Example sentences of "set [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps one method would be to allow small firms to set aside a percentage of profits into a tax free investment vehicle on the understanding that it is to be used for reinvestment within 5 — 10 years . |
| 2 | Publishers will need deliberately to set aside a proportion of ‘ play money ’ , which they can afford to lose , but on which they will seek to recuperate the large returns that go with true risk investment . |
| 3 | You will need to set aside a bit of time to review the events of the last eight weeks . |
| 4 | It includes a commitment to create five new national parks by 1996 , and to set aside a total of 12 per cent of the country 's territory as " protected areas " for wildlife . |
| 5 | Would n't it make would n't it make sense to set aside a figure annually for advertising beyond which you do n't go . |
| 6 | Admittedly , in cases covered by section 17 , the capacity of the Court of Appeal to set aside an order of the House of Lords is invested by clear statutory implication . |
| 7 | Application to set aside an award must be made within 14 days after the award was entered as a judgment . |
| 8 | Section 22 and s23 of the Arbitration Act 1950 preserve the right to apply to the court to set aside an award on the ground of misconduct by the arbitrator : misconduct sometimes amounts to what appear to be no more than minor procedural solecisms . |
| 9 | And despite his hectic intercontinental schedule — commuting from his home in Paris to his musical duties in Chicago and Berlin ( where he has recently been appointed head of the Berlin Staatsoper ) — he always tries to set aside an hour or so every afternoon to sit in a cafe , nursing a coffee ( while , of course , veiling himself in a cloud of cigar smoke ) . |
| 10 | An 1853 Supreme Court decision which set aside a conviction on the charge of ‘ taking forcible and unlawful possession of the product of the Complainant 's garden ’ may serve as an example . |
| 11 | Can this be the Arthur Wellesley who set aside a sum of money to educate two of the slain Tipu Sahib 's sons , whose letters of gratitude I still have ? |
| 12 | They set aside a room for Howard to work in , when he 's not labouring outside with an axe or a scythe . |
| 13 | In order to set a baseline her parents set aside an hour each evening for one week during which they did not tell Lindsay to stop , but recorded the duration of each nose picking session and the frequency . |
| 14 | Some retailers set aside an area in the storeroom or warehouse as a ‘ goods received area ’ where goods are priced soon after delivery from the supplier . |
| 15 | set aside an amount of money or identified that we would need to spend an amount of money and perhaps we need to do that sooner . |
| 16 | For it will set aside a conviction whenever it appears unjust or unsafe to allow the verdict to stand because some failure has occurred in observing the conditions which , in the court 's view , are essential to a satisfactory trial , or because there is some feature of the case raising a substantial possibility that , either in the conclusion itself , or in the manner in which it has been reached , the jury may have been mistaken or misled . |
| 17 | The court will set aside a decision if it is taken by someone who is not or can not be appointed as the expert . |
| 18 | I shall set aside a part of each day to think about you . ’ |
| 19 | Holidaymakers should set aside a day for the glass-bottomed boat trips to Walt Disney World in the lost city of Orlando , where the spires of Cinderella 's Castle rise majestically above the waves . |
| 20 | However , the court can also still remit or set aside an arbitration award , under s22 and s23 of the Arbitration Act 1950 , and this continues to be a relatively frequently exercised right . |
| 21 | The mistress has had her dinner , but I 've set aside a bite against your coming . |
| 22 | Lowestoft College was set aside a lake so there was no trouble in finding a good source . |
| 23 | Because certain textbooks are in great demand , colleges often set aside a student reading room in which are placed multiple copies of textbooks that have been recommended by the lecturers . |
| 24 | We are keen to help any disabled shareholders who come to the Meeting and have set aside a car parking area for people whose show a disabled sticker . |
| 25 | We were informed that the Prime Minister had set aside an hour for us , and she arrived on the dot , nicely accoutred and coiffeured and saying she was ready to go when we were . |
| 26 | He had set aside an hour to visit an old friend . |
| 27 | Finally , Sea Waybill Rule 5 sets forth a level of abstraction , for the sea waybill 's description of the goods , similar to that of a Hague-Visby bill . |
| 28 | ‘ I can sell these in the sunday market for 50 pence , ’ he says , carefully setting aside a bundle of Time magazines . |
| 29 | A judge setting aside a default judgment should give reasons for so doing ( Lennard v International Institute for Medical Science ( 1985 ) The Times , 29 April , CA citing Eagil Trust Co Ltd v Pigott Brown [ 1985 ] 3 All ER 119 , CA . |
| 30 | Concentrating on promoting funding for its health care and nutrition projects around the world , UNICEF is asking the public to support it by sharing a meal with someone at work or at home and setting aside a donation which would then go to fund its work . |