Example sentences of "set in their " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ So many stories — drugs or immigration , for example — are international stories and should be written from a point of comparison , set in their international context . |
| 2 | We found that older individuals showed less variability ; in other words , they became more ‘ set in their ways ’ and this would tend to stabilize daily rhythms . |
| 3 | Some rooms are in the annexe and bungalows behind the main building set in their own gardens . |
| 4 | These are two buildings set in their own grounds , one behind the other . |
| 5 | Not that he wished any harm to Rose , and it was n't as if she would be on her own because , being the wife of Peter , and he the stable man , she was well set in their cottage . |
| 6 | In the early days of tourism many people spent the winter months in Madeira in private quintas ( large houses set in their own grounds ) . |
| 7 | Younger workers are not set in their ways , employers believed . |
| 8 | They were fairly set in their ways , committed to a particular life style , and anxious to climb the promotional ladder . |
| 9 | Old people , we are led to assume , are too set in their ways , they are now too old to change . |
| 10 | Different attitudes confront older people ; they are seen to be too slow , too set in their work practices , or possessing skills which have become or will become redundant . |
| 11 | The mad are said to keep a film or stage set in their heads , which they order and art-decorate and move through . |
| 12 | Early of Ely and Family ’ ( 1771 ) in which the richly clad Earl , the Countess and their two musical daughters sway elegantly in front of an idealised Greek temple set in their newly designed gardens while a small African boy dressed in a combination of Turkish and Indian costume holds up the Earl 's diadem , curiously peering round the Countess to look up at his owner . |
| 13 | Thus , some pupils in bottom mathematics sets in their schools are in the middle or even top third attainment bands in the results given here . |
| 14 | Some pupils , more boys than girls , placed in the lowest mathematics sets in their schools , were among the higher scorers on the reference test . |
| 15 | I think that 's true what Yona says you know it it is Cos you know I the sort of the political people of the town tend to be councillors who are er men mainly and set in their ways and think that because they 've got the label councillor behind you know b front of their name that they 're they are for life you know it 's And they 're sort of respectable inverted commas members of the community and you know and I mean I hope that out of out of all this I mean it 's it 's a shame it has to happen in such a desperate situation you know because I mean none of us can really feel glad that Because to be on strike is I mean each day is is hard I 'm sure for well I mean I can only say because to be close to people on strike it 's quite a unique thing really for me and i you become so involved and close to people and you realize how hard it is for them . |