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

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1 Early in the season , Tony Wright bravely predicted that Gloucestershire were set for a successful summer .
2 Oxford and Cambridge came face to face for the first time today when the scales were set for the official weigh-in .
3 New standards were set for the working-class house in terms of space , WC , bathrooms , sunlight and garden space .
4 The scene was set for a Russian calamity .
5 Thirty years ago teacher education in Britain was set for a major expansion .
6 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 .
7 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 .
8 The stage was set for a nice priority fight .
9 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 .
10 With both sides eager for action the stage was set for a full-scale encounter battle .
11 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 .
12 With actress Jackie , 47 , the Hollywood party scene was set for a quiet chat and a bottle of champagne — maybe a magnum .
13 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 ) .
14 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 .
15 The Court of Appeal lifted it as a matter of principle , even though a hearing on the merits was set for the following day .
16 The scene was set for an eventual conflict with the question being ‘ when ’ rather than ‘ will ’ a protest movement break out .
17 The stage was set for an exciting finale on a modified version of the men 's final .
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