Example sentences of "[vb mod] set a [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ With so many of us we ought to set a rota for cooking . |
| 2 | If they do not , it will be for their auditors to discuss the matter with the Task Force , on a no-names basis , if they have misgivings about the acceptability of a treatment proposed by a client which hovers in the often grey border area between good and bad practice , and which might set a precedent for other companies . |
| 3 | Companies and auditors are not discussing with the UITF , before finalising their accounts , proposed accounting treatments that could set a precedent for other companies . |
| 4 | However , its closure , ordered under new legislation which insists that the best available technology be used to combat pollution , may set a precedent for hundreds of other incinerators across the country . |
| 5 | The danger with that we believe could be that we would set a date for the merger and take all the important issues and discussions , how many regions will it have will we have , the those regions and a hundred and one other problems raised by that merger into a tight timescale . |
| 6 | I can not withdraw the amendment , which would set a date for the introduction of a further education funding council . |
| 7 | Meanwhile , an attempt by France on April 2 to persuade the UN Security Council to adopt a resolution to provide protection for the Kurds , ended in failure after opposition from China , the Soviet Union and the USA , which maintained that it would set a precedent for Security Council involvement in internal controversies . |
| 8 | The greater involvement of the Security Council in matters pertaining to disarmament had reportedly been resisted by India , a non-permanent member , on grounds that it would set a precedent for future intrusive inspections and controls by the UN . |
| 9 | CAHAG claims it will set a precedent for other authorities , allowing it to challenge other authorities which are failing in their duty . |
| 10 | Conservation organisations are hoping that the New Forest decision will set a precedent for similarly sensitive areas such as the South Downs , the North Pennines and the Cambrian Mountains . |
| 11 | If the UN can set a precedent for peacemaking in the Balkans we will have a real peace dividend . |