Example sentences of "scene [be] set [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | The scene is set for recovery and growth . ’ |
2 | Velvet curtains swished gracefully aside once more and the scene was set for act three . |
3 | The scene was set for progress towards a modern network . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | 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 . |