Example sentences of "set [adv] [to-vb] for " in BNC.

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1 It is natural to set out to look for something with a rigid set of requirements : to know precisely what we are looking for .
2 Another group of nomes was about to set out to look for them .
3 I set off to look for Nigel — quite a long way down , as the staircases did n't connect and one had to walk the complete length of the first-floor gallery before descending the second .
4 Looked at on a year-by-year basis , the sum of money we must set aside to pay for decommissioning represents only 4% of our annual turnover .
5 I hope they do what they set out to do for the sake of the people of West Belfast .
6 They set out to peak for this particular match , both to erase from their minds the upset in London two years ago and to prove they could manage a good performance after several indifferent ones .
7 We then set out to look for contacts that come from sources other than the usual lake fish .
8 As a citizen she was concerned that all too often social workers got an idea in their minds that ritual abuse was taking place , and then set out to look for it , The after-effects , though , were critical , according to Helen Martini .
9 Manor court rolls and deeds show that families possessed small parcels of land on a variety of copyhold , leasehold and freehold tenures and that income from even the smallest holdings was often set aside to provide for dependants .
10 A committee has now been set up to lobby for the restoration of the medieval paving and an invitation has been issued to the public to show its support by sponsoring a brick at L10,000 a time ( see The Art Newspaper No. 16 , March 1992 , p. 13 ) .
11 Two trade bodies were set up to press for a system of price fixing : the Associated Booksellers of Great Britain and Ireland in 1895 and the Publishers Association in 1896 .
12 Mr John Dyer , chairman of the Barlow Clowes Investors ' Group , which was set up to fight for compensation , said : ‘ I really think investors ought to be deeply grateful .
13 He recognized the voice of Beverley 's servant , Parry , who had become anxious about Giles 's safety , and had set out to search for him .
14 Those setting out to look for a new home after April 4 will have the questionable benefit of the Property Misdescriptions Act 1991 , which comes into force on that day .
15 Hughie Smith , president of the National Gypsy Council , a body set up to fight for the rights of gypsies , said : ‘ The point is that York does have hundreds of acres of land .
16 George and Bute set out to press for a policy of peace and lower taxes , which recognized the great strain the economy had been asked to bear .
17 There is no choice but to analyse your own needs and be honest with yourself , weighing up one ‘ want ’ against another , before you actually set out to look for a place to live .
18 So he set out to look for one .
19 When Panama City awakened , and after I had taken a small breakfast of pineapple , café con leche and a hard roll or two , I rented a small white Japanese car , acquired a map from the official cartographers who conduct their business under the curious name of the Instituto Geografico Nacional Tommy Guardia , and set out to look for Santa Fé , for William — and for the Pacific .
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