Example sentences of "[adv] set [art] scene " in BNC.

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1 These brilliantly set the scene and reintroduce the Pevsner flavour .
2 Social context and social change : an analysis of the significant changes in social phenomena ( youth culture , media , education ) which together set the scene for the understanding of contemporary events .
3 Social context and social change : an analysis of the significant changes in social phenomena ( youth culture , media , education ) which together set the scene for the understanding of contemporary events .
4 In Act One he first of all introduces himself and his job and what this entails and then he goes on to set the scene by describing the general vicinity and its history .
5 Just to set the scene and seeing as I have n't been in the plot too much lately .
6 I 'll just set the scene for the others in that he 's er fifty five is n't he ?
7 Lucy Lane always set the scene and he liked that .
8 That eventuality would have been a worry for the UN had the Bosnian Serbs said Yes and thereby set the scene for the biggest UN peacekeeping operation ever .
9 A resumé by Secretary General Ian Martin of the momentous world events that have occurred during the past five years set the work of AI in context and also set the scene for the working parties , which between them would report back to the plenary with recommendations that would change the AI mandate dramatically .
10 The example will also set the scene for a discussion of some more recent and more adequate attempts to characterize the essence of science and its methods .
11 Learning how to cope with this behaviour can often set the scene for later management skills , particularly in parents who are uncertain and lacking in confidence .
12 The actors made the play very exciting and left everybody astounded and intrigued with the way they performed and to add to this the stage really set the scene with the back drops and props .
13 The Grade II listed building was built by Sir Hugo Meynell in the 1860 's for his wife Emily Charlotte , and it 's this historic and romantic background that really sets the scene for a relaxing break .
14 Presumably they were only here to set the scene for the current convention , as nothing represented a period later than the fifteenth century .
15 Such teachers stand accused , for indeed such teaching might well set the scene for the continuation of a sinful and unhappy world for as long as life continues .
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