Example sentences of "was set [adv] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 A MOTHER has condemned thieves who stole the wheels off the family car just before her cancer victim daughter was to set off for a hospital check up .
2 ‘ Zoo Check ’ was set up for a number of reasons , here are its six aims :
3 A Central Management Committee was set up for the Government legal service and , as senior Government lawyer , it fell to Ware to be chairman of this and to become head of the parallel Legal Career Service .
4 We kept guard against the security forces and helped in the communal kitchen which was set up for the support committee .
5 A new Quality Performance system was set up for the person rowing the boat to give him more incentive to work harder and become a key performer .
6 The Bookish Portfolio , comprising shares in companies in the book business , was set up for The Bookseller in December 1981 , and liquidated last autumn .
7 These ceremonies set the Church 's seal on the election , symbolized that the king was God ‘ s choice as well as man 's , and that he was set apart for the work .
8 The 1990–91 figure of £50,000 under Continuing Education was set aside for a pupillage sinking fund .
9 An addition to Rotterdam 's World Trade Center was built in 1986–87 and one part of it was set aside for a V.I.P. entertainment suite .
10 Under the new schedule the period Feb. 29-March 28 was set aside for the registration of voters and a constitutional referendum would be held on March 18 ; municipal elections would follow in the first half of April and legislative elections would be held in two rounds on May 17 and May 31 .
11 The result was that the story was set aside for the time being .
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