Example sentences of "sets in " in BNC.

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1 Even before autumn sets in , gardeners start thinking about spring and putting in bulbs for next year
2 The emphasis on athleticism , power play , sustained long-ball assaults , blitzkrieg , has bred a proliferation of muscular but blunderingly naive defenders who appear to be alarmingly , untidily vulnerable when required to cope with more subtle forms of attack ; show them dribblers , runners with the ball or an incisive exchange of sharp passes , and panic sets in .
3 Head for tidal boatyard dykes and basins when thaw sets in , as excellent sport expected .
4 Should revive quicker than most waters once thaw sets in .
5 When times are bad and reactionary commodification sets in , the deleterious upshot is ‘ the recuperation of the avant-garde for art ’ ( p. 157 ) .
6 At the moment when conscientiousness sets in , when a conscience is acquired , when you start casting conspicuous glances over your shoulder , this is the moment at which POP becomes ROCK .
7 Be on the look-out when Pelagianism sets in : ‘ Thou shalt be justified by good works ’ , by doing the vicar 's mall , by the way you read the lessons , by the work you do towards the Christmas bazaar !
8 Winter and spring-flowering hellebores can be lifted and divided now , so they settle down before winter sets in .
9 They are a lovey-dovey couple , much given , for reasons that remain obscure , to roguishly gagging each other with bits of masking tape , but tension sets in with the arrival of Clara 's best friend Lillibet from America .
10 The phenomenon of the hollow frontier has been common where settlers cultivate land , which is virtually free to anyone with the capital and/or labour to exploit it , and move on when serious erosion sets in , leaving behind eroded soils .
11 There was a man who went off to Amsterdam to buy some diamonds , I helped his secretary book his ticket , first class , and his limousine , smooth as clockwork , and as he 's walking along a canal admiring the house fronts someone stabs him in the back , destroys a kidney , gangrene sets in , now he 's dead .
12 If the glands in the urethra are involved , and chronic infection sets in , there may be fibrous tissue deposited at the sites of the chronic infection , and stricture formation may occur .
13 Naaah , but watch out for a Saddam Hussein model , which Jeremy is rushing out to cash in before conscription sets in .
14 Finally it is put down as boredom sets in and some other activity is engaged in .
15 As winter sets in , go to your local riding school which will often have its own indoor school ( the only civilised way to ride when the weather is really foul ) or try to build up some local contacts where you can offer your services .
16 However in practice deterioration of stock inevitably sets in , through a variety of factors : original errors or omissions in selection ( for the reasons suggested above ) ; poor control of withdrawals and replacements ; fluctuations in funding over a period of years ; fluctuations in demand caused by changes in the constituency , or changes in their needs .
17 Every organism continues to grow till it has reached its peak and then as its growth stops , deterioration sets in .
18 In a very acute illness the remedy may need to be repeated every hour or two at first until sustained improvement sets in .
19 Decay sets in if soft tissues remain , and the bones may be dispersed by wind , water or trampling ; or the carcases may be scavenged by predators , with results indistinguishable from the primary effects of predation .
20 If a person continually inhales odorous air , fatigue sets in , due to the adaptation of the nervous responses to the stimuli .
21 Because when the night sets in , strange things happen out in the wilds .
22 But because the new craft will broadcast at a high power , they will have to be spaced a long way apart so that TV sets in , say , Canada do not receive signals meant for the US .
23 Presumably there is some positive response to sugar before the bloating sets in , but what might this be ?
24 In such a state understandable anxiety sets in and the situation deteriorates .
25 After this , depression sets in and deep seated anger can take root .
26 A speechreader may be on top form and have no problems in understanding unimportant asides or trivial chatter , but at the vital interview panic sets in .
27 This achieves much more in the long run than attempting to concentrate for a long time until fatigue sets in .
28 That 's when reality sets in . ’
29 Institutionalism sets in after a few months , and active people slow down and soon learn not to complain .
30 There is just time to apply a coat before the winter weather really sets in .
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