Example sentences of "set it in " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Luke begins his account of the birth of Jesus by trying to set it in the context of world history . |
| 3 | 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 . ’ |
| 4 | 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 ) . |
| 5 | Another housemaster in describing what he would ideally like to do also set it in the context of his sense of powerlessness . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | And the glistening ruby that means longing — set it in the crystal frame . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Oliver corrected the clock and set it in motion . |
| 11 | And set it in men 's heads . |
| 12 | The car might now be noticed from the entrance to the tower , whereas I had set it in shadow . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The simplest form of analogy is to change the historical setting for the event , for instance , attempting to place The Good Samaritan in a contemporary setting , or doing the reverse of this — taking some contemporary problem such as racism and setting it in past times , in a context between , say , the Jews and the Samaritans or the Greeks and the Romans . |
| 15 | We were very open to a range of ideas from big to little ; the mother of a mentally-handicapped child wrote in wanting to do something for mentally-handicapped children , and she had got an idea about setting it in the production office of a children 's comic . |
| 16 | Before setting it in place , though , an Ultratherm heating mat was called for . |
| 17 | She has given this rich stone a 1990s look by setting it in delicate modern mounts for necklaces , earrings ( above ) , and rings . |
| 18 | ‘ Instead of setting it in type we got the original manuscript and made zinc plates ’ , recalls Miles . |
| 19 | If I was setting an exam paper for summer it would be something I would think about putting in not that I am setting it in case you think I had n't . |
| 20 | Then she set it in the middle of a saucer . |
| 21 | Oh it was the first that ever started in Orkney , nobody ever thought You see before they used to cut their crop and set it in stokes . |
| 22 | Aye stood there and mind one halloween , the boys took it and set it in front of 's door . |