Example sentences of "[noun pl] set [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the same way , key performance indicators set up for each function are reviewed quarterly against its business plan with relevant managers ‘ but it 's not a dull , dry event : it 's when everybody pulls together , discussing everything that 's happening in great depth and giving managers the opportunity to explain to directors why they 're falling short , the constraints and obstacles , and so achieving agreement with the figures and the indicators used , ’ he said . |
| 2 | At last the great day arrived , and 17 players and supporters set off for England . |
| 3 | It 's always angled towards the case for more funds to be allocated to reform schools set up for ‘ the salvaging of these youngsters whose natural growth has been marred by bad upbringing , bad companions , bad luck . ’ |
| 4 | All the others will get a handout from any funds set up for whatever reason , Douglas . |
| 5 | " ( lA ) In giving effect to subsection ( 1 ) above , no single buyer may own more than two of the subsidiaries set up for disposal " . |
| 6 | In more and more grounds , fences and grilles have been built around the ‘ ends ’ and the areas set aside for the visiting supporters , further highlighting the sense of territory . |
| 7 | Buckingham Palace could fit inside the areas set aside for underground car-parking at the rear , where the old national football stadium has been turned into the modern equivalent of the royal stables . |
| 8 | The huge ammunition wagons set off for the crossroads , their massive iron-rimmed wheels digging great gouges into the road 's surface . |
| 9 | The Henry Moore Sculpture Centre , containing the world 's largest public collection of his work , has been renewed , and there are vast tracts set aside for modern and contemporary art . |
| 10 | He had been a fisherman and told tales of the waters ‘ boiling ’ with seals near the Monach Isles , of canoeists setting off for St Kilda and of frequent sightings of porpoises , dolphins , basking sharks , even the occasional whale … |
| 11 | By the end of the week 11,000 Meskhetians had fled their homes and were living in refugee camps with troops protecting them ; even here they were not entirely safe as a motorised column armed with automatic weapons set out for one of the camps and was stopped only by a detachment of helicopter gunships . |
| 12 | In the city-centre block , there is a ground-floor coffee room with ashtrays , easy chairs and potted plants set aside for smokers . |
| 13 | In no sense could they be said to be members of industrial co-operatives : that is , of organisations set up for the manufacture of goods or the provision of services and wholly , or very largely , owned and ultimately controlled by those working in them . |
| 14 | Furthermore , it became clear that a number of the parties would be arriving some time before the three days set aside for the conference , thus giving themselves time to prepare their ground and gauge the mood of fellow guests , though their exact arrival dates were , again , uncertain . |
| 15 | School days set aside for staff administration are named after which education secretary ? |
| 16 | Waiting times in this centre exceed five months despite full clinics and extra , urgent cases being seen outside normal times set aside for outpatient clinics . |
| 17 | specific rules set out for stock provisioning rather than directors ' estimates . |
| 18 | We have some sympathy , however , with those who have said that where property was settled before 26th March 1974 the trustees should have the opportunity , for , a limited period , to distribute the capital absolutely to individuals or create an interest in possession so that the rules set out for discretionary trusts will not apply . |
| 19 | On Boxing Day most families set off for their main summer holiday , heading either for campsites in the bush or at the beach . |
| 20 | Then the teams set off for home bringing this year 's Beaujolais Nouveau by the shortage mileage from Beaune to Liverpool . |
| 21 | Heavy reliance is placed on sources set up for purposes other than monitoring population change , including the International Passenger Survey ( designed to estimate travellers ' spending patterns ) , the National Health Service Central Register and the electoral roll . |
| 22 | Opposite him on one of the three tables set out for the lavish dinner was Prime Minister John Major . |
| 23 | ( 5 ) The setting up of ad hoc sub-committees ( committees set up for one purpose only and disbanded after their task is accomplished ) is a useful technique to make sure that the Hon. |
| 24 | First thing this morning campaigners set off for London , and Downing Street . |
| 25 | The Emperor 's apartments were on the ground floor and included as well as his bedroom those rooms set aside for work , for it was from here that Napoleon III governed . |
| 26 | The first should consist of short courses for teachers brought about by expanding the teachers ' centres set up for the Nuffield mathematics and science projects , and should include a one-term secondment in every seven years . |
| 27 | St. George realised that there was every chance that Ofahengaue would become one of the best players of the World Cup and went to the extreme to sign Ofahengaue before the Wallabies set off for London . |
| 28 | Third , though the agora certainly has a religious aspect — Kleisthenes probably purified it and banned burials there when he gave it new political importance — it also , and equally certainly , was a place where ordinary commerce was carried on , thus Demosthenes ( xviii.169 ) mentions the wicker booths set up for trading there . |
| 29 | Often these representations are made by the Faculty of the Institute alone , but wherever it is considered beneficial , submissions are made in conjunction with other professional bodies and , indeed , the Tax Faculty is represented on a number of joint bodies set up for this purpose . |
| 30 | To create your list you get what is essentially a mini database , MailList , which comes with field names set up for details such as name , address , and so on . |