Example sentences of "set for [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 There has been much comment by Cleese , as well as others , about how being 6ft at the age of 12 ( he 's now 6ft 5in ) , and not being made a prefect at his public school , and being the only child of older , lower middle-class parents , set for a career as a solicitor , began the problems and embarrassments that inspire his comedy .
2 ‘ All set for the get-in at the Variety tonight ? ’
3 As yet , OmniPoint is still in its first release , with OmniPoint 2 set for the end of 1994 .
4 The company , it seems , has no stomach to fight religious wars any longer and has meetings scheduled with Unix System Labs this week , and the Open Software Foundation next , at which some kind of rapprochment is likely — though not an SVR4 kernel development — with product announcements set for the end of the month .
5 When government delegates meet every two years to decide which species to add to or delete from the appendices , the scene is set for a battle between non-governmental conservation organisations , such as the World Wildlife Fund , and representatives of the pet industry and the fur trade , with both factions desperately trying to sell their points of view .
6 You have to design a character set for a computer with an 8-bit character .
7 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 .
8 In due course my friendly farmer , Cyril Young , delivered four sheep to Oakington and everything was set for a bit of a barny at the Lion .
9 Hocine Ait Ahmed , leader of the Socialist Forces Front ( FFS ) , declined to attend , and reiterated on Feb. 10 that a date should be set for a return to a " democratic process " which should include the FIS .
10 Even Sir Geoffrey Howe unwittingly contributed to the general impression , as he addressed the Bow Group from an Opera House stage set for a performance of Cats .
11 NEWS CORPORATION is set for a fall in profits this year , mainly because of the haemorrhage of cash caused by losses on Sky Television , its satellite TV station .
12 DARLINGTON defender Kevan Smith is set for a recall against Bradford at Feethams tonight .
13 The stage is set for a showdown over a new constitution for Russia .
14 Mrs Thatcher is set for a clash with President Bush tomorrow over proposed big cuts in the US defence budget .
15 Mrs Thatcher is set for a clash with President Bush tomorrow over proposed big cuts in the US defence budget .
16 BRITAIN 'S new top judge was set for a clash with the Government last night after he called for SHORTER jail sentences .
17 Video Plan 18 is an example of a recording task set for a group of university students .
18 Keegan rested new signings Barry Venison , Paul Bracewell and John Beresford and striker David Kelly but all are set for a place in Saturday 's line-up .
19 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 .
20 the timetable which was set for the tasks of the project , and
21 A £2,000,000 target had been set for the Battle of Britain Wings Appeal in the full knowledge that our sister charity , the RAF Benevolent Fund was launching its £20,000,000 ‘ Reach for the Sky ’ Appeal , and that the Association would be offering as much support as possible to that .
22 And stargazers who slavishly read those horoscopes are set for the sign of eternal damnation .
23 Thus , the stage was set for the disappearance of the colleges of education as a separate sector of higher education .
24 Since the Crown Court is a superior court , its power to punish is limited only by the maximum penalty set for the offence by an Act of Parliament .
25 Since it was on 11th February in 1984 that I published the Apostolic Letter Salvifici Doloris on the Christian meaning of human suffering , I believe it is significant that the same day is set for the celebration of the ‘ World Day of the Sick ’ .
26 Terah dies , and the stage is set for the story of Abraham ( the new name records God 's promise to make this man the father of many nations , 17:5 ) .
27 The scene was set for the activity of town planning to move from environmentalism to welfarism .
28 However , difficulties may arise if a strict time limit is set for the publication of the decision , and the decision is published after it has expired : it may suit one of the parties to refuse to accept it on that ground .
29 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 .
30 A time-scale should be set for the achievement of each of the steps identified , accompanied by a system of monitoring which is independent of those concerned with accomplishing the aim .
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