Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] set in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Given Mancini 's scenario , their role is clear : they selfishly overturned Edward 's wishes and set in motion the train of events which led directly to Edward V 's deposition . |
| 2 | Given Mancini 's scenario , their role is clear : they selfishly overturned Edward 's wishes and set in motion the train of events which led directly to Edward V 's deposition . |
| 3 | It was here that , at the Competition for the Crown forty-two years before , Edward the First of England had met the Scots magnates and set in motion the actions which ultimately led to the Wars of Independence . |
| 4 | In areas of the sub-continent where pearl millet — the basis of the unleavened bread — is grown , soil temperatures often soar to 120F or more , killing seedlings and setting in train crop failures and food shortages . |
| 5 | Having stated the objectives and set in motion a chain of actions the most important management function is to check the result , a comparison between performance required and actually achieved . |
| 6 | Separated from its neighbours and set in its own small garden , shared only by the owner who occupies another villa , Villa Sylvia is about 20 minutes walk from the sea and the resort 's centre . |
| 7 | The effect of introducing just this one gene is to switch off some genes and to set in train a sequence of gene activation so that the cell develops into a muscle cell with all the appropriate proteins — master gene is an appropriate description . |
| 8 | Nor did he see another consequence , as his nephew Mauss confessed , shortly before going mad : ‘ how large modern societies which have more or less emerged from the Middle Ages in other respects , could be hypnotized as aborigines are by their dances and set in motion like a child 's carousel . |
| 9 | It was much larger than the others and set in a grove of coconut palms above the beach . |
| 10 | If there are a number of nominations for the position of trustee , then a vote is taken in accordance with the rules as set in section 3 above but if there are three or more nominees , the chairman must continue taking votes until one nominee has a clear majority with the nominee obtaining the least support dropping out each time ( r 6.88(2) ) . |
| 11 | The house is like a fortress behind eight foot walls and set in four acre grounds . |