Example sentences of "set [adv prt] for the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On a number of occasions , I have been glad to set out for the hon. Member in response to his questions in the House detailed information about the contents of the computer records and how many are held on the system at any one time . |
| 2 | They had been about to set out for the main bridge when he had said : |
| 3 | Henry II had five sons who were suspicious and envious of each other , but three of them died before Henry died in the summer of 1189 , and all his possessions passed to Richard , who had pledged himself to set out for the Holy Land on the Third Crusade . |
| 4 | Refreshed , and filled once again with energy we set off for the second time that day . |
| 5 | Anyway , being in the fortunate position to be able to drive along the road to Corrour , although my car suspension did n't agree it was so fortunate , a companion and I set off for the first peak , Beinn Eibhinn from halfway along the road , above the river Ghuilbinn . |
| 6 | There is a coincidence with Osbern 's story , and it may be that Swegen was present in England when tribute was paid in 1012 , and then set off for the Irish Sea ( thus repeating the possible pattern of 994 – 5 ) only to be shipwrecked , perhaps off the Welsh coast . |
| 7 | FOLLOWING two years of fund raising and six to eight weeks hard net practice we set off for the Far East on December 16 , 1991 for a combined cricket and hockey tour . |
| 8 | Accompanied by Major Clive Elderton , the Company Commander , and the interpreter , they set off for the local slaughterhouse some ten kilometres away . |
| 9 | Maclean realized that their only chance was to bluff their way out of the situation , so they set off for the main gate . |
| 10 | We are all set up for the perfect ending for George to live in peace while Lennie , tended the rabbits , but somehow the author still made it seem impossible as there was always trouble brewing for them . |
| 11 | Opposite him on one of the three tables set out for the lavish dinner was Prime Minister John Major . |
| 12 | as if in recognition of the inherent limitations of the appeals system in this respect , the Magistrates ' Association issued a set of national guide-lines , in 1999 , which set out for the first time a scale of recommended penalties covering the 25 commonest offence types likely to come before the magistrates , together with guidance on the approach to be adopted for different degrees of seriousness . |
| 13 | It was set up for the administrative convenience of the London banks and the defendant and has been used principally in connection with the buying and selling of stocks and shares on the London market . |
| 14 | The one-year , part-time Certificate was set up for the first time in 1983. it was , and still is , aimed at developing professional competence in language teachers in adult education mainly on a pre-service and , in a more limited way , in-service basis . |
| 15 | As well as crime for corporations and crimes against corporations ( employee theft ) , there are corporations deliberately set up for the sole purpose of committing criminal activity . |
| 16 | However , they were not normally set up for the heavy infantryman 's tactics of prolonged defence before a steady advance , although they were misused in these roles at times . |
| 17 | The show had been set up for the little jockey but maybe , at some time in the future , Mrs Butler would be interested . |
| 18 | Then there was a long break as the cameras were set up for the dramatic shot over Sir Rupert Cartland 's shoulder . |
| 19 | Before he sets off for the next stage , he 's sharing his seafaring experiences . |
| 20 | A man stranded on a desert island builds a rowing boat and sets out for the nearest land . |
| 21 | This document sets out for the first time an integrated policy and management system , with the emphasis on continuous improvement . |
| 22 | As it turned out the final Report , published in 1889 after almost five years of investigation , did embody a number of recommendations regarding the education of deaf children in future Education Acts , thus setting out for the first time proper legislation with regard to compulsory entry , ages of admission , the length of education , the size of classes , and even that Principals/Headmasters of boarding institutions had to reside on the premises . |
| 23 | The serious Christian , set down for the first time in a Christian community , is likely to bring with him a very definite idea of what Christian life together should be and try to realize it . |
| 24 | She set off for the second floor , but there was no police officer there . |
| 25 | In September 1316 Edward retained him for a very large fee in return for the promise of his service with a commensurately large retinue ; and shortly afterwards he and Pembroke set off for the papal curia on a mission which had the repeal of the Ordinances as one of its objectives . |
| 26 | Wilcock set off for the New World . |
| 27 | After a few minutes Crabb returned to the jetty for some extra weights to overcome his buoyancy and , having fitted these to his satisfaction , set off for the Russian cruiser . |
| 28 | At the same time , on the other side of the range , Christophe Moulin , a 33-year-old guide from Briancon , set off for the first solo ascent ( and incidentally the first repeat ) of Jean-Marc Boivin 's Ballade Au Clair du Lune : a hooks-and-copperheads A4 on the south face of the Fou . |
| 29 | She crossed the bridge between the frogs and set off for the far end of the green , where the lane led up into the council estate . |
| 30 | Rather later than planned Rain set off for the Old Mitre pub . |