Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] set [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Not a partnership — strangely for someone so set in his own ways , Ken would be willing to do as he was told , as far as work was concerned .
2 The creation therefore is not like some frictionless machine , which once set in motion carries on until stopped , but something which is dependent on the continuing work of its Creator .
3 Why are you so set against the idea ?
4 She immediately set to and tried to establish some order .
5 This is that for your Lordships ' House to recognise such a principle would overstep the boundary which we traditionally set for ourselves , separating the legitimate development of the law by the judges from legislation .
6 No one immediately set to in order to work out how a well-publicized national response in terms of content and expectation of achievement would actually turn out at each key stage .
7 But Sally and Peter are nothing if not resourceful , and with the aid of some good friends in the building and design world they soon set to work to transform this town house into a haven of beauty and calm .
8 Preston 's preference for two wingers allowed Bay to clamp the midfield , and they soon set in motion a stream of direct attacks of surprising accuracy .
9 On the joint initiative of France and West Germany , they also set in motion a process expected to lead by the end of 1990 to the holding of an intergovernmental conference on EC political union .
10 The black-out happened on Monday night when vandals crawled down a 100-yard tunnel which carried eight 33,000-volt mains cables , dragging a lorry tyre which they then set on fire .
11 The black-out happened on Monday night when vandals crawled down a 100-yard tunnel which carried eight 33,000-volt mains cables , dragging a lorry tyre which they then set on fire .
12 Once a curriculum development centre or similar body is established , it naturally sets about developing curricula , usually with some fervour .
13 He soon set to work making drawings of the tiny fellow , and of the cradle .
14 The legislation of 1861 was undoubtedly flawed , but it also set in train changes which affected most levels of Russian government and all levels of Russian society .
15 When Thompson joined Goldsmiths ' twenty years ago as head of painting , succeeding Andrew Forge , he immediately set to work amalgamating the painting and sculpture departments into a homogenous fine art course , believing that the old craft distinctions between the media were philosophically untenable .
16 It then sets in train a labour process in the realm of production ( P ) .
17 These he occasionally set to music himself , and he frequently sang them in his rich bass voice for his friends ' ( and perhaps the public 's ) pleasure …
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