Example sentences of "[noun pl] was set in " in BNC.
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| 1 | The machinery of identifying and training field workers from among the community groups , and in some areas , college students , of the selection of regional staff and State co-ordinators was set in motion even though the ARC delayed in granting approval for the funding . |
| 2 | There were also the militia , who were duly called out , and the usual routine of beacons and watchers was set in motion . |
| 3 | The abortive attack on Cuba at the Bay of Pigs was set in train by the Eisenhower administration and implemented by Kennedy in 1961 without Congressional approval . |
| 4 | During his last years he lived in Switzerland , and his novel Hidden Hands was set in that country . |
| 5 | One of Rayner 's first acts was to set in train a series of efficiency scrutinies within Whitehall . |