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

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1 The Big House : tear-gas clouds blossoming over mess-hall riots , ‘ the break is set for midnight ’ notes , squealers ‘ accidentally ’ falling under trip-hammers in the workshop .
2 The scene is set for recovery and growth . ’
3 Velvet curtains swished gracefully aside once more and the scene was set for act three .
4 The scene was set for progress towards a modern network .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 9 February was set for sentencing .
8 The small table in the window was set for breakfast for one .
9 ‘ I can see tremendous benefits but hope that realistic targets are set for industry to comply . ’
10 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 !
11 A 30-day period was set for comment on the sanctions or the resumption of negotiations .
12 NEWSGIRL Samantha Norman is set for TV fame just like her dad — film critic Barry .
13 Standards are set for ventilation , heating , lighting , hygiene , safety features of tools and equipment , fire precautions , first aid facilities and provision is made for occupational health services .
14 Targets and standards are set for development actions .
15 General availability of the completed ES/MP release is set for mid-1993 .
16 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 .
17 The opposition has proposed something similar , so the stage is set for compromise .
18 When the school does n't take complaint gathering seriously and parents are ill at ease in approaching the school then the stage is set for crisis .
19 BRITAIN 'S second biggest housebuilder George Wimpey today threw its weight behind hopes that the UK housing market is set for recovery .
20 In fact , if you always bear in mind that once a table is set for dining , lights lowered , candles lit , that table becomes an oasis , complete in itself , you can make a dining room wherever the table is .
21 For A Lark is set for repeat
22 Castle is setting for play
23 Mr Elton joined the family at the week-end … and the stage was set for tragedy .
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