Example sentences of "scene [be] set [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the other hand if the strategies of parental involvement are n't thoroughly and frequently reviewed then the scene is set for all sorts of problems to arise . |
| 2 | The scene is set for further dissociative experiences . |
| 3 | The scene was set for Labour to lose ( more than for Thatcher to win ) the election of May 1979 . |
| 4 | By the late 1970s , therefore , the entire scene was set for radical reform : the main ingredients were technological backwardness , bureaucratic stagnation and the failure of all partial attempts to tinker with the system . |
| 5 | And with Quine apparently attracted to Miss Novak , the scene was set for some off-screen highlights . |
| 6 | At 2pm that day , in the Vauxhall district of Birmingham , the scene was set for this drama . |