Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] set for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Watering troughs for horses were installed throughout cities and standards were gradually set for livery stables , slaughter houses and other facilities handling animals . |
| 2 | Dates were also set for the enforcement of measures related to maritime transport , industrial , technical , agricultural and energy policy , and for the co-ordination of macro-economic policies , labour relations and institutional matters . |
| 3 | The scene was all set for a pitched battle . |
| 4 | With the gun under my arm I was all set for the evening . |
| 5 | The man all cricket knows as Syd was all set for action … after a year long fight for fitness … and then on saturday in the gym fate struck again |
| 6 | The man all cricket knows as Syd was all set for action … after a year long fight for fitness … and then on saturday in the gym fate struck again |
| 7 | Beset by rioting , strikes and murders since March , as students and citizens demanded , and were promised , political reform , Togo remained tense throughout May pending the planned national conference on its political future , which was finally set for June 10-20 . |
| 8 | The date for the long-awaited fourth PCC congress was finally set for Oct. 11 , 1991 . |
| 9 | The scene was already set for Charles to become a new Western Emperor . |
| 10 | The table was already set for high tea , with ham , bread and butter and a very yellow cake . |
| 11 | Similarly , hearing increased in importance both for the information it gave about the environment in general , and for communication within the species ; hence the stage was also set for language to be born . |
| 12 | The stage was perfectly set for Heriot 's full-back Henry Murray , who revelled in the freedom to attack and scored four out of Heriot 's total of 14 tries . |
| 13 | Eric Heffer , Labour MP for Liverpool , Walton , died on May 27 , making necessary a by-election which was subsequently set for July 4 . |