Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] set for [art] " in BNC.
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1 | At the same time , milk yields had to be substantially increased and sustainable and the scene was set for a revolution in breeding and for the development of most of the modern breeds . |
2 | The scene was set for a confrontation which , because of the simultaneous peaking of unrest over the food question , threatened to bring not only a few militant engineers , but whole working-class communities into direct action against the continuation of the war . |
3 | With actress Jackie , 47 , the Hollywood party scene was set for a quiet chat and a bottle of champagne — maybe a magnum . |
4 | Using the Mark 1 blue/grey set , complete with a Network SouthEast liveried coach , the scene was set for a return history period piece . |
5 | The scene was set for a movie genius but what was important for the history of the movies was that the genius who emerged to push the medium and the industry into a new era was a self-educated romantic whose values and ideas had not been provided by any distinctive intellectual tradition or urban political party but rather had emerged first out of his Southern , rural , Methodist past and then as he had drifted through a rapidly changing America . |
6 | The scene was set for a Russian calamity . |
7 | Once Lothar had again spurned his brothers ' messengers , and come southwards from Aachen to the Moselle , apparently seeking battle , the scene was set for a final showdown . |
8 | But , after this , the scene was set for the 1936 Berlin Olympics where , as Richard Mandell points out : ‘ Racial policy permeated all aspects of German life in the Nazi era . |
9 | Thus the scene was set for the worst disaster in the history of the British Army . |
10 | The scene was set for the activity of town planning to move from environmentalism to welfarism . |
11 | Then while the Sassanian dynasty was emerging in its turn , following the Parthians who had swept away the Seleucid regime that ruled both Mesopotamia and the lands farther east after the break-up of Alexander 's vast empire in the fourth century BC , the scene was set for the emergence of Islam . |
12 | With enthusiastic Board members , an experienced Registrar and a small staff , and the accumulated validation experience of the late 1960s and early 1970s , the scene was set for the acquisition of a major award in the field , and the continued development of business and management studies that we have seen . |
13 | But then the scene was set for the first of Darlington 's structural engineering companies to install a series of iron bridges on the rapidly expanding rail networks . |
14 | The scene was set for an eventual conflict with the question being ‘ when ’ rather than ‘ will ’ a protest movement break out . |
15 | In all sixteen teams had made it through to this stage and with a full house the scene was set for an evening of top quizzing . |
16 | In June 1991 the government introduced a draft Pact of Progress , which controversially sought to tie wage rises to productivity ; a deadline for union agreement on the plan was set for the end of September [ see p. 38114 ] . |
17 | BRITAIN 'S new top judge was set for a clash with the Government last night after he called for SHORTER jail sentences . |
18 | Targets for reducing the death toll from heart disease , cancer and other illnesses were set for the first time last year , yet little has happened since then , the British Medical Association said yesterday . |
19 | The next meeting was set for the 23rd April but three days later disaster struck the party whilst they were viewing the God 's Gift Copper Mine . |
20 | The Court of Appeal lifted it as a matter of principle , even though a hearing on the merits was set for the following day . |
21 | The date for the joyous occasion was set for the Sunday of the Canon European Masters and so Spence had to find a replacement to carry his bag at Crans-sur-Sierre . |
22 | From an early stage the pattern was set for a memorable bout as Close jabbed with great conviction , never once taking a backward step and trading punches on an equal basis throughout the fight . |
23 | The game was set for the second goal-less draw at the ground in four days , when Andy Melville scored following a free kick . |
24 | Thirty years ago teacher education in Britain was set for a major expansion . |
25 | Oxford and Cambridge came face to face for the first time today when the scales were set for the official weigh-in . |
26 | New standards were set for the working-class house in terms of space , WC , bathrooms , sunlight and garden space . |
27 | A price of 200 francs CFA per kg. was set for the 1989/90 season , half the previous season 's level . |
28 | No date was set for a planned third meeting . |
29 | No new date was set for a ninth round of talks . |
30 | No date was set for a futher meeting . |