Example sentences of "set [adv] for [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | England captain Graham Gooch offered no excuses for his team 's humiliating defeat , saying : ‘ We set off for this series with high hopes but nothing has gone right for us . |
| 2 | Cover and set aside for several hours or overnight , stirring occasionally if passing . |
| 3 | In the same way , key performance indicators set up for each function are reviewed quarterly against its business plan with relevant managers ‘ but it 's not a dull , dry event : it 's when everybody pulls together , discussing everything that 's happening in great depth and giving managers the opportunity to explain to directors why they 're falling short , the constraints and obstacles , and so achieving agreement with the figures and the indicators used , ’ he said . |
| 4 | Often these representations are made by the Faculty of the Institute alone , but wherever it is considered beneficial , submissions are made in conjunction with other professional bodies and , indeed , the Tax Faculty is represented on a number of joint bodies set up for this purpose . |
| 5 | Of course you can make appalling howlers if you set out for some reason to portray life in a social area unknown to you . |