Example sentences of "was set for the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having steadily reduced the preparation from organism to circuit , the stage was set for the final reduction ; Kandel 's colleague Samuel Schacher dissected out the specific sensory and motor neurons and incubated them together in a dish ( a procedure known as tissue culture ) . |
| 2 | The stage was set for the following year when Christie 's New York offered the now famous ‘ Egyptian ’ clock , estimated at $200,000–300,000 . |
| 3 | The Court of Appeal lifted it as a matter of principle , even though a hearing on the merits was set for the following day . |
| 4 | A price of 200 francs CFA per kg. was set for the 1989/90 season , half the previous season 's level . |
| 5 | Thus the scene was set for the worst disaster in the history of the British Army . |