Example sentences of "[was/were] set aside [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Certain lands were set aside for the upkeep of religious and charitable foundations — the vakifs . |
| 2 | In more remote areas reserves were set aside for the igi indigenous hab , inhabitants . |
| 3 | Newson and Newson ( 1.3 ) suggest that it is only in this century that questions about how to bring up children have been widely discussed ; hitherto the niceties of different child-rearing philosophies were set aside in the face of a more fundamental dilemma , whether children would survive at all beyond the first few years . |
| 4 | Following the grand jury 's indictment , however , the retrial was set aside pending the outcome of the federal case . |
| 5 | A row of buses waited outside the station to take the racegoers away to a variety of outlying motels , and a long new coach with darkly tinted windows was set aside for the owners . |
| 6 | The result was that the story was set aside for the time being . |
| 7 | My hon. Friend 's second criticism of the way in which the scheme has worked is that the £24 million budget which was set aside for the two financial years — and I emphasise two years — 1989-91 was underspent . |
| 8 | Under the new schedule the period Feb. 29-March 28 was set aside for the registration of voters and a constitutional referendum would be held on March 18 ; municipal elections would follow in the first half of April and legislative elections would be held in two rounds on May 17 and May 31 . |
| 9 | Interim Flight Authority arrived on August 11 , 1992 and the 17th was set aside for the great day . |
| 10 | In May 1965 £100 from the Society Stewards ' accounts was set aside as the beginning of a Building Fund , the purpose of which was either to extend the existing halls or to build new ones . |
| 11 | Sewell lived in a house in College , and it is pleasing to note that in 1807 , £50 was set aside by the College for furnishing two ground floor rooms in his house , and for applying oil paint to floor , architrave , dado and skirting , in white , and to the walls in a light French gray . |