Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] set [to-vb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bridge was set to open this month but repair work has been dogged with difficulties . |
| 2 | When the library is a multi-media centre , it may be possible for the tape-slide sequence to be studied there , but in the typical school there would be severe limitations if more than a small proportion of students were set to do such study ; the library is usually too small for more than a tenth of the school population at best to use it at any one time . |
| 3 | The airport was set to remain closed today as talks continued , but a spokesman said the management was ‘ fairly hopeful ’ of a successful outcome . |
| 4 | The gulf which had opened up between them was apparent from the weights for the Gallaher Gold Cup : Arkle was set to carry twelve stone seven pounds , Mill House eleven stone five pounds , a difference of sixteen pounds . |
| 5 | He gave me no satisfactory answer , saying only that The Times was set to make this disclosure in an article by a woman journalist the following day . |
| 6 | Hair was set to create these big glossy ringlets . |
| 7 | Forecasters said the weather was set to remain sultry and oppressive today , with temperatures in the 70s but little sun . |