Example sentences of "[was/were] set for [adj] " in BNC.

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1 What emerged , therefore , was the ‘ Medium-Term Financial Strategy ’ in which annually decreasing targets were set for monetary growth .
2 The already elderly Prince of Wales was called to the throne on 22 January 1901 , and his coronation , on a magnificent scale , was set for 26 June 1902 .
3 The way was set for much-needed change , but would things change for the better ?
4 By the late 1970s , therefore , the entire scene was set for radical reform : the main ingredients were technological backwardness , bureaucratic stagnation and the failure of all partial attempts to tinker with the system .
5 A reduction in the current level of operation was set for 14 other sites in West Germany , three in South Korea , two in Spain , and one each in Bermuda , Canada , Italy and Japan .
6 That she achieved it just when the company was set for major expansion , was an accident of timing that Bernard was determined to exploit to the full .
7 Since April 1989 all firms " competitive on foreign markets " could apply to register for independent foreign trading rights , although a ceiling of 6,000 companies actually registered was set for 1989 .
8 The scene was set for Labour to lose ( more than for Thatcher to win ) the election of May 1979 .
9 A table was set for two .
10 Contrary to her firm intention of not breakfasting with Ven , however , since he was standing by the table which was set for two when she again entered the sitting-room , she thought it would be infantile in the extreme to carry on with that intention .
11 Trial for the 16 was set for 11 , 18 , 21 and 22 June .
12 The nurse , a sprightly , middle-aged woman , full of nervous good humour , was set for half an hour 's good jawing before she would think of showing them the girl , but John cut her short .
13 The stage was set for some alignment between the individual , a single political authority , and a single territory , culture and language ; a passive patriotism that was defined by the existence of clear enemies abroad .
14 And with Quine apparently attracted to Miss Novak , the scene was set for some off-screen highlights .
15 UNITA concluded its seventh congress on March 17 , having re-elected Jonas Savimbi as its president , and stated that it would sign a ceasefire agreement as soon as a date was set for multiparty elections .
16 Involving 14 people drawn from financial and management accounts as well as information systems departments , the target live date was set for 30 June 1992 .
17 At 2pm that day , in the Vauxhall district of Birmingham , the scene was set for this drama .
18 A second date was set for last Monday , when Mr Connelly was again told of the cancellation only at the last minute .
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