Example sentences of "was set for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Velvet curtains swished gracefully aside once more and the scene was set for act three . |
| 2 | Geisler applied for probation for Mitchum and a further hearing was set for February . |
| 3 | The scene was set for progress towards a modern network . |
| 4 | In a radio announcement on Aug. 1 , a referendum on a draft multi-party constitution was set for Aug. 23-30 , with voting to take place on different days in Eastern , Southern , Northern and Western provinces . |
| 5 | No further date was set for Mrs Kemp 's appeal in Orkney , despite monthly requests to the Chief Executive , Ron Gilbert , to the Council Convener , Jackie Tait , and to the Director of Administration and Legal Services , Rowan McCallum . |
| 6 | An initial target of £4.7 million , later reduced to £2 million , was set for investments , which could be drawn on the unions ' general funds . |
| 7 | A new trial date was set for April 23 . |
| 8 | The new date was set for April 12 , with a second round if necessary on April 26 . |
| 9 | The small table in the window was set for breakfast for one . |
| 10 | The wedding was set for October , and Elizabeth was offered a reward , for which she was sweetly grateful ; the Maclean was invited to bring his heir to Inveraray for the betrothal . |
| 11 | According to official results released on Dec. 22 , in the first round of presidential elections held on Nov. 25 , Albert Zafy of the Comité des forces vives won 45.16 per cent of votes cast , the incumbent President Didier Ratsiraka 19.22 per cent and Manandafy Rakotonirina of the Movement for Proletarian Power ( MFM ) 10.21 per cent ( there were five other candidates ) ; the date for the second round run-off between Zafy and Ratsiraka was set for Feb. 10 , 1993 . |
| 12 | In the meantime the scene was set for Iran to mount a major counter-offensive . |
| 13 | In practice , for inner London at least , a trend was set for forms of mixed residential development in which blocks of flats were conspicuous : Churchill Gardens Estate , Pimlico , designed by Powell and Moya , contained 2,000 dwellings which combined eight-storey blocks of flats and maisonettes and three-storey terraces of housing and flats at an overall density of 200 persons per acre ; and the Somerford Grove Estate in Hackney , another layout of flats and houses , designed by Gibberd at a density 104 persons per acre . |
| 14 | 9 February was set for sentencing . |
| 15 | The two groups prepared to write their papers and got ready for joint submission , which was set for Friday 24 March . |
| 16 | Cabinet consideration of the social security review was set for Thursday 25 April . |
| 17 | A target figure of 70 machine sets of components was set for delivery by 31 July 1942 , out of a total order of 225 sets , later reduced to 160 . |
| 18 | A 30-day period was set for comment on the sanctions or the resumption of negotiations . |
| 19 | All was set for Innocent 's arbitration . |
| 20 | A meeting was set for mid-April but , just before it , the whole policy was challenged by an adviser to the Government , Professor Alan Walters . |
| 21 | A price of £250,000 was agreed , and completion was set for August 1980 . |
| 22 | The Report of P.M. Stewart , the Commissioner , exposed the problem starkly : By the late 1930s , therefore , the scene was set for town planning to incorporate a wider frame of reference . |
| 23 | The first meeting of the Social Security Committee was set for Wednesday 6 February . |
| 24 | An appeal against the decision of the County Council was lodged with An Bord Pleanala , and the hearing was set for June . |
| 25 | Everything was set for £25m extension on grounds adjoining the current courts , including a new 10,000 seat Number One Court , eight clay practice courts , five floodlit all-weather courts and other facilities including offices , one of the world 's most modern sports gymnasiums and parking for at least 500 vehicles . |
| 26 | The scene was set for confrontation and as these confrontations continued without an end in sight , it became clear that the usual tactics of the unions were not going to work . |
| 27 | Publication was set for Monday 3 June . |
| 28 | The next meeting was set for Monday , 26th October at 7.00pm in the C.Aid Offices . |
| 29 | The stage was set for years of mutual mistrust and recrimination . |
| 30 | Mr Elton joined the family at the week-end … and the stage was set for tragedy . |