Example sentences of "[be] set for [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Audiences ' large capacities for ersatz-importance show how eager they are to be deeply stirred ; how easily gulled ; how low the threshold of enjoyment must be set for music of our time .
2 A national standard will also be set for outpatient waiting times .
3 He really had fallen on his feet , and if only Jane would look more kindly on him , they 'd both be set for life .
4 I 'd be set for life if something like that happened .
5 From my reading of the evidence , it appears that there is a certain amount of buck-passing between the Ministers in the two Departments about who will identify the gap , where the resources will come from and who will come clean about the budget that will be set for community care provision .
6 It is hoped that new international standards will also be set for code marks that identify which polymer has been used in plastic packaging manufacture , making recycling that much easier .
7 Achilles tired and veered towards the stands , seeming to some spectators to carry Pretty Polly wide , but once past she appeared to be set for victory .
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