Example sentences of "[adv] set in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sauron is defeated and his Ring taken by Isildur , only to set in motion the crisis at the end of the Third Age . |
| 2 | Such craftsmen were considered more than mere artisans , and their products , especially set in seal rings , were highly esteemed . |
| 3 | Thus evidence of glacial and interglacial periods , such as the type of flora and fauna present , can sometimes be used to assign a sequence to events , but , as with any relative dating technique , events are only set in order . |
| 4 | By that time he had not only set in motion all the police retinue that attends on sudden and unexplained death , but also attended their ministrations throughout , seen the body examined , photographed , cased in its plastic shell and removed by ambulance to the forensic laboratory , delegated certain necessary duties , placated the police doctor and the pathologist , come to terms with the inevitable grief and rage which do not reach the headlines , and made dispositions within his own mind for the retribution which is so often aborted . |
| 5 | This chain of events led to British support of NATO becoming the basis of her Second Pillar of grand strategy , but it was to be another four years , and under Churchill 's last Administration , before it was finally set in concrete with the extension of the Brussels Treaty in the October 1954 . |
| 6 | The reforms already set in train were either dropped immediately or gradually diluted , and from 1883 a period of intense reaction set in . |
| 7 | Government privatization plans , already set in train in June with the flotation of one-third of the shares in the Ibusz travel agency and the reopening of the Budapest stock exchange [ see p. 37620 ] , were framed in legislation approved by the National Assembly on Sept. 18 . |
| 8 | In all of this , the Library recognises that it can only advance in the closest possible cooperation and consultation with those organisations , most notably university departments and university libraries , which have already set in place the academic and technological infrastructure to which we hope to make an increasingly useful contribution . |
| 9 | Oracle and Sybase have already set in motion plans for parallel-enabled versions of their respective database engines , and other players are expected to follow suit . |
| 10 | Presumably he had already set in motion the machinery which next month would array a large army under his command , but when he approached Limoges he still had only a few men with him . |
| 11 | Although some developers provide low cost or rented housing within their schemes , the majority of housing is aimed at the upper end of the market thus setting in motion a house price spiral which effectively freezes the locals out of home ownership . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Constitutional amendments formally to set in place a multiparty system were still pending , however : they were passed unanimously by the Federal Chamber on Aug. 8 , and it was hoped to secure the necessary ratification by the assemblies of the republics and provinces by Sept. 20 . |
| 14 | Having done everything in your tank preparations to avoid new tank syndrome , you can still set in motion some of the attendant problems if you start your new stock off on the wrong fin . |
| 15 | To give judgment upon these presentments , the ancient machinery of the Forest Eyre was once more set in motion after a long period of general disuse . |
| 16 | But , as so often , no one was prepared to halt the machine once set in motion and on Friday 26 January 1744 Admiral Jacques de Roquefeuil sailed out of Brest with a fleet of 22 ships , with instructions to cover the embarkation of the army at Dunkirk and then to lure the English fleet away towards the Isle of Wight . |
| 17 | Once set in motion this requires only the periodic visit to negotiate such matters as price changes . |
| 18 | But today antique jet brings good prices , and a handful of jet carvers finds a ready market for relatively simple jet jewellery , handsomely set in gold or silver . |
| 19 | Awaited since the Communist Party ( CPSU ) renounced its constitutionally guaranteed " leading role " in March , the law formally set in place a multiparty system . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | This disciplinary effect of free movement can also set in motion factors which reduce production costs and stimulate improvements in the non-price characteristics of goods and services . |
| 22 | For instance , maternal psychiatric disorder may have a deleterious effect on the mother-child relationship not serious enough to produce a disorder in the child , but may also set in motion a chain of other , more powerful adverse events . |
| 23 | Furthermore , I have also set in motion several of my own initiatives as well as sponsoring the suggestions of a couple of other departments . |
| 24 | Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart were his welcoming party and he was immediately at the centre of the fastest set in town . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | By raising the question of the Holy Places the French President not only gained ground at home but also set in train a long-term policy . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | These developments have inevitably set in motion yet another of those educational bandwagons which most teachers have by now learned to view with extreme caution . |
| 29 | The Dutch cabinet has now set in train sale to the public of a majority stake in the state phone company , Koninklijke PTT Telecom Nederland NV , starting next year . |
| 30 | The laity had little interest in protecting church liberties and franchises , and the clergy were mainly set in motion by the archbishop 's concern for the harmony of the realm . |