Example sentences of "[was/were] set [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Early in the season , Tony Wright bravely predicted that Gloucestershire were set for a successful summer . |
| 2 | In other words , we were set for a few laughs . |
| 3 | Oxford and Cambridge came face to face for the first time today when the scales were set for the official weigh-in . |
| 4 | Targets for reducing the death toll from heart disease , cancer and other illnesses were set for the first time last year , yet little has happened since then , the British Medical Association said yesterday . |
| 5 | New standards were set for the working-class house in terms of space , WC , bathrooms , sunlight and garden space . |
| 6 | You were set on a different road : you could even become — who knows ? — a schoolteacher . |
| 7 | Hartlepool then comprised 6,000 people , no longer a simple fishing village since dock facilities had recently brought it into the coal-export and timber-import trades ; but Jackson 's sights were set on the adjacent hamlet of Stranton , with a population of 350 . |
| 8 | The point is frequently made that if bus fares were set at a reasonable level , buses would be used more often and public safety would be greater . |
| 9 | H. This stands for historic pricing and indicates that unless there has been an intervening revaluation investors may deal at the prices quoted in the newspaper on that day ( which were set at the closing levels of the previous day ) . |
| 10 | Numerous poles were set into the mossy cobbles of the yard , connected at a height of six feet or so by thin cords . |
| 11 | Below us the broad terraces of Hatshepsut 's temple were set into the curving amphitheatre of the cliffs . |
| 12 | All were set in a wide range of localities , were powerful and dramatic , but lack organization . |
| 13 | The long , carved lips were set in a tight line and the straight black brows were screwed up in a frown . |
| 14 | Her grey eyes were set in a brown skin smooth like the shell of a hen 's egg . |
| 15 | A wooden doll was made or found to contain her bones ; and round it gold plates and gold wire were set in the ninth century . |
| 16 | Some books were set by a single compositor , but |
| 17 | There were three types ( ‘ modes ’ ) , depending on whether the syllabus and/or examination were set by an examining board or a school . |
| 18 | The scene was set for a Russian calamity . |
| 19 | Thirty years ago teacher education in Britain was set for a major expansion . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | No new date was set for a ninth round of talks . |
| 22 | From an early stage the pattern was set for a memorable bout as Close jabbed with great conviction , never once taking a backward step and trading punches on an equal basis throughout the fight . |
| 23 | The stage was set for a nice priority fight . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | With both sides eager for action the stage was set for a full-scale encounter battle . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | With actress Jackie , 47 , the Hollywood party scene was set for a quiet chat and a bottle of champagne — maybe a magnum . |
| 28 | But , after this , the scene was set for the 1936 Berlin Olympics where , as Richard Mandell points out : ‘ Racial policy permeated all aspects of German life in the Nazi era . |
| 29 | Having steadily reduced the preparation from organism to circuit , the stage was set for the final reduction ; Kandel 's colleague Samuel Schacher dissected out the specific sensory and motor neurons and incubated them together in a dish ( a procedure known as tissue culture ) . |
| 30 | The stage was set for the following year when Christie 's New York offered the now famous ‘ Egyptian ’ clock , estimated at $200,000–300,000 . |