Sentence examples for having set the stage from inspiring English sources

But having set the stage, the game has a tendency to puncture these wonderful moments.

Having set the stage with great deliberation, Mr. Pagden takes a majestic stroll through the centuries, covering broad swaths of very familiar history fluently, gracefully and always entertainingly, but in the end he delivers a lot less than he promises.

Having set the stage with a Claimants' cast of thousands (okay, I exaggerate), we should have expected an equally staggering demand for damages.

Having set the stage in this way, we can now consider Leibniz's solutions to the problem of evil: we first consider the underachiever problem, and then turn to the holiness problem.

Having set the stage, Harkin's invited guests testified to the misery of today's workers.

She has set the stage beautifully.

This has set the stage for the telling of Anansi.

And others have set the stage for them.

That has set the stage for an acrimonious battle.

But in dropping that condition, we have set the stage for a new Afghan civil war.

Barnes has certainly left room for -- indeed, has set the stage for -- a concluding volume.