Example sentences of "[was/were] set [adv] for [art] " in BNC.

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1 The 12 days between April 15th and April 26th were set aside for a ‘ points of light celebration of service ’ .
2 Certain lands were set aside for the upkeep of religious and charitable foundations — the vakifs .
3 In more remote areas reserves were set aside for the igi indigenous hab , inhabitants .
4 These ceremonies set the Church 's seal on the election , symbolized that the king was God ‘ s choice as well as man 's , and that he was set apart for the work .
5 An addition to Rotterdam 's World Trade Center was built in 1986–87 and one part of it was set aside for a V.I.P. entertainment suite .
6 The 1990–91 figure of £50,000 under Continuing Education was set aside for a pupillage sinking fund .
7 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 .
8 The result was that the story was set aside for the time being .
9 My hon. Friend 's second criticism of the way in which the scheme has worked is that the £24 million budget which was set aside for the two financial years — and I emphasise two years — 1989-91 was underspent .
10 Under the new schedule the period Feb. 29-March 28 was set aside for the registration of voters and a constitutional referendum would be held on March 18 ; municipal elections would follow in the first half of April and legislative elections would be held in two rounds on May 17 and May 31 .
11 Interim Flight Authority arrived on August 11 , 1992 and the 17th was set aside for the great day .
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