Example sentences of "[was/were] set for [art] [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | In due course my friendly farmer , Cyril Young , delivered four sheep to Oakington and everything was set for a bit of a barny at the Lion . |
| 2 | The scene was set for the activity of town planning to move from environmentalism to welfarism . |
| 3 | Thus , the stage was set for the disappearance of the colleges of education as a separate sector of higher education . |
| 4 | By then , however , the stage was set for the rise of the true State . |
| 5 | Already there was a fledgling brewery at St. James 's Gate and the stage was set for the arrival of one who would sweep away the myth and mystery and bring instead the art and science of brewing to perfection . |
| 6 | In June 1991 the government introduced a draft Pact of Progress , which controversially sought to tie wage rises to productivity ; a deadline for union agreement on the plan was set for the end of September [ see p. 38114 ] . |
| 7 | With enthusiastic Board members , an experienced Registrar and a small staff , and the accumulated validation experience of the late 1960s and early 1970s , the scene was set for the acquisition of a major award in the field , and the continued development of business and management studies that we have seen . |
| 8 | Then while the Sassanian dynasty was emerging in its turn , following the Parthians who had swept away the Seleucid regime that ruled both Mesopotamia and the lands farther east after the break-up of Alexander 's vast empire in the fourth century BC , the scene was set for the emergence of Islam . |
| 9 | The stage was set for the establishment of thirteen ‘ centres of excellence ’ for the development of full-time surveying — thanks , principally to the foresight and energy of HMI Howard Wainwright — and for the first time a sense of security and confidence was available to the selected centres , as they were encouraged to improve their resources base and to develop exempting RICS diplomas , and subsequently degrees , to be validated by the CNAA . |
| 10 | In all sixteen teams had made it through to this stage and with a full house the scene was set for an evening of top quizzing . |