Example sentences of "stage was [verb] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The stage was set for a critical vote where members would be asked to decide whether they were for or against Reagan 's economic programme . |
| 2 | The stage was set for a nice priority fight . |
| 3 | Dublin-born master flautist Brian Dunning and ex-Stockton 's Wing bodhran virtuoso Tommy Hayes were soon joined in Portland , Oregon , by Bothy Band founder Micheál O Dhomhnaill , and immediately the stage was set for a musical collaboration which has taken the band all over the world . |
| 4 | With both sides eager for action the stage was set for a full-scale encounter battle . |
| 5 | The stage was set for an exciting finale on a modified version of the men 's final . |