Example sentences of "set the stage [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sadly the many myths about this stage of development could set the stage for the very events you wish to prevent . |
| 2 | A large variety of unpleasant events ( what psychologists call ‘ aversive stimuli ’ ) can set the stage for the development of conflict and a chain reaction of quarrelsome behaviours — for example , bullying and teasing of a painful , threatening or humiliating nature ; depriving the weaker child of his or her property , rights and opportunities . |
| 3 | A ntecedent events are those events that precede , lead up to and set the stage for the disobedient |
| 4 | Then came the two incidents that were to echo down the long ages of Elf history and set the stage for the great dramas that were to follow . |
| 5 | Each stage of development effectively sets the stage for the next . |
| 6 | A critical part of this model concerns the change in receptor sensitivity which sets the stage for the initiation of the spike by CICR . |
| 7 | Though the technique employed in The Dear Deceit represents a laying-bare of traditional narrative devices without offering an alternative approach , it sets the stage for the more radical break with the conventions of realism which Brooke-Rose 's fiction demonstrated four years later . |
| 8 | But by charging up these stores , the influx mechanism transforms the cytoplasm into an ‘ excitable medium ’ , thus setting the stage for the generation of the repetitive calcium spikes and waves described below . |
| 9 | An hour before games were due to begin , the club was plunged into darkness by a major fault at the local sub-station , just as officials were setting the stage for the event . |
| 10 | The relative stability in the north that followed Barbarossa 's defeat set the stage for the next step in the rise of the city states . |
| 11 | Just as the First World War set the stage for the development of International Relations as a separate discipline , so now the subject is studied in a way which reflects an implicit view of what are the most important events and trends . |