Example sentences of "scene [be] set [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 But the two crews are likely to meet again at Henley and the scene is set for a classic confrontation .
2 Once Lothar had again spurned his brothers ' messengers , and come southwards from Aachen to the Moselle , apparently seeking battle , the scene was set for a final showdown .
3 The scene was set for a Russian calamity .
4 With actress Jackie , 47 , the Hollywood party scene was set for a quiet chat and a bottle of champagne — maybe a magnum .
5 The scene was set for an eventual conflict with the question being ‘ when ’ rather than ‘ will ’ a protest movement break out .
6 A calendar with a colour photograph of a snow scene was set between the framed painting of Lenin and the portrait of Andropov of the Politburo .
7 But the scene was set in the political climate of the Weimar Republic for political and functional devolution , a system of checks and balances between individual , sectional , and national interests .
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