Example sentences of "set the scene " in BNC.
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| 1 | This will clear up any mysteries from this morning 's lesson and set the scene for tonight 's exercise . |
| 2 | These brilliantly set the scene and reintroduce the Pevsner flavour . |
| 3 | You set the scene , as it were , for your presentation and then proceed to follow the pattern laid down . |
| 4 | The whole trip was a marvellous experience for us all and there was a terrific spirit amongst the squad , which set the scene nicely for the season ahead . |
| 5 | Set the scene with a set — that 's the message for '92 . |
| 6 | And that set the scene perfectly for Hick , a man who does n't seem to know where his next Test run is coming from , yet bats like superman in the knock-about stuff . |
| 7 | A resumé by Secretary General Ian Martin of the momentous world events that have occurred during the past five years set the work of AI in context and also set the scene for the working parties , which between them would report back to the plenary with recommendations that would change the AI mandate dramatically . |
| 8 | Brian Harris DFC made a speech which set the scene : |
| 9 | Several times I have seen other researchers do this and have watched higher managers set the scene and limit the enquiry to specific areas — outside management proper — as though the problem existed in a vacuum. , ( Dalton 1959 ) |
| 10 | That eventuality would have been a worry for the UN had the Bosnian Serbs said Yes and thereby set the scene for the biggest UN peacekeeping operation ever . |
| 11 | Though the Khmers Rouges signed the agreement in Paris in 1991 that set the scene for the election campaign , they have not honoured their promise to stop fighting . |
| 12 | But they have done what no American administration has dared do in living memory — set the scene for a proper debate . |
| 13 | Above left : Striped pastel fabrics and textured wallpapers set the scene |
| 14 | SET THE SCENE FOR SUMMER WITH A NEW , FRESH LOOK FOR YOUR GARDEN . |
| 15 | The Act of 1918 set the scene of the entire political world between the wars , often through consequences that were not seen for a generation . |
| 16 | We gain little from minute attention to the manufacturers ' congratulations for our choice of car , or from the swearing-in in court , and , on a first reading of a novel , it may be more important to follow those parts which forward the plot than those which set the scene . |
| 17 | MS-DOS 5 set the scene when Microsoft included a clutch of bought-in utilities from Central Point Software , principally Mirror and Undelete . |
| 18 | It prepares the way for the main body of the essay or answer to the question and should do more than just " set the scene " . |
| 19 | Set the scene at St Tropez this summer with Descamps ' Les Regates collection of beachware . |
| 20 | Day one — a trip to the top of the Grands Montets ( 3,300m ) — set the scene for the rest of the week . |
| 21 | The actors made the play very exciting and left everybody astounded and intrigued with the way they performed and to add to this the stage really set the scene with the back drops and props . |
| 22 | Social context and social change : an analysis of the significant changes in social phenomena ( youth culture , media , education ) which together set the scene for the understanding of contemporary events . |
| 23 | Social context and social change : an analysis of the significant changes in social phenomena ( youth culture , media , education ) which together set the scene for the understanding of contemporary events . |
| 24 | Lucy Lane always set the scene and he liked that . |