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Free sign upThe phrase "and later set a" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It can be used when referring to an action that will occur after a previous event, often in a narrative or explanatory context.
Example: "She completed her initial tasks and later set a new goal for herself to achieve by the end of the month."
Alternatives: "and subsequently established a" or "and then determined a".
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He famously pledged in 1999 to end child poverty in his country in 20 years and later set a goal of halving it by 2010.
President Vladimir Putin vowed to be tough and not to negotiate with Chechen terrorists, and later set a $10m price on the heads of two Chechens, Shamil Basayev, who may have masterminded Beslan, and Aslan Maskhadov, a former Chechen president.
Of the future beyond Oxford, he says only that he wants to go to law school and later "set a Christian example by implementing my feelings within the structure of the society," adding, "I value my ultimate goals more than playing basketball".
He made his first appearance for the England under-21 team in the same month and later set a record of 29 caps for the under-21 side.
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In the aftermath, Barankitse saved 25 orphaned children, hiding them in a German aid worker's house – and later set up a school specifically for their education.
Earnshaw became an apprentice at the age of 14 and later set up a shop in London.
Gauguin returned to Paris and later set up a studio in French Polynesia where he died in 1903, aged 54.
In the 1960s, Lytle sold real estate and later set up an interior design business.
Ethnic Serbs responded with gunfire, killing one Kosovar policeman, and later set fire to a border checkpoint.
As a child, van Meegeren developed an enthusiasm for the paintings of the Dutch Golden Age, and later set out to become an artist himself.
(Milosevic later set a new record in Kosovo).
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