Example sentences of "[be] set the [noun sg] for the " in BNC.

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1 The Iraqis argued that if the USA were to set the date for the Bush-Aziz meeting , Iraq should have been allowed to choose the date of the Baker-Saddam meeting .
2 An hour before games were due to begin , the club was plunged into darkness by a major fault at the local sub-station , just as officials were setting the stage for the event .
3 Environmental issues are setting the agenda for the future of the household cleaning and care product market in Europe , but , according to a new report from Frost & Sullivan , some manufacturers and retailers have failed to exploit this in their marketing initiatives .
4 What we have succeeded in doing so far is to set the scene for the quantum mechanical play .
5 And he 's setting the scene for the Resurrection he 's setting the setting the scene for his triumph out of despair .
6 I reassured him that this warning was unnecessary : my ambition was to set the record for the slowest lap of the circuit .
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