Example sentences of "scene [be] set for [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 .
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