Example sentences of "[verb] set [adj] [noun pl] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE European Commission yesterday promised to set minimum prices for some fish in an attempt to placate French trawlermen who went on the rampage at Paris 's wholesale food market in a second day of anger at low prices and British imports . |
| 2 | Last week 's government circular on the reforms was the third in the past year , and each one has set new priorities for staff . |
| 3 | John Pople has set new standards for quantum mechanics , theoretical chemists , and for the general chemistry community . |
| 4 | The committee charged with looking into the habits of the EBRD , which last year spent more on itself than on helping ex-communist countries , has set strict standards for the inquiry . |
| 5 | The 13-member cartel again failed to set firm quotas for individual members [ see pp. 37641 ; 37930 ; 38122 ] but agreed to raise the collective output ceiling from 22,300,000 barrels per day ( bpd ) to 23,650,000 bpd for the fourth quarter of 1991 . |
| 6 | Agreement had been delayed by a reluctance on the part of major oil-producing states , led by Saudi Arabia , the Soviet Union and the United States to agree to set firm targets for limiting greenhouse gas emissions . |
| 7 | Kreepy Krauly USA Inc is alleged to set retail prices for its swimming-pool cleaning devices . |
| 8 | Early in 1990 the European Commission began setting minimum prices for Japanese memory chips sold in Europe . |
| 9 | Having set these objectives for successful and rapid fire control and extinction it is informative to see how current thinking matches up to them , and to consider what further developments are necessary to achieve adequate performance . |
| 10 | They will also be asked to set future targets for health and fitness . |
| 11 | Such an exercise involves setting standard costs for hospital units such as ‘ bed/days ’ and ‘ operating theatre hours ’ , etc . |
| 12 | It is , however , worth indicating that the paper does set specific priorities for ‘ elderly and disabled people ’ . |
| 13 | Organization was the key to successful and rapid mobilization , and the Prussian army had set new standards for all armies by its performances against Austria and France . |
| 14 | I believe there is always room to improve the return on such expenditure and we have set clear targets for management , taking into account whether expenditure is for maintenance or for expansion . |