Example sentences of "set [adv prt] [to-vb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I hope they do what they set out to do for the sake of the people of West Belfast . |
| 2 | A committee has now been set up to lobby for the restoration of the medieval paving and an invitation has been issued to the public to show its support by sponsoring a brick at L10,000 a time ( see The Art Newspaper No. 16 , March 1992 , p. 13 ) . |
| 3 | Two trade bodies were set up to press for a system of price fixing : the Associated Booksellers of Great Britain and Ireland in 1895 and the Publishers Association in 1896 . |
| 4 | Those setting out to look for a new home after April 4 will have the questionable benefit of the Property Misdescriptions Act 1991 , which comes into force on that day . |
| 5 | Hughie Smith , president of the National Gypsy Council , a body set up to fight for the rights of gypsies , said : ‘ The point is that York does have hundreds of acres of land . |
| 6 | George and Bute set out to press for a policy of peace and lower taxes , which recognized the great strain the economy had been asked to bear . |
| 7 | There is no choice but to analyse your own needs and be honest with yourself , weighing up one ‘ want ’ against another , before you actually set out to look for a place to live . |