Example sentences of "[noun sg] was set [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 1990–91 figure of £50,000 under Continuing Education was set aside for a pupillage sinking fund . |
| 2 | Saturday morning was set aside for cleaning and general tidying up . |
| 3 | Certainly workshop space was set aside for women who are involved in the Labour Party . |
| 4 | In particular , finding the other " nasty " number changes nothing — the challenge was set just for fun . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The result was that the story was set aside for the time being . |
| 8 | White House officials played down the revolutionary tenor of Reagan 's comments , saying that no new infusion of money was set aside for lasers , only that a ‘ reorganisation ’ of the new disparate research projects is underway . |