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

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1 Hours of work are set for certain occupations ( e.g. 40 hours a week ) and overtime may or may not be an option .
2 On the other hand if the strategies of parental involvement are n't thoroughly and frequently reviewed then the scene is set for all sorts of problems to arise .
3 The scene is set for further dissociative experiences .
4 The scene was set for Labour to lose ( more than for Thatcher to win ) the election of May 1979 .
5 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 .
6 And with Quine apparently attracted to Miss Novak , the scene was set for some off-screen highlights .
7 At 2pm that day , in the Vauxhall district of Birmingham , the scene was set for this drama .
8 What emerged , therefore , was the ‘ Medium-Term Financial Strategy ’ in which annually decreasing targets were set for monetary growth .
9 Microsoft Corp says it has now shipped the second and final pre-release version of the Windows NT operating system to 70,000 customers and software developers , and says it offers significant improvements in performance , application support , networking and hardware compatibility ; release of the product is set for next quarter .
10 The CIT in the UK is set for another memorable year , under our energetic and high-profile new Chairman , Sir Alastair Morton .
11 ‘ The lasers are set for automatic response .
12 Volume is set for second quarter 1993 .
13 First ships in Japan are set for late December , with the machine being launched on the international market in June 1994 .
14 First ships in Japan are set for late December , with the machine being launched on the international market in June 1994 .
15 BRITAIN is set for another clash with Brussels after the European Commission unveiled yesterday a £600 million plan to increase sales of a new generation of wide-screen televisions , mainly made in France and Holland .
16 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 .
17 The parity grid arrangement is similar in its operation to the snake in that absolute intervention points are set for each member currency against every other at which central banks are obliged to buy or sell their own currencies .
18 Hounslow and Ealing 's Sunrise Radio is set for early November , along with Bradford City Radio .
19 The fees charged to overseas students are set for each degree at a level which reflects the full cost of tuition for that degree , and are not directly comparable with the reduced and standardised fees charged to students from the United Kingdom and European Community countries .
20 The way was set for much-needed change , but would things change for the better ?
21 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 .
22 A second date was set for last Monday , when Mr Connelly was again told of the cancellation only at the last minute .
23 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 .
24 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 .
25 When you cast on using the ribber , on the first row BOTH carriages knit ; however , on the second , third and fourth rows both carriages are set for circular knitting , so you knit one-and-a-half circles .
26 GUIDED EVEREST EXPEDITION IS SET FOR 1993
27 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 .
28 A table was set for two .
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