Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] set in " 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | It then sets in train a labour process in the realm of production ( P ) . |