Example sentences of "set [pers pn] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to the theory of social representation , anchoring is a mechanism which ‘ strives to anchor strange ideas , to reduce them to ordinary categories and images , to set them in a familiar context ’ ( Moscovici , ‘ 1983 : 29 , emphasis in original ) . |
| 2 | Any proper examination of those models would need to set them in their philosophical and social contexts . |
| 3 | My hon. Friend knows that our policy on interest rates is to set them in a way that is compatible with our commitment to the pound 's band within the exchange rate mechanism and to bear down on inflation . |
| 4 | However , I will seek to set them in the wider context of the Government 's commitment and programme for the computerisation of general practice . |
| 5 | It will be helpful to set them in the context of the legislative framework which we have applied for many years . |
| 6 | The aim here is to look at its political and social repercussions and to set it in the wider context of central-local administrative relations . |
| 7 | Luke begins his account of the birth of Jesus by trying to set it in the context of world history . |
| 8 | I agree with what [ the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland president ] said in a recent issue of CA about the importance of non-financial performance measurement , and you 've got to set it in the context that managers and the board ca n't exist on just an analysis of the general ledger . ’ |
| 9 | In order to discuss the analysis of Musgrave and Musgrave , it is helpful to set it in a four-quadrant diagram , similar to that used by Sandler and Tschirhart ( 1980 ) . |
| 10 | A second interpretation of the developments of the 1980s would set them in a longer context , dating back to the late 1960s . |
| 11 | It is useful for would-be choreographers to examine his ballets and discover that he mostly set them in countries possessing easily recognised characteristics . |
| 12 | Fru Blicher had organised eighty chairs from a nearby school and set them in a semi-circle round the platform . |
| 13 | In 1957 , by a coincidence , we both sorted letters and set them in order . |
| 14 | He baited his baskets and set them in the water , he was so cunning ! |
| 15 | Apparently , within Gaul the writing of history had no appeal from the early fifth century until Gregory determined to write an account which would put his own times on record and set them in perspective . |
| 16 | Set them in the wall . |
| 17 | Another housemaster in describing what he would ideally like to do also set it in the context of his sense of powerlessness . |
| 18 | If Franz Kafka was to re-write The Trial and set it in Hampden Babylon , the novel 's alienated victim would be a goalkeeper , a solitary figure trapped between the posts , perpetually fearing the penalty . |
| 19 | If this is an improvised one such as a pierced cake tin , without feet to raise it from the plate on which it drains , set it in the top of a basin , mixing bowl , saucepan , wide jar , or any vessel in which it will fit without actually resting on the bottom . |
| 20 | And the glistening ruby that means longing — set it in the crystal frame . |
| 21 | The necessary conditions for the formation of sand dunes are a wide foreshore exposed at low tide so that the wind blowing over it can dry the sand and set it in motion ; something to trap the sand and cause it to start accumulating ; and plants to colonise the pile of sand and by binding it together to prevent its complete destruction by the wind or high tides . |
| 22 | Oliver corrected the clock and set it in motion . |
| 23 | And set it in men 's heads . |
| 24 | ‘ Alison , you must set your life in order , and that will set ours in order . |
| 25 | The car might now be noticed from the entrance to the tower , whereas I had set it in shadow . |
| 26 | And sets them in perfect order |
| 27 | I have no quarrel with that , provided he sets them in that order . |
| 28 | This production , which updates the play and sets it in the sixties , toured the Continent and gave our company the reputation it now enjoys there . |
| 29 | In contrast to Van Helmont 's confusion of the two books , Boyle distinguished them but without setting them in opposition . |
| 30 | In England , Wales and Northern Ireland , the government , while unifying some of these ( see below : Business and Technician Education Council ; Joint Board for Pre-vocational Education ) , plans to preserve much of the existing range and variety of qualifications , though setting them in a more coherent and intelligible framework ( see below : National Council for Vocational Qualifications ) . |