Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] set [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although clear guidelines were set down for teachers on the minimum time commitment and core content of each of the projects , the organisation and management of the projects were at the discretion of the teacher . |
| 2 | The New Shed dealt with manufactured goods ( toys , groceries , hardware , etc. ) , the Old Down Shed with bulk traffic ( flour , grain , fresh fruit ) , and two special sheds were set aside for American and French imported goods . |
| 3 | To this end , schools were set up for peasant women and for prostitutes , who were numerous since Havana had previously been a notorious entertainment centre for North Americans , to give them an education and to provide them with some skills and training ready for the job market . |
| 4 | In more remote areas reserves were set aside for the igi indigenous hab , inhabitants . |
| 5 | When he lectured at Harvard in this year , policemen had to control the crowds who came out to see him , and loudspeakers were set up for those who could not get into the auditorium . |
| 6 | The date for the trial of Orchin , Richmond and McCready was set eventually for mid-February 1974 , sixteen months after their arrests . |
| 7 | As the Russian engineers were arriving in Scotland , Gordon Beattie from Scottish Nuclear 's Contracts and Purchasing department was setting out for Bulgaria for a six month secondment working at the Headquarters of the Bulgarian Energy Committee in Sofia . |
| 8 | Another man in another village was setting off for the fields , his hoe over his shoulder . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | A further 100 seats were set aside for members to be appointed proportionally among political parties winning at least 5 per cent of the vote , including 20 reserved for overseas Chinese . |
| 11 | Traditionally , these days were set apart for special prayer and fasting . |
| 12 | The residency was set up for the Oxfordshire Area Health Authority by the City Gallery Arts Trust |
| 13 | Mr Harris , 51 , and his wife were setting out for church in Lisburn , Co Antrim . |
| 14 | All the lead-in codes were set up for USA-style dialling ; local , long distance and so on , and whilst these could be changed the lead-out character was set to be a semi-colon . |
| 15 | The 1990–91 figure of £50,000 under Continuing Education was set aside for a pupillage sinking fund . |
| 16 | Saturday morning was set aside for cleaning and general tidying up . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | A row of buses waited outside the station to take the racegoers away to a variety of outlying motels , and a long new coach with darkly tinted windows was set aside for the owners . |
| 19 | Certainly workshop space was set aside for women who are involved in the Labour Party . |
| 20 | Extra appointments could be financed by the court 's customers paying higher charges when cases were set down for trial . |
| 21 | Four aides-de-camp were appointed and apartments in the Tuileries were set aside for bedroom , study and play room . |
| 22 | A fund was set up for its restoration , but before the work could even be started the campanile collapsed . |
| 23 | A disaster fund was set up for the widows and orphans and they were reasonably well provided for financially , although the sums they received seem very small by today 's standards of compensation and value of money . |
| 24 | In particular , finding the other " nasty " number changes nothing — the challenge was set just for fun . |
| 25 | Then there was a long break as the cameras were set up for the dramatic shot over Sir Rupert Cartland 's shoulder . |
| 26 | Certain lands were set aside for the upkeep of religious and charitable foundations — the vakifs . |
| 27 | Two rooms in the hotel were set aside for children . |
| 28 | The aim is to provide the kind of understanding necessary for improved policy analysis in the future and £100,000 a year was set aside for this programme . |
| 29 | Land was set aside for another ranch , and this was promptly invaded by vast herds of plains game when rain finally fell and grass grew . |
| 30 | 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 . |