Example sentences of "sets [adv prt] for [art] " in BNC.

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1 THREE or four times a month a Royal Bank lorry laden with 4 tonnes of waste paper pulls out of Drummond House and sets off for a paper mill in Fife .
2 He gets up early in the morning , saddles his ass , cuts the wood for the sacrifice , and taking two young servants and Isaac with him , he sets off for the place of which God has told him .
3 Before he sets off for the next stage , he 's sharing his seafaring experiences .
4 A beat that sets out for a destination may have to renavigate on the way or may even have to change destination .
5 A man stranded on a desert island builds a rowing boat and sets out for the nearest land .
6 A white , middle-class widow sets out for the hinterland in search of her maid 's son ; but the police have found him first .
7 This document sets out for the first time an integrated policy and management system , with the emphasis on continuous improvement .
8 Sir , I 'd like to bring your attention to erm a plan prepared by Partnership which is submitted as part of their evidence , which erm sets out for the south and southwest the er coalescence of existing settlements .
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