Example sentences of "to set [noun] for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You will be faced here with a great temptation to set goals for fast weight loss that will prove difficult or impossible for you to achieve . |
| 2 | From then on the figures used in the White Paper to set targets for future spending were set in ‘ cash terms ’ . |
| 3 | The first would be used to set targets for improved river quality based on six " use " classes ; fisheries ecosystem , abstraction for drinking supply , abstracting for agricultural and industrial use , water sports , commercial farming of fish and shellfish , and special ecosystem ( i.e. specific areas for the purposes of nature conservation ) . |
| 4 | In June 1989 , isolated in the European Community and under pressure from Cabinet ministers , she agreed to set conditions for British entry to the EMS . |
| 5 | Together with the Reichsjugendgerichtsgesetz ( RJGG , Juvenile Court Act ) of 1923 it tended to replace punitive measures with pedagogical , child-oriented principles and to set standards for national youth departments in every part of the country ( Sachsse and Tennstedt , 1988 , p. 99 ) . |