Example sentences of "the stage [be] set for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The stage is set for a showdown over a new constitution for Russia . |
| 2 | When the school does n't take complaint gathering seriously and parents are ill at ease in approaching the school then the stage is set for crisis . |
| 3 | One American commentator has expressed the following view : ‘ the skewing effect of an ageing society is that the economic imbalances caused by the provision of health care for the elderly potentially threaten the welfare of younger generations and of society as a whole … the stage is set for a profound confrontation . ’ |
| 4 | Once you have a first brood then the stage is set for repetitions . |
| 5 | The opposition has proposed something similar , so the stage is set for compromise . |
| 6 | Terah dies , and the stage is set for the story of Abraham ( the new name records God 's promise to make this man the father of many nations , 17:5 ) . |
| 7 | And then we learn that the wife is a townswoman , a merchant 's wife , not a fine lady , and the stage is set for the fabliau drama by the absence of the husband on business . |
| 8 | To this add some good ensemble singing from the ladies in particular and some well focused if robust playing from the orchestra pit ( conductor Arthur Berwick ) and the stage is set for a successful run . |
| 9 | In the backs , Kenny Logan has had a somewhat disappointing season after being capped in Australia last summer , but the stage is set for him to recover lost ground , as it is for his Stirling County colleague , Ian Jardine . |
| 10 | In the backs , Kenny Logan has had a somewhat disappointing season after being capped in Australia last summer , but the stage is set for him to recover lost ground , as it is for his Stirling County colleague , Ian Jardine . |
| 11 | By then , however , the stage was set for the rise of the true State . |
| 12 | So the stage was set for the inquisition . |
| 13 | The stage was set for some alignment between the individual , a single political authority , and a single territory , culture and language ; a passive patriotism that was defined by the existence of clear enemies abroad . |
| 14 | The stage was set for a nice priority fight . |
| 15 | The stage was set for the establishment of thirteen ‘ centres of excellence ’ for the development of full-time surveying — thanks , principally to the foresight and energy of HMI Howard Wainwright — and for the first time a sense of security and confidence was available to the selected centres , as they were encouraged to improve their resources base and to develop exempting RICS diplomas , and subsequently degrees , to be validated by the CNAA . |
| 16 | With both sides eager for action the stage was set for a full-scale encounter battle . |
| 17 | It looked as if the stage was set for a carefully planned and timed entry of the leader , on the totalitarian model , but when the time came Aung San passed almost unobserved through the people to the platform , and quietly began his speech . |
| 18 | Mr Elton joined the family at the week-end … and the stage was set for tragedy . |
| 19 | The stage was set for the following year when Christie 's New York offered the now famous ‘ Egyptian ’ clock , estimated at $200,000–300,000 . |
| 20 | The stage was set for an exciting finale on a modified version of the men 's final . |
| 21 | The stage was set for a critical vote where members would be asked to decide whether they were for or against Reagan 's economic programme . |
| 22 | The stage was set for years of mutual mistrust and recrimination . |
| 23 | Having steadily reduced the preparation from organism to circuit , the stage was set for the final reduction ; Kandel 's colleague Samuel Schacher dissected out the specific sensory and motor neurons and incubated them together in a dish ( a procedure known as tissue culture ) . |
| 24 | Thus , the stage was set for the disappearance of the colleges of education as a separate sector of higher education . |
| 25 | So with eight of the world 's top golfers within five shots of each other and eight different nationalities represented , the stage was set for the grandstand finish which Hammond Wilde had been dreaming about for the best part of a year . |
| 26 | Already there was a fledgling brewery at St. James 's Gate and the stage was set for the arrival of one who would sweep away the myth and mystery and bring instead the art and science of brewing to perfection . |
| 27 | And with the forwards winning quality possession the stage was set for him to re-establish his reputation as Britain 's No1 stand off . |
| 28 | The capture of Côte 304 represented the first breach in the ‘ Line of Resistance ’ that Pétain had prescribed on taking up his command , and with it the stage was set for the final German attack on the Mort Homme , with the elder Falkenhayn once again in command . |
| 29 | Dublin-born master flautist Brian Dunning and ex-Stockton 's Wing bodhran virtuoso Tommy Hayes were soon joined in Portland , Oregon , by Bothy Band founder Micheál O Dhomhnaill , and immediately the stage was set for a musical collaboration which has taken the band all over the world . |