Example sentences of "[subord] set in " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Although set in an overtly political atmosphere , its purpose is unashamedly entertainment . |
| 3 | Although set in double columns , the typeface is comfortably large and easy to read . |
| 4 | ALTHOUGH set in 1914 , Jennifer Johnston 's ‘ How Many Miles to Babylon ? ’ carries in it notes that still strike a chord today . |
| 5 | I found it was possible with Paradise to talk about individual and personal responsibility , something which if set in a contemporary context would have had a preachy feel about it . ’ |
| 6 | Under different circumstances , might Taggart have worked if set in Edinburgh ? |
| 7 | If there are a number of nominations for the position of trustee , then a vote is taken in accordance with the rules as set in section 3 above but if there are three or more nominees , the chairman must continue taking votes until one nominee has a clear majority with the nominee obtaining the least support dropping out each time ( r 6.88(2) ) . |
| 8 | I do not regard the United Kindom constitution as set in concrete . |
| 9 | While he has his backers the nature of Mr Birt 's shake-up at the corporation , introducing distinctly Thatcherite market-forces into an organisation at least as set in its ways as the civil service , but many times more internally political , means there are many ready to use the episode to raise other questions against him . |
| 10 | Here , too , the features were large , and clumsily applied : a nose like a ridge of clay , lips that recalled a Nubian 's , though set in a bitter line ; a protruding blue chin and ears so prominent that they covered half the sides of his head . |
| 11 | Though set in a biblical past , the poem used the popular application of typology to indicate a present importance . |
| 12 | This little study , when set in the appropriate context , was turned into a short piece for a local history magazine . |
| 13 | Glass shelves are often particularly effective , especially when set in a mirrored alcove , and lit from above or below , or both . |
| 14 | It might also encourage the lordly ones who run the Trust to see that its properties only have real value and interest when set in a wider social background that the rather greenery-yallery context in which too many of them are set for us by the Trust 's publications . |
| 15 | James Stephen saw abolition in 1807 as having world-wide consequences as well as setting in train ‘ by slow but inevitable steps ’ the extinction of British colonial slavery . |
| 16 | It set the tone of the renewed debate which in the coming decade was to divide Western Europe even further , at the same time as setting in motion a groundswell that eventually produced the European Community . |