Example sentences of "set a [noun] for [art] " in BNC.

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1 BRITAIN yesterday took comfort from reports of an alleged overnight breach between the West German Chancellor , Dr Helmut Kohl , and the French on the need to set a date for a Community monetary union conference .
2 BRITAIN yesterday took comfort from reports of an alleged overnight breach between the West German Chancellor , Dr Helmut Kohl , and the French on the need to set a date for a Community monetary union conference .
3 Following the appeal court 's decision Bond was remanded on A$1000,000 bail until Oct. 5 , when the Perth district court was due to set a date for a new trial .
4 Mr Sherwood reacted by saying that the new terms from Temple had once again delayed SeaCo 's intention to set a date for the shareholder meeting .
5 All four applicants in that case sought a declaration that the Secretary of State was not entitled to set a date for the first review of his case on the basis of the requirements of retribution and deterrence .
6 Given the stark position on the streets of Northern Ireland , is it not the right hon. Gentleman 's responsibility to set a date for the reconvening of talks , so that they can begin where they ended ?
7 At its November meeting the Council failed to set a date for the next SAARC summit , originally scheduled for 1989 , after Sri Lanka formally declared its refusal , while Indian troops remained on its soil , to host the meeting as decided at the fourth summit in December 1989 in Islamabad , Pakistan [ for which see p. 36485 ] .
8 There was also criticism of the authorities ' reluctance to set a date for the elections ( scheduled for early 1992 — see pp. 38135 ; 38325 ) .
9 Talks with the Estonians , however , failed to set a date for the start of the troops ' departure .
10 One is that the then Conservative group , and I think , by reflection the current Conservative groups , since everybody sitting here was here last year , do n't know enough about budgeting to set a budget for a county council , and it also tells us that they do n't know enough about managing a county council to manage even a budget that they have set .
11 Yes we know that from the first of April ninety-five it will probably no longer be the responsibility of the county council to set a budget for the Wiltshire police authority .
12 To set a time-cycle for the automatic printing of retained mail messages .
13 The first things Dipesh Shah did when he became managing director of BP Solar in March 1991 were to set a target for the next two years and to articulate it to everyone in the company .
14 Their purpose would be to set a timetable for the conversion of British cars to low-octane fuel .
15 In terms of the process erm we are the first er major service committee to consider its budget for next year and I think everyone will be looking at us to set a pattern for the rest of this week .
16 However , a preliminary meeting to set an agenda for a 15 March peace conference began yesterday and was to resume today .
17 For example , you should n't set a goal for a 10-minute improvement in the 10K .
18 Because of this , she would not set a date for the wedding .
19 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 .
20 I can not withdraw the amendment , which would set a date for the introduction of a further education funding council .
21 LEBANON 'S Christian leader , General Michel Aoun , last night denounced a draft peace agreement produced by the country 's parliamentarians in the Saudi resort of Taif on the grounds that it did not set a timetable for the withdrawal of Syrian troops occupying the country since 1976 .
22 County councillors look set to take on the Government tomorrow , when they set a budget for the next year way above Whitehall limits .
23 SIX YEARS AGO , at a conference in Argentina the United Nations set a target for the 1980s : clean water and sanitation for all .
24 An Ishiguro School Tsuba from the Edo period ( circa 1850 ) , signed Ishiguro Masaaki with Kao ( lot 187 ) also set a record for a sword guard at $80,000 ( £45,000 ) ( estimate $40–60,000 ) .
25 In East Berlin , the well-known opposition figure , Pastor Rainer Eppelmann , said the talks set an example for the whole country , and called for a two-week period of calm on the streets .
26 ‘ It 's getting very messy and very political , ’ said Keegan , who has set a deadline for the Belgian club .
27 They 've set a date for the hearing . ’
28 The evidence shows that in many cases the minister of state has set a date for the first review later than would have been the case if he had adopted the views expressed by the judiciary .
29 We have not set a date for the completion of the exercise , but I shall bear what he said very much in mind .
30 Opposition protests were voiced in the days before commencement of the 30-day period of voter registration , set by the government for June 8 although it had still not set a date for the elections themselves .
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