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

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1 ‘ All set for the get-in at the Variety tonight ? ’
2 As yet , OmniPoint is still in its first release , with OmniPoint 2 set for the end of 1994 .
3 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 .
4 the timetable which was set for the tasks of the project , and
5 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 .
6 And stargazers who slavishly read those horoscopes are set for the sign of eternal damnation .
7 Thus , the stage was set for the disappearance of the colleges of education as a separate sector of higher education .
8 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 .
9 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 ’ .
10 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 ) .
11 The scene was set for the activity of town planning to move from environmentalism to welfarism .
12 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 .
13 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 .
14 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 .
15 31st December 1992 is the date set for the achievement of an ambitious programme .
16 By then , however , the stage was set for the rise of the true State .
17 A particular timescale would be set for the implementation of the appropriate strategies .
18 CHC had been saying for a long time , and it seemed to be falling on deaf ears that a date should be set for the closure of Friern and that money should not be spent on the hospital but on services in the community .
19 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 .
20 ( March 10 was the date already set for the dissolution of Parliament in advance of the general election . )
21 Remember : the Government had set for the growth of earnings a guideline of five per cent ; and looked towards a long-term approach in which collective bargaining would be based each year on a broad agreement between Government , union and employers about the maximum level of earnings which would be compatible with keeping inflation under control in the following twelve months .
22 Already there was a fledgling brewery at St. James 's Gate and the stage was set for the arrival of one who would sweep away the myth and mystery and bring instead the art and science of brewing to perfection .
23 ‘ We 're set for the end of the century , ’ he says , ‘ but you ca n't look much further than that , can you ? ’
24 Early shipments have already gone out ; general availability is set for the end of the year .
25 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 ] .
26 Eight opposition partiescalled a general strike on Nov. 22 to protest against the government 's announcement on Nov. 5 that the country 's first democratic elections , originally set for the end of November , were being postponed until April 27 , 1993
27 He said in addition that there was no date set for the completion of the study .
28 No firm date has yet been set for the launch of the Trust and it has yet to be decided exactly how it will operate .
29 No date has been set for the launch of the agency , which will depend on the setting up of a continent-wide computer network .
30 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 .
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