Example sentences of "[noun pl] [was/were] set for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Targets for reducing the death toll from heart disease , cancer and other illnesses were set for the first time last year , yet little has happened since then , the British Medical Association said yesterday . |
| 2 | There is the Brick Hall , which makes a super picture gallery , the Big Drawing Room , and the adjoining Long Hall , where places were set for dinner at one long table for 160 guests ! |
| 3 | What emerged , therefore , was the ‘ Medium-Term Financial Strategy ’ in which annually decreasing targets were set for monetary growth . |
| 4 | On July 24 dates were set for elections to a unicameral National Assembly , in what would be Lebanon 's first general election since 1972 . |
| 5 | The Court of Appeal lifted it as a matter of principle , even though a hearing on the merits was set for the following day . |
| 6 | Oxford and Cambridge came face to face for the first time today when the scales were set for the official weigh-in . |
| 7 | Presidential and general elections were set for Oct. 28 , and Mwinyi was chosen by the CCM as the sole candidate for the presidency . |
| 8 | Fresh elections were set for Oct. 21 and 28 . |
| 9 | Two rounds of presidential elections were set for June 14 and June 28 . |
| 10 | Higher standards were set for advocates , who dominated Supreme Court business . |
| 11 | New standards were set for the working-class house in terms of space , WC , bathrooms , sunlight and garden space . |
| 12 | A target figure of 70 machine sets of components was set for delivery by 31 July 1942 , out of a total order of 225 sets , later reduced to 160 . |