Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] set for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The scene was set for Labour to lose ( more than for Thatcher to win ) the election of May 1979 . |
| 2 | By the late 1970s , therefore , the entire scene was set for radical reform : the main ingredients were technological backwardness , bureaucratic stagnation and the failure of all partial attempts to tinker with the system . |
| 3 | And with Quine apparently attracted to Miss Novak , the scene was set for some off-screen highlights . |
| 4 | At 2pm that day , in the Vauxhall district of Birmingham , the scene was set for this drama . |
| 5 | What emerged , therefore , was the ‘ Medium-Term Financial Strategy ’ in which annually decreasing targets were set for monetary growth . |
| 6 | A reduction in the current level of operation was set for 14 other sites in West Germany , three in South Korea , two in Spain , and one each in Bermuda , Canada , Italy and Japan . |
| 7 | The way was set for much-needed change , but would things change for the better ? |
| 8 | UNITA concluded its seventh congress on March 17 , having re-elected Jonas Savimbi as its president , and stated that it would sign a ceasefire agreement as soon as a date was set for multiparty elections . |
| 9 | A second date was set for last Monday , when Mr Connelly was again told of the cancellation only at the last minute . |
| 10 | Involving 14 people drawn from financial and management accounts as well as information systems departments , the target live date was set for 30 June 1992 . |
| 11 | That she achieved it just when the company was set for major expansion , was an accident of timing that Bernard was determined to exploit to the full . |
| 12 | The stage was set for some alignment between the individual , a single political authority , and a single territory , culture and language ; a passive patriotism that was defined by the existence of clear enemies abroad . |
| 13 | A table was set for two . |