Example sentences of "[conj] set in " in BNC.
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| 1 | The magistrate decided whether to try a case summarily or to set in motion the process of committing it to a superior court . |
| 2 | There is singularly little chance in industry to put your feet up , and become self-satisfied , or set in your ways , for the tide will just sweep you away . |
| 3 | The Teutonic Knights had indeed penetrated eastwards , but their influence , when it was not military , had been to spread a lifestyle and set of material , cultural and linguistic bearings rather than set in motion the bodily removal and resettlement of vast numbers of Germans . |
| 4 | Although set in an overtly political atmosphere , its purpose is unashamedly entertainment . |
| 5 | Although set in double columns , the typeface is comfortably large and easy to read . |
| 6 | ALTHOUGH set in 1914 , Jennifer Johnston 's ‘ How Many Miles to Babylon ? ’ carries in it notes that still strike a chord today . |
| 7 | And here is the central paradox : the system that no mainstream party now challenges continues to tear open the fabric of the planet to gut it of resources ; a process that sets in movement streams of developmental refugees , waves of environmentally displaced persons , those economic migrants for whom the west repudiates all responsibility . |
| 8 | Whenever Layton had a promotional tour or appearance , a poetry reading or a workshop ( poetry-reading in Canada predated Ginsberg 's sensation with Howl that set in motion the ‘ beat-poetry ’ style , despite Scobie arguing it as an influence on Leonard 's background ) , he would take Leonard along , acquaint him with the nuts and bolts of the business and get him to read some of his own poetry . |
| 9 | There were nineteenth century memoirs and occasionally they were quite revealing but it 's Lloyd George 's memoirs of the Great War , the First World War that set in many ways the modern pattern for old battles to be re-fought . |
| 10 | The effect of introducing just this one gene is to switch off some genes and to set in train a sequence of gene activation so that the cell develops into a muscle cell with all the appropriate proteins — master gene is an appropriate description . |
| 11 | Nothing else would change , though , the north geographic pole would n't move , and if we were to go outside to check up , the sun would still rise and set in the same place , and the Pole Star would appear at night over the local gas works . |
| 12 | Nasa said the plutonium is in marshmallow-size nuggets , each encased in three layers of protective material and set in a ceramic honeycomb , in turn contained in a cylinder made of layers of metal and fibreglass ¾ in thick . |
| 13 | Ever since Conran converted a struggling furniture-manufacturing business into a unique chain of retail shops called Habitat and set in motion a high-street revolution , good design has been at the core of everything he has done . |
| 14 | But Mr Tomlinson built his own bonnet , mudguards and steps up to the cab and set in louvred vents either side of the bonnet to let out the heat produced by the massive engine . |
| 15 | You approach the park down a long avenue , past lawns carefully tended and set in a girdle of trees . |
| 16 | Situated about 10 minutes walk from the centre of Bellagio , and set in its own lovely grounds overlooking the lake , this is an impressive hotel . |
| 17 | A delightful modern hotel , the Moser is built in typical Tyrolean style and set in a quiet but central part of St. Johann . |
| 18 | Having stated the objectives and set in motion a chain of actions the most important management function is to check the result , a comparison between performance required and actually achieved . |
| 19 | This has been used to prove that the seabed to the right and left of the rift was forced away by the outflow of lava , and set in motion . |
| 20 | It was delicately , unselfconsciously removed and set in flight again . |
| 21 | He was a devoted and loyal colleague who was too old and set in his ways when he became Professor to introduce major developments , but signs of change were seen , coming to fruition in his successor 's reign . |
| 22 | The Tiller Quartette appeared in Jack Ashore ; it was described as a ‘ Patriotic Spectacle ’ and set in 1805 in a village in Cornwall . |
| 23 | The tooth , for example , is a living organ , at equilibrium with a complex biological environment and set in the mouth close to blood vessels , nerves , sense organs and salivary glands . |
| 24 | Also , as West European capitalism filtered across Germany and set in motion the inevitable homogenisation of markets and language within the customs union , the reaction of the Polish subject people , who were after all not the primary , nor even secondary , beneficiaries of capitalist modes of production and the spread of profit , and who had behind them a different set of cultural and political orientations , was similar to that of the Germans . |
| 25 | Opposite is the War Memorial designed by Lutyens and set in delightful gardens . |
| 26 | That picture ‘ turned life a little under his very eye … all , through Frances ‘ s eyes , could be made static and beautiful and set in a pattern ’ . |
| 27 | It was here that , at the Competition for the Crown forty-two years before , Edward the First of England had met the Scots magnates and set in motion the actions which ultimately led to the Wars of Independence . |
| 28 | Of course , in her father 's estimation , it was not much of a house , a warren of smallish rooms was how he saw it , and set in a damp situation on the side of a river valley . |
| 29 | ‘ I do n't see why the sun has to rise and set in different places , ’ said Gurder , who refused to even try to understand basic astronomy . |
| 30 | It is very comfortable , tastefully furnished , and set in its own garden , in which Winston Churchill 's father Randolph proposed to his mother Jennie . |