Example sentences of "[was/were] set for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is the Brick Hall , which makes a super picture gallery , the Big Drawing Room , and the adjoining Long Hall , where places were set for dinner at one long table for 160 guests ! |
| 2 | Velvet curtains swished gracefully aside once more and the scene was set for act three . |
| 3 | The scene was set for progress towards a modern network . |
| 4 | The small table in the window was set for breakfast for one . |
| 5 | 9 February was set for sentencing . |
| 6 | A target figure of 70 machine sets of components was set for delivery by 31 July 1942 , out of a total order of 225 sets , later reduced to 160 . |
| 7 | A 30-day period was set for comment on the sanctions or the resumption of negotiations . |
| 8 | The Report of P.M. Stewart , the Commissioner , exposed the problem starkly : By the late 1930s , therefore , the scene was set for town planning to incorporate a wider frame of reference . |
| 9 | The scene was set for confrontation and as these confrontations continued without an end in sight , it became clear that the usual tactics of the unions were not going to work . |
| 10 | Mr Elton joined the family at the week-end … and the stage was set for tragedy . |