Example sentences of "was set for the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 ) . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The Court of Appeal lifted it as a matter of principle , even though a hearing on the merits was set for the following day . |
| 5 | A price of 200 francs CFA per kg. was set for the 1989/90 season , half the previous season 's level . |
| 6 | Thus the scene was set for the worst disaster in the history of the British Army . |
| 7 | The next meeting was set for the 23rd April but three days later disaster struck the party whilst they were viewing the God 's Gift Copper Mine . |