Example sentences of "set [adj] [noun pl] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Budgets should be sufficiently detailed to set clear targets for the managers responsible for carrying them out , but should not be so complex that they defeat their purpose of providing planning and control aids at the operating levels of the enterprise ; |
| 2 | The governing council of the UN Compensation Commission agreed in Geneva on Jan. 24 to set cumulative ceilings for payments by Iraq to a UN Compensation Fund for victims of its invasion of Kuwait [ see pp. 38211 ; 38406 ; 38548 ] . |
| 3 | As a housegroup experiences the power of such mutual support , it is important to take steps to prevent repetition and to set further goals for growth . |
| 4 | to deal with entries entailing exemption from part of the Course on behalf of the Polytechnic Dispensations Committee , to set appropriate conditions for such entries and to report them to the Dispensations Committee ; and |
| 5 | The central problem for the government is to determine the value of the subsidy to the ‘ social ’ railway , that is the services that would not exist or would be extremely highly priced without state support , and to set appropriate targets for the ‘ commercial ’ railway . |
| 6 | Representatives of 30 European countries , meeting in Geneva , have given near-unanimous support to proposals to set stiffer targets for reductions in emissions of sulphur dioxide . |
| 7 | They will also be asked to set future targets for health and fitness . |
| 8 | It was an attempt to set basic standards for advice services . |
| 9 | Kreepy Krauly USA Inc is alleged to set retail prices for its swimming-pool cleaning devices . |
| 10 | Firms are less likely to set profit-maximising prices for their products when faced with rising raw material prices and labour costs as it is more difficult for them to estimate their expected revenues and costs . |
| 11 | The 13-member cartel again failed to set firm quotas for individual members [ see pp. 37641 ; 37930 ; 38122 ] but agreed to raise the collective output ceiling from 22,300,000 barrels per day ( bpd ) to 23,650,000 bpd for the fourth quarter of 1991 . |
| 12 | Agreement had been delayed by a reluctance on the part of major oil-producing states , led by Saudi Arabia , the Soviet Union and the United States to agree to set firm targets for limiting greenhouse gas emissions . |
| 13 | Introduced simultaneously in 65 countries in advance of next year 's UNCED summit in Rio , the Caring for the Earth calls on governments and individuals to set key targets for achieving genuine sustainable development across a range of issues . |
| 14 | A theory of ducal sovereignty was in effect to be formulated between 1294 and 1300 , which was to set important precedents for other peers and magnates of France to follow . |
| 15 | It allows us to set numerous codes for different types of absence , such as dentist 's appointment , doctor etc . |
| 16 | Many environmental campaigners stressed its failure to set binding targets for resolving environmental problems , and to address adequately the links between third world poverty and environmental degradation . |
| 17 | Opinion was divided as to the extent to which the conference could be termed a success : many environmental campaigners expressed varying degrees of disappointment and anger at what they saw as its failure to set binding targets for resolving environmental problems , and to address adequately the links between third world poverty and environmental degradation . |
| 18 | By helping teachers to set real-life problems for pupils , employers get a better class of recruit . |
| 19 | NARE 's silver jubilee conference provided a platform not only to reflect on past achievements but , perhaps more importantly , to set new goals for future developments . |
| 20 | THE European Commission yesterday promised to set minimum prices for some fish in an attempt to placate French trawlermen who went on the rampage at Paris 's wholesale food market in a second day of anger at low prices and British imports . |
| 21 | ( 3 ) The Residential Environment Bill would enable residents to set minimum standards for existing suburbs , although racially discriminatory measures would be excluded . |
| 22 | The Committee recommends that the NHS Management Executive should ensure that all English Regional Health Authorities set broad standards for waiting times for such appointments , and that the Management Executive should require District Health Authorities and Family Health Services Authorities to take urgent action to reduce waiting times for first appointments . |
| 23 | It is , however , worth indicating that the paper does set specific priorities for ‘ elderly and disabled people ’ . |
| 24 | We will set specific targets for out-patient waiting times . |
| 25 | The California State Employees ' Association claimed that the state deliberately set lower salaries for jobs held predominantly by women , such as nurses , teachers and clerical workers . |
| 26 | When knowledge of basic principles might cure for future generations many diseases and even hunger and that education might set solid foundations for extending and repeating that knowledge , as well as the economic viability of the community and a sense of responsibility . |
| 27 | The meeting should only set broad parameters for the worker , then there would be scope for genuine negotiation , with the parent 's real agreement . |
| 28 | Basil did not preach on such matters ; he simply set high standards for teachers to emulate . |
| 29 | Like our parents , we set high goals for ourselves . |
| 30 | However , the enthusiastic way in which the present Health Secretary , Virginia Bottomley , has implemented Opportunity 2000 in the NHS ( the government 's equal opportunity initiative for women ) and set clear targets for health authorities to achieve , should ensure that momentum is not entirely lost . |