Example sentences of "be [adj] set [prep] " in BNC.

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1 HILARY GILES of Dunstable and her husband Charles are all set for a super day out at York today , as guests of the Daily Mirror .
2 We were all set to be impressed , but when we entered the room , it turned out that she was a tiny-little lady with grinning peasant features and the usual pudding-basin haircut .
3 Programmes to be cancelled or phased out ( subject to post-Gulf war evaluation ) included the navy 's F-14D fighter aircraft and Trident submarine , the airforce 's Maverick missile and F-15E and F-16 fighter aircraft and the army 's M-1 tank , Apache helicopter and Bradley fighting vehicle ; the remaining two US battleships , Missouri and Wisconsin , were both set to be decommissioned in September 1991 .
4 He missed the Kronenbourg Open in Italy , but is all set for Oilette d'Anthon , the next stage of the European PGA tour and the £250,000 Lyon Open which begins on Thursday .
5 Perkins , 17 , schoolboy son of Burscough boss Russ , impressed Stoke manager Lou Macari and is all set for another week in the Potteries over Christmas .
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