Example sentences of "set [adv] for [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It takes about half an hour to set up for 2 shots , which will take up about 5 seconds each on screen . |
| 2 | Right hand gear change , non-synchromesh gearbox and in a very odd posture for driving , they set off for 5 laps in these amazing cars . |
| 3 | Wrap and set aside for 30 minutes . |
| 4 | Arrange the aubergines in a large colander and sprinkle generously with salt , then set aside for 30 minutes to draw out the juices . |
| 5 | Cover and set aside for several hours or overnight , stirring occasionally if passing . |
| 6 | Proposals by the neighbouring countries for the establishment of so-called safe havens ( similar to those set up for Kurdish civilians after the Gulf war ) were not taken up either , largely because they required the deployment of ground troops , for which there was no consensus . |
| 7 | We have some sympathy , however , with those who have said that where property was settled before 26th March 1974 the trustees should have the opportunity , for , a limited period , to distribute the capital absolutely to individuals or create an interest in possession so that the rules set out for discretionary trusts will not apply . |
| 8 | When a wild pig is caught , the meat of the head is set aside for small children , for the vital principle is associated with it . |
| 9 | About ¥8 billion will be set aside for on-campus LANs for 20–30 national universities , according to a government official involved in the negotiations with the Ministry of Finance . |
| 10 | After a private conference with Mother Superior , the Sisters announced that there would be a special rosary every morning , during the time set aside for special intentions , and that the whole Junior School would pray together that Martha and Tilda 's Daddy should come back to them . |
| 11 | I tabled a question asking how much the Government had set aside for bad debts , and the answer showed that not one penny had been set aside . |
| 12 | In particular , a limited number of bursaries have been set aside for mature students . |
| 13 | The organisation will consist of executive and advisory boards and ad hoc committees and task forces will be set up for specific projects . |
| 14 | ‘ Management development programme being set up for all departments and supervisory training for clerical and manual staff ’ … |
| 15 | A telephone hotline , manned twenty four hours a day , has been set up for former pupils of a school where the head has been suspended and a governor arrested by police . |
| 16 | A helpline has been set up for anxious parents . |
| 17 | The English girls , as I recall , were still faithfully standing by the camera we had set up for long shots , having been asked to press the button at appropriate moments when we were not in frame . |
| 18 | Q. My tank has been set up for five months now , and I do not seem to be able to achieve a good green algae growth . |
| 19 | ‘ Places like this were set up for disenfranchised groups ’ , says Susannah Lopez , one of the two co-op members . |
| 20 | The bomb that killed President Muawad appeared to have defeated or at least set back for many months the Arab initiative spearheaded by Morocco , Algeria and Saudi Arabia . |
| 21 | These areas are specifically set apart for retail outlets ( both large and small ) and are designed to be as convenient and pleasant as possible for both customer and retailers . |
| 22 | There was nobody who remembered the days of churches where people assembled for religious ceremonies , but they resented the idea of a TOM replacing the function of the antique building set aside for sacred ceremonies . |
| 23 | The cash would come from the pool of money set aside for such incidents . |
| 24 | His proposed extension would also include an area set aside for temporary exhibitions covering some 1,600 square metres , compared with less than half that at present — a further net increase of 850 square metres . |
| 25 | IBM said that the cost of the actions will be approximately $2,100m net , on top of the $2,100m that it will take to cover the cost of the voluntary redundancies , the $4,200m total to be offset by adoption of Financial Accounting Standard 109(a) , which will allow the company to write back to the profit and loss account about $1,900m in money set aside for deferred taxes . |
| 26 | But presently the crowd loosened into smaller groups and a good many people went off into the village or set off for outlying farms . |
| 27 | In January 1968 Crawford and his family , which now included baby Lucy , set off for six months in Hollywood . |
| 28 | There are three main ways you can do this ; you can continue at school , have a home tutor , or attend a special unit or project set up for pregnant school-girls and school-age mothers . |
| 29 | She told a London press conference that a raft of decisions had been announced and a tight timetable set up for future reforms , designed to prevent the spiral of decline predicted in the report if action were not taken . |
| 30 | These College regulations , based closely on those in the French veterinary schools , although reduced in number and somewhat ameliorated , set out for resident pupils a pretty strictly regimented way of life , against which they occasionally rebelled . |