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Example sentences of "to set the [noun sg] for [adj] " in BNC.

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1	I think it 's necessary to set the scene for that to say that in fact as between the County Council and Barton Willmore there 's very little difference in what we see are the requirements for the ring around the city , we both have a figure of of six thousand and something quite small .
2	It is perhaps necessary to set the scene for this remarkable decade in the history of the District to show the ways in which the firm foundation for subsequent growth and consolidation was secured following a period of more than twenty years of uncertainty and improvision .
3	To set the scene for this latter article , and as a coda to the two special issues on hypertext that have just gone by , the writer of this editorial offers the following thoughts ( though these are definitely under the guise of Editorial Privilege , and from a non-expert viewpoint as far as hypertext is concerned ) .
4	It was made clear thoughout that Women for Socialism are not attempting to set the agenda for other women 's groups .
5	The first of these press reports , in the Johannesburg Sunday Times , said that the Dec. 17 meeting had discussed plans for an all-party conference early in 1991 , to set the agenda for constitutional negotiations .
6	The BNFL contract has continued to set the pace for all other sections of business , finishing the year well above budget .
7	To set the record for 1981 straight , the weighted average capacity factors for the year 1981 were 75.1 per cent for CANDU ; 74.3 per cent for all pressurised heavy water reactors ( PHWRs , CANDUs plus two other reactor units ) : 58.0 per cent for Magnox reactors ; 53.7 per cent for pressurised water reactors ( PWRs ) ; and 53.3 per cent for boiling water reactors ( BWRs ) .
8	And when we went to bed early we used to we One used to have to fill the kettle , and then the other one used to have to set the table for next morning for next morning .