his papers to George Monck , first Duke of Albemarle [ q.v. ] , and others to form the basis of a bill setting out terms for the restoration of Charles II . |
| 13 | Liverpool City Council set aside £821,300 for the service based on the previous year 's charges . |
| 14 | The government set up Committees for the Defence of the Republic . |
| 15 | Among the other famous names who set up hostels for the Kindertransporte was Harry Jacobs , the head of Times Furnishing . |