Example sentences of "set [noun] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This has made it possible to set goals for growth , under the guidance of the Holy Spirit , and to hit them . |
| 2 | Mrs Thatcher recognised the gravity of the situation and helped focus world attention on the subject , but , with US and Japan , undermined moves to set targets for reduction of carbon dioxide emissions , and failed to adopt energy efficiency policies . |
| 3 | It is still there , and , periodically , repressed material returns to set problems for man which remain unresolved , left over from the first parricide . |
| 4 | The librarian and the teachers will have to set priorities for information use and these priorities are likely to include 1 ) The availability of a flexible , easy to use information retrieval system , often called a database management system ( DBMS ) which will allow the creation of a very large database ( e.g. OPAC ) or smaller curriculum-related databases ( see Chapter 5 ) . |
| 5 | While scientists may be called on to use their knowledge to set priorities for action by conservation groups , the groups depend for funding and action on their public appeal . |
| 6 | These groups , which would be multidisciplinary , would aim to set priorities for research . |
| 7 | Environmentalists had also hoped for pressure to be put on the US over its failure to set limits for carbon dioxide emissions . |
| 8 | Despite its seemingly sanguine attitude the HSE nevertheless thought it wise to set up its own small epidemiological study , part of a larger project within the HSE aimed at helping the industry to set standards for equipment and installations . |
| 9 | Woolley felt the blast wash over his SE , pushing it aside , and he turned with the motion and set course for home , dissatisfied at the inefficiency of it all . |
| 10 | Golf 's stars set course for luxury |
| 11 | Let the Staff College student consider how Harris was able to conjure from his original strength of 374 front line aircraft , and in a few months have some 1,047 aircraft set course for Koln in order to devastate 600 acres of the city ( plus the admirals and generals in Whitehall ) . |
| 12 | The SQL Access Group has published its first three specifications , which set guidelines for database interoperability and communication , after more than three years in development ( CI No 2,148 ) . |
| 13 | By the late 1950s the breed was again in decline and part of the blame could be put on the 1949 Agricultural Act , which set guidelines for bull licensing and required bulls ' dams to have high recorded milk yields . |
| 14 | Set carriage for hold and knit 1 row over these stitches in work and cast them off . |
| 15 | Situations occur where trade union negotiators set targets for achievement of these goals which appear to be at odds with the targets set by management for the organisation ( and its employees ) . |
| 16 | How should the organisation identify its objectives and set targets for achievement ? |
| 17 | Buffet-style breakfast and lunch ; set menu for dinner ; self service taverna . |
| 18 | Buffet-style breakfast/lunch ; set menu for dinner ; moorish coffee bar . |
| 19 | Buffet-style breakfast and lunch ; set menu for dinner ; mineral water flows from taps . |
| 20 | If more than half the parents are fairly well off and eager to expand facilities in their school , they can set levels for school charges which are beyond the means of the poorer parents ( fee levels are set by the government ) . |
| 21 | Police threaten crackdown at start of round-table talks East Germans set deadline for poll . |
| 22 | We will set up a statutory General Teaching Council to improve professional qualifications and set standards for teacher training and retraining . |
| 23 | What was interesting about the projects was that they were asked at the outset to establish their local objectives , and set criteria for success for themselves . |
| 24 | Apart from those recommendations relating to fiscal measures , which are a matter for my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer , we have set targets for action on every one of the recommendations — and we shall report again on progress in six months . |
| 25 | This identifies what aspects of lexicographer are to be measured , and sets targets for service levels based on the System Requirements document |
| 26 | For 1993–94 the Agreement sets targets for promptness and accuracy of benefit payment and delivery of advisory interviews . |
| 27 | Moscow sets terms for unity debate Following are extracts from an address to members of the European Parliament given yesterday by the Soviet Foreign Minister , Mr Eduard Shevardnadze . |
| 28 | Norway sets date for whaling to resume |
| 29 | SNP sets tone for election campaign |
| 30 | It was a period of risk-taking and setting horizons for growth rates which were different to anything I had experienced before . |